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• Music Review: Candye Kane - Guitar'd And Feathered

  Candye Kane is well on her way to becoming one of the great female vocalists of our generation.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on May 18, 2007

• Interview: Watermelon Slim Part 2

  if you really want to get to know the man, buy his music. What you hear is truly what you get.

  Interview by Richard Marcus — on May 16, 2007

• Music Review: Watermelon Slim And The Workers The Wheel Man

  They play every song like it could be their last, and every note like there could be no tomorrow.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on May 12, 2007

• Carey Bell: A Harmonica Falls Silent

  The world is short on original voices today, and we don't have that many that we can spare them easily.

  News by Richard Marcus — on May 09, 2007

• Music DVD Review: Carey and Lurrie Bell - Gettin' Up Live

  Here are two more players who can be added to that list of folk whose names should be known the world over.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on May 02, 2007

• Music Review: James Blood Ulmer - Bad Blood In The City: The Piety Street Sessions

  As good as Birthright was, I think that Bad Blood In The City: The Piety Street Sessions is even better.

  Review by T. Michael Testi — on Apr 25, 2007

• Music Review: John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - In The Palace Of The King

  You can't go wrong with the latest from the legend and master; the godfather of British blues.

  Review by T. Michael Testi — on Apr 16, 2007

• Music Review: Roxanne Potvin - The Way It Feels

  the throaty delivery of a cabaret singer and can play a pretty mean Telecaster.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Mar 23, 2007

• Music Review: Barrelhouse Buck McFarland - Alton Blues

  When I listened to Barrelhouse Buck McFarland it felt like I was finally hearing Blues piano played like it was supposed to be played.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Mar 16, 2007

• Music Review: Cowboy Roy Brown - Street Singer

  Street Singer is one of the more eclectic collections of tracks I've ever seen put together by a performer.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Mar 15, 2007

• One Track Mind: Koko Taylor "Merry, Merry Christmas" (1992)

  Koko Taylor's houserockin' Christmas original will put the spunk in your holiday party.

  Review by Pico — on Dec 19, 2006

• Blues Bash Music Review: Candye Kane - White Trash Girl

  There's a lot more to this girl than just one dimension of the blues.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Dec 18, 2006

• Blues Legend Robert Lockwood Jr. Dies at 91

  One of the last living links to blues icon Robert Johnson has died at 91.

  News by Josh Hathaway — on Dec 12, 2006

• Blues Bash Interview: Thomas Ruf Of Ruf Records (Part Two)

  ... if it's not worth spending my personal precious lifetime working on it, it's a waste of time for me.

  Interview by Richard Marcus — on Dec 09, 2006

• An Interview with Devon Allman - Like Father, Like Son

  Allman Brothers Duane and Gregg took the world by storm in 1969. Now, another Allman is set to do just the same...

  Interview by Rhys Williams — on Dec 06, 2006

• Music Review: Ruf Records Anthology: 12 Years Of The Blues Crossing Over

  ...two discs provide a sampling of what Thomas Ruf considers the highlights of twelve years of music.

  Review by Richard Marcus — on Dec 04, 2006

• Blues Bash Music Review: The Billy Gibson Band - Southern Living

  “It was cheap and I could easily make sounds with it.”

  Review by Connie Phillips — on Dec 01, 2006

• Blues Bash Music Review: Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog

  Howlin' Wolf's odds and ends collection is good enough to be called an essential release.

  Review by Pico — on Nov 29, 2006

• The Music Makers Relief Foundation: Helping Restore The Blues

  They are one of the best and brightest hopes for keeping the Blues alive today.

  News by Richard Marcus — on Nov 28, 2006

• Blues Bash Interview: Kenny Neal

  Blues ambassador, historian, and genuinely nice guy Kenny Neal says, "Everybody is somebody."

  Interview by Joan Hunt — on Nov 28, 2006