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B.B. King’s Lucille: The Story Behind the Guitar

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 - by JBP

B.B. King’s Lucille: The Story Behind the Guitar If the blues had a heartbeat, it’d be the sweet, stinging cry of B.B. King’s guitar, Lucille. More than just wood and …

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B.B. King: The Soul of the Blues, From the Delta to the World

February 7, 2025March 27, 2025 - by JBP

B.B. King: The Soul of the Blues, From the Delta to the World The blues don’t come much bigger than B.B. King. Born in a shack on the Mississippi Delta, …

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Album Review – Samantha Fish’s “Faster”: A Riveting Blues-Rock Journey

January 27, 2025March 27, 2025 - by JBP

Samantha Fish, Kansas City’s blues-rock titan, dropped Faster back in 2021, and though it’s taken us a hot minute to unpack this gem—blame life’s chaos—it’s more than worth the wait. …

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Review: Laura Evans ‘Out Of the Dark’

Review: Laura Evans 'Out Of the Dark' By Simon Green It’s that difficult second album time for Welsh singer and songwriter Laura Evans. The good news is that she has built on the foundations of her 2022 release, State Of Mind, to confidently create a quite fabulous set of, mostly, infectiously upbeat numbers. Whereas her [Continue] Continue reading
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Review: Luther Dickinson ‘Dead Blues Vol. 1’

Review: Luther Dickinson ‘Dead Blues Vol. 1’ By Hal Horowitz Ostensibly, this is a set of blues standards performed by the Grateful Dead at various times in their extensive career, covered by veteran roots musician Luther Dickinson. But that doesn’t describe, or even imply, that these nine tunes sound nothing like what either Dead or [Continue] Continue reading
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Courtney Santana Releases New Single ‘Living Through It All’

Courtney Santana Signs To Hardcharger/Blue Elan Records and Releases New Single 'Living Through It All' Hardcharger/Blue Élan Records is proud to announce the signing of powerhouse vocalist and songwriter
Courtney Santana, who today releases her debut single, “Living Through It All.” The track is the first glimpse of Santana’s highly anticipated debut solo album, slated [Continue] Continue reading
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Carlos Santana Responds to False Bad Bunny-NFL Story

Photo: Maryanne Bilham Carlos Santana Responds to False Bad Bunny-NFL Story “I congratulate and celebrate Bad Bunny's success and his position right now with the world and with the Super Bowl. I feel total oneness with what he's doing because we are here to utilize art to complement and bring the world closer [Continue] Continue reading Carlos Santana Responds...
Gig Review: Joanne Shaw Taylor, Cadogan Hall, London

Photo credit: Simon Green Gig Review: Joanne Shaw Taylor, Cadogan Hall, London By Simon Green It’s just over ten years since I first saw Jo’ Shaw Taylor live and became aware of her music. Since then, I’ve watched her perform quite a few times. She’s always good value but this night has to [Continue] Continue reading Gig Review: Joanne...
Samantha Fish Announces Deluxe Edition of ‘Paper Doll’ Feat. New Songs

Photo by Doug Hardesty Samantha Fish Announces Deluxe Edition of 'Paper Doll' Feat. New Songs "Dead Armadillo" and the Neil Young Classic "Don't Let It Bring You Down" Samantha Fish, the genre-defying blues-rock powerhouse, proudly announces the release of the digital deluxe version of her album, Paper Doll. This edition includes two new [Continue] Continue reading Samantha Fish Announces...

Mary Lane

This podcast features excerpts from a recent interview we had with Blues Legend and Chicago Hall of Fame inductee, Ms Mary Lane. Mary is among the very few living blues artists still performing who grew up under the Jim Crow era oppression in the south and moved north to find a better life. At almost 90 years of age, Mary...
Dr David Evans – Jessie Mae Hemphill Part 2

Journey through the powerful story of Jessie Mae Hemphill—Mississippi Hill Country blues queen—as Dr. David Evans recounts her European tours, breakthrough albums, soulful spirituals, and unshakable spirit. This podcast features excerpts from an extensive interview with our friend Dr. Evans, who befriended, coached, accompanied, produced, and recorded 2025 Blues Hall of Fame inductee Ms. Jessie Mae Hemphill. Through his insights, we explore...
Dr David Evans – Jessie Mae Hemphill Part 1

In this episode, Blues Disciples shines a spotlight on Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923–2006), the best-known woman in the deeply hypnotic tradition of Mississippi Hill Country Blues and a 2025 Blues Hall of Fame inductee. Raised in the rich Hemphill musical family, Jessie Mae learned guitar, drums, and tambourine from her grandfather, the legendary Sid Hemphill, and her aunt Rosa Lee...
John Primer – “Grown In Mississippi”

This podcast features excerpts from an interview we had with our friend and Blues Hall of Fame artist Mr John Primer, about his latest album titled “Grown In Mississippi,” which was produced by John’s lovely wife, Lisa Primer, along with Michael Frank. Here, Mr Primer shares stories of his life and career, along with introducing the 10 great songs from...
Blues Harp Legend Jerry Portnoy

This podcast episode features interview excerpts with Blues Harp Legend, Jerry Portnoy who tells us about his life and performing alongside Mr Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton and others as he shares stories from his excellent new book, “Dancing with Muddy”. This is a great read with many historic and hilarious backstage stories. Check it out! Show 264 – Recorded 8-1-25 The post...
Bob Stroger – Blues Legend and Bassist – Part 2

Episode 263 – Recorded 6-28-25. This podcast episode features two songs from Bob Stroger’s first solo album, Bob Stroger – In The House, and twelve songs from his latest CD, recorded with the Brazilian Blues band The Headcutters and titled Bob Is Back. Please enjoy! The post Bob Stroger – Blues Legend and Bassist – Part 2 appeared first on Blues...