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The Man Who Sold the Blues to the World: W.C. Handy

January 10, 2025January 23, 2025 - by JBP

  W.C. Handy, the name might not instantly ring bells for everyone, but his music undoubtedly does. This legendary musician, often hailed as the “Father of the Blues,” single-handedly introduced …

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News from Rock & Blues Muse

  • Review: Mike Finnigan ‘Mike Finnigan’

    Review: Mike Finnigan ‘Mike Finnigan’ By Hal Horowitz Most musicians supporting major headliners remain barely noticed in the shadows. But when keyboardist/singer Mike Finnegan, at just 23 years old, was plucked from anonymity to back Jimi Hendrix on a few songs for ‘Electric Ladyland,’ his future was pretty much guaranteed by virtue of that lone [Continue] Continue reading
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  • Review: Laura Chavez ‘My Voice’

    Review: Laura Chavez 'My Voice' By Jim Hynes Too many blues and blues-rock guitarists try to impress their audiences by playing a blazing series of multiple notes, yet fail to make a statement. San Diego-based, BMA Award winner Laura Chavez, on the other hand, manages to consistently ‘say something.’ There simply are not many guitarists [Continue] Continue reading
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  • Peter Frampton Announces ‘Carry The Light’ New Album

    Photo credit: Lynn Goldsmith Peter Frampton Announces 'Carry The Light' New Album feat. Sheryl Crow, Bill Evans, H.E.R, Tom Morello, Graham Nash and Benmont Tench Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award-winning guitarist Peter Frampton will release Carry the Light, his first album of all-new rock material in 16 years, [Continue] Continue reading Peter Frampton Announces...
  • Mike Zito Announces ‘Outside Or The Eastside’ New Album

    Multiple Blues Music Award Winner Mike Zito returns home with Outside Or The Eastside, a powerful new album recorded at Shock City Studios in St. Louis, out April 16, 2026. The release marks Zito’s fourth solo album for Gulf Coast Records and stands as another defining chapters of his career. Listen to the title track. [Continue] Continue reading Mike Zito...
  • The Academy Awards 2026 Highlights The Blues With “I Lied To You”

    The Academy Awards 2026 Highlights The Blues with "I Lied To You"! By Martine Ehrenclou On the plane returning home from a memorial service back east, I watched the 98th Academy Awards. I perched my iPad on the tray table in front of me, grabbed my ear phones purchased at the airport, and turned on [Continue] Continue reading
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  • Selwyn Birchwood Announces ‘Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues’ National Tour

    Photo credit: Jayne Drooger Selwyn Birchwood Announces 'Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues' National Tour Visionary guitarist, lap steel master, vocalist and cinematic songwriter Selwyn Birchwood announced dates for the first leg of his 2026 Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues Tour. Birchwood --whom Rolling Stone calls “a remarkable, contemporary bluesman…a powerhouse young guitarist and soulful vocalist" [Continue] Continue reading Selwyn Birchwood Announces...

Blues Disciples Podcast

  • Just Great Blues Artists with Great Blues Music

    On this podcast, we feature 11 great blues and spirituals from an excellent group of my blues heroes and friends, past and present.  And these artists embody the genius, honesty, and creativity found only in the blues. This show’s main artists are David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Pinetop Perkins, Bob Corritore, Bob Margolin, Diunna Greenleaf, Blind Willie McTell, Paul Oscher, Pat Thomas,...
  • Dr David Evans & Marc Ryan Interviews on Babe Stovall – Part 2

    With this episode, we wrap up our excerpts from recent interviews we had with our friends Dr David Evans and Marc Ryan, who each worked with and learned from the legendary New Orleans Songster, Babe Stovall, in the 1960’s.  Here Dr Evans and Marc share more of their stories about Babe and his unique character, genius, and playing style as...
  • Dr David Evans & Marc Ryan Interviews on Babe Stovall – Part 1

    On this episode, we feature excerpts from recent interviews we had with our friends Dr David Evans and Marc Ryan, who each worked with and learned from the legendary New Orleans Songster, Babe Stovall, in the 1960s. Dr Evans and Marc share some of their stories about Babe and his unique character, genius, and playing style as we feature some...
  • Spirituals and Gospels

    On this podcast, we feature 12 great spirituals from an excellent group of artists celebrating their love of God and the world. These songs and performances express the genius, honesty, character, love, and integrity of these artists, including Mary Lee, The Swan Silvertones, Rev. Robert Wilkins, Mahalia Jackson, The Staple Singers, James Shorty and Viola James, L. C. Ulmer, Diunna...
  • Willie Buck and Bob Corritore

    On this podcast we feature excerpts from recent interviews we had with Blues Legend Willie Buck and Blues Harp Genius Bob Corritore. Willie is one of the 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 88 years of age, Mr Willie...
  • 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...

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