Soul Icon Bill Withers Dies at 81
American Blues Scene | Soul Music
by Lauren Leadingham
4y ago
Bonafide soul singer and composer Bill Withers, whose career only lasted about a decade but encompassed several major hits, died from heart complications on Monday. The three-time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was 81. “We are devastated by the loss of our beloved, devoted husband and father. A solitary man with a heart driven to connect to the world at large, with his poetry and music, he spoke honestly to people and connected them to each other,” the family said in a statement on Friday. “As private a life as he lived close to intimate family and friends, his music forever b ..read more
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Norah Jones Will Add Mavis Staples to 2020 Tour
American Blues Scene | Soul Music
by Press Release
4y ago
The upcoming US Tour with Norah Jones kicks off in Macon, Georgia on April 21st. After 5 stops, including 2 days at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, she’ll be joined by Mavis Staples at the Sandia Amphitheater in Albuquerque. Photo by Michael Martin via Blue Note9X GRAMMY winner Jones and Blues and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Staples, released the single “I’ll Be Gone” last year, and will perform no fewer than a dozen shows from the Southwest through Southern California and ending in the Northeast in August. Norah Jones Mavis Staples ..read more
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Song Premiere – Carla Olson w/ Percy Sledge “Honest As Daylight”
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by JD Nash
4y ago
American Blues Scene brings you the premiere of “Honest As Daylight,” by Carla Olson with R&B/Soul legend Percy Sledge. The song comes from Olson’s newest offering of duets, Have Harmony, Will Travel 2, which arrives from Sunset Blvd. Records on March 20. This album from Olson, the Austin, Texas-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter-producer features duets with 11 guests, and is a successor to 2013’s Have Harmony, Will Travel, which found her collaborating vocally with such artists as Peter Case, Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield), John York (the Byrds), Scott Kempner (the Del-Lords ..read more
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Phantom Blues Band – Still Cookin’
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by JD Nash
4y ago
Since the early 1990’s, the Phantom Blues Band has been touring the world as the two-time Grammy winning band for Taj Mahal, and appearing as a world-class all-star band on their own. The band members have a long list of credits as touring artists and top-call studio musicians for the likes of Bonnie Raitt, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, and many more. Their newest offering, Still Cookin’ proves there is a lot of life (and music) left in this blues supergroup.   The band is comprised of Tony Braunagel (drums), Mike Finnigan (keyboards & voc ..read more
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Albert Cummings – Believe
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by Rick Scuteri
4y ago
Born in Massachusetts, Albert Cummings has been putting his stamp on the blues scene for over a decade. On Valentine’s Day, Cummings released his newest offering, Believe, via Provogue Records. Albert’s gritty guitar sound has always been amazing. And on Believe, it will blow you away. If you’re any kind of blues fan, this album is for you. Believe hooks you right away, with Cummings’ cover of Sam & Dave’s Stax classic, “Hold On.” Albert’s soulful vocals and guitar intermix with some killer B3 and horns to keep that vintage vibe relevant nearly six decades later. Albert accomplished the s ..read more
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Soul/Blues Singer Lisa Mills Records ‘The Triangle’ at Iconic Southern Studios
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by Press Release
4y ago
On January 24, Melody Place Music released The Triangle, its inaugural album from the label’s first signing, soul/blues singer Lisa Mills, and also debuted her new single, “Greenwood, Mississippi,” produced by the acclaimed Fred Mollin. Originally recorded by Little Richard in the early 1970s in Muscle Shoals, Mills’ rendition of “Greenwood, Mississippi” is the first single release off The Triangle, and is a tribute to the incredible sound and feel of the great southern soul music of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Mills recorded the track with some of the original musicians in the same studio where it wa ..read more
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The Cayamo Cruise: 13th Annual “Journey Through Song”
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by Kevin Wierzbicki
4y ago
It’s unlikely that singer/songwriter Steve Poltz will ever be in the doghouse for forgetting his wedding anniversary. You don’t tend to forget things that happen on a cruise ship with a couple thousand friends wishing you well. Poltz got married aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line ship Pearl, at sea somewhere near the Bahamas during the 2020 sailing of the Cayamo Cruise. Image courtesy of CayamoPoltz wasn’t the only one making precious memories during Cayamo, which took place Feb. 3-10. With a star-studded lineup that included Brian Wilson, Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Lake Street Dive and dozens ..read more
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World Premiere Video: Jason Lee McKinney Band “Blues in Bahrain”
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by JD Nash
4y ago
Award-winning songwriter. College music professor. Road warrior. One of the most active front men in modern-day roots music, Jason Lee McKinney has spent the past decade in an absolute whirl of activity, earning an international following along the way. He hits a new creative peak with Pieces, the eighth studio album from Jason Lee McKinney Band. Recorded with Grammy-nominated producer Kevin Houston (Buddy Guy, Robert Plant, Lucero) at Jim Dickinson’s Zebra Ranch (North Mississippi Allstars), the album whips up McKinney’s own form of soulful American gumbo, finding room for roadhouse rock & ..read more
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NAMM 2020 Anaheim, California
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by Phil Solomonson
4y ago
Known as one of the largest music conventions worldwide, The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) held the first of their three annual expositions at The Anaheim Convention Center. The second this year is July 9th through 11th returning to Nashville, while a third international exhibit, this September is in Russia. This year’s theme was A New Decade: A Crossroads of Opportunity. Attracting over 100,000 international attendees over the four days and taking over the center’s one million square feet of exhibit space, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer size of it. Here, we are ..read more
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Blues Belter Whitney Shay to Unveil New Album
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by JD Nash
4y ago
On February 21st, Ruf Records will be releasing Whitney Shay‘s new album, Stand Up! It’s not just an album title, it’s an order, forcing anyone who hears Shay’s brand of rocket-fueled R&B onto the dancefloor. A flame-haired stick of dynamite in a sparkling dress, this San Diego phenomenon has made an album for dancing, drinking and dreaming, with songs to soundtrack the peaks and punches of life. “I make high-energy soulful rhythm ‘n’ blues,” Shay explains, “that makes people dance and feel something deep inside.” Stand Up! is sure to mark the global explosion of a singer-songwriter who’s ..read more
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