Seth Walker is deeply influenced by guitar players such as B.B. King, T-Bone Walker and Snooks Eaglin. He’s also a talented songwriting in the blues…
Artist profiles: Seth Walker
Tag: blues
Boubacar Traoré’s Dounia Tabolo at the Top of the Transglobal World Music Chart
Dounia Tabolo (Lusafrica) by Malian musician Boubacar Traoré is the number 1 album in December 2017 at the Transglobal World Music Chart. The new recording…
Recording Academy Announces 60th Annual Grammy Awards Nominees for Best Traditional Blues Album
The Recording Academy announced yesterday, November 28, 2017 the recordings nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album. Best Traditional Blues Album Nominees Migration Blues by Eric…
Artist Profiles: Robben Ford
Robben Ford was born on December 16, 1951 in Woodlake, California, U.S.A. Robben Ford’s earliest musical steps were in the blues playing with his brothers…
Artist Profiles: Robert Johnson
Born in Hazelhurst, Mississippi in 1911, Robert Johnson came to prominence in the 1930s, recording his 26-song catalog during two recording sessions in 1936 and…
Boubacar Traoré Meets the South
Boubacar Traoré – Dounia Tabolo (Lusafrica, 2017) The master of Malian blues Boubacar Traoré connects with three leading African-American blues and roots music musicians, Cedric…
Artist Profiles: R.L. Burnside
R.L. Burnside was born in Harmontown (Lafayette County) near Oxford Mississippi in November 21, 1926. He moved around the Holly Springs and Independence area making…
Artist Profiles: Pinetop Perkins
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Recipient (2005) Pinetop Perkins was one of the last great Mississippi bluesmen still performing in the 21st century. He made a living…
Artist Profiles: Phil Wiggins
Phil Wiggins was born in Washington D.C. in 1954. He began his musical career with some of Washington’s leading blues artists, including Archie Edwards and…
Sake of the Sound
Front Country – Sake of the Sound (Front Country, 2014) Front Country is an excellent San Francisco Americana band inspired by bluegrass, old time, blues,…