Blues Birthday – Roy Buchanan, Sept 23rd 1939
Leroy “Roy” Buchanan (September 23, 1939 – August 14, 1988) was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan worked as a sideman and as a solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career and two later solo albums that made it to the Billboard chart. Highly Influential […]
Byther Caught the Last Train
One afternoon in 1995, I was in the blues section of the Tower Records in Torrance, my town in the South Bay of L.A. This CD cover riveted me – a black and red design with a grainy photo of a man in a fedora, suit and tie, holding a Stratocaster and looking out into […]
Selwyn Birchwood Premieres New Video for Searching For My Tribe
Groundbreaking young blues visionary Selwyn Birchwood today announced the premiere of his attention-grabbing new video for his original song, Searching For My Tribe.
The Damn Truth release “Tomorrow” single and official music video
The Damn Truth – the critically acclaimed Montreal-based four-piece rock band, have released “Tomorrow” – an energetic, empowering, adrenalin-pumping, anthemic single’
Dion Releases All-New Album “Stomping Ground” by KTBA Records on November 5th
Dion is following up his critically acclaimed and commercially successful 2020 album release Blues With Friends with Stomping Ground, a new album that finds him collaborating yet again with music greats with whom he shares mutual admiration.
Blues Birthday – B.B. King, Sept 16th 1925
Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato and staccato picking that influenced many later blues electric guitar players. AllMusic recognized King as “the single […]
Samantha Fish confirms Wille & The Bandits as special guest on her Jan/Feb 2022 UK Tour
Samantha Fish embarks on her biggest UK tour to date from January 30 – February 8, 2022. The tour will take in nine concerts including London’s iconic venue Shepherd’s Bush Empire on February 3. Special guest at all shows are Wille & The Bandits.
Blues Birthday – Snooky Pryor, Sept 15th 1919
James Edward “Snooky” Pryor (September 15, 1919 or 1921 – October 18, 2006) was an American Chicago blues harmonica player. He claimed to have pioneered the now-common method of playing amplified harmonica by cupping a small microphone in his hands along with the harmonica, although on his earliest records, in the late 1940s, he did […]
Julian Piper Memorial Festival to be held on Sunday 10th October
The Julian Piper Memorial Festival, to be held at The Exeter Phoenix on Sunday 10th October 2021, is an all day festival of Blues & Roots to celebrate and remember the extraordinary life of Topsham born British blues guitarist, writer, promoter and record producer Julian Piper. Described in The Guardian as ‘one of the UK’s […]
Bad Touch Release Rocking Cover of Edwin Starr’s Soul Classic “Twenty-Five Miles”
Bad Touch’s lead singer Stevie Westwood said ‘This was one of the most fun song’s we have recorded, putting a rock spin on such a classic Motown track we felt like we had a bit more freedom with where we could take it. It’s loud, it’s funky and most importantly; it’s got soul.”