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Music Review: Buddy Guy – Live at Legends
Live at Legends is a grab bag of Buddy Guy's blues, live and in the studio.
Read More »Music Review: Louisiana Red – When My Mama Was Living
Louisiana Red's When My Mama Was Living is an excellent collection of songs by a late, great blues man.
Read More »Music Review: Joe Louis Walker – Hellfire
Hellfire fuses blues, rock, and gospel to create a cornucopia of amazing guitar solos and soulful vocals.
Read More »Music Review: Rory Block – I Belong to the Band: A Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis
With I Belong to the Band, Rory Block captures the authenticity and passion of the music of Reverend Gary Davis.
Read More »Music Review: Geoff Achison & The Souldiggers –Little Big Men
Geoff Achison’s Little Big Men is contemporary blues for those who like their grooves smooth and polished
Read More »Concert Review: Ruthie Foster at Eddie’s Attic, Decatur, GA, March 23, 2012
Ruthie Foster and her band created magic March 23, 2012 at Eddie's Attic.
Read More »Book Review: Blood and Bullets by James R. Tuck
Deacon Chalk is the baddest monster hunter to come down the literary pike in a damned long time... Come say hello.
Read More »Music Review: James Armstrong – Blues at the Border
Blues at the Border is an enjoyable, very contemporary CD which manages to be both smooth and funky simultaneously.
Read More »Music Review: Dicky James and The Blue Flames – Hard Rain
Hard Rain by Dicky James and the Blue Flames is entertaining, with enough variety to keep things interesting.
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