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For nearly three decades, Dave Jordan has been a staple of the New Orleans and south Louisiana music scene. He’s been described as the swampy lovechild of Tom Petty, John Prine and Dr. John and “the personification of the New Orleans ethos”. His music freely flows between New...
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By Staff Writer Once you hear Casey Hensley live you’ll never forget her. Her talent and power are taking the music world by storm. Surrounding herself with only the best musicians, and heavily influenced by all of the greats, it’s no wonder she has everyone talking. The Oceanside, Calif-based...
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By Staff Writer When producer/musician Mike Zito and Guy Hale founded Gulf Coast Records, Tony Campanella was exactly the type of musicians they wanted to sign. A veteran rockin’ blues artist from the St. Louis area, Tony Campanella has been playing regularly for over twenty-five years, making a name...
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Melody Trucks is a life-long student of music. Being born into a musical family, she was surrounded by incredible musicians from the start. She began studying flute at the age of seven, but expanded to all woodwinds as she progressed through high school. She switched to percussion in college,...
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JP Soars is not a typical blues guitarist. He has a diverse musical background that encompasses a multitude of influences. “I love T-bone Walker, Jesse May Hemphill, Wes Montgomery, Django Reinhardt, Muddy Waters, Johnny Guitar Watson, Guitar Slim and Louis Jordan. But I also love Tito Puente, Miles Davis,...
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(ARCADIA, CA) – Anni Piper, ‘Australia’s First Lady of Blues,’ is on tour, kicking off at the Gorge Blues & Brews Festival in Stevenson, WA on June 23, and bringing her to, among other stops, Southern California (Arcadia Blues Club, June 30) and Lincoln’s Roadhouse in Denver (July 8)....
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This Summer the New Blues Festival in Southern California is staging a series of regional head-to-head competitions, the 6-String Showdown, across the Southland to crown SoCal’s all-around best blues guitar player. Four regional winners will represent Orange County, Long Beach, Arcadia and the San Fernando Valley in the Semi-Finals...
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Acclaimed guitarist-vocalist Mike Zito embarks on his Spring-Summer “First Class Life’ Tour, which kicks off with a Record Release Concert at the Atomic Cowboy Pavilion in St. Louis this Friday, May 11 and runs through September (complete itinerary at https://www.mikezito.com/shows). There may not be a more honest bluesman than...
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“Unfinished Business” (Blue Door Records) is the new album by Victoria Ginty (Release Date: Friday, May 4) and captures the vocalist’s unique, soulful blues style. Recorded at GCR Audio Studios in Buffalo, the eleven tracks (eight originals) on Unfinished Business also fuse R&B, Soul, and Americana, sure to please...
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