Guitarist and vocalist Louis Joseph Walker Jr., beter known as Joe Louis Walker, was born December 25, 1949, in San Francisco, California. For many years,…
Artist Profiles: Joe Louis Walker
Tag: blues
Artist Profiles: Jimmy Johnson
Guitar player and vocalist Jimmy Johnson has carved out a distinctive niche in the Chicago blues scene. James Earl Thompson was born November 25, 1928…
Artist Profiles: Jerry Douglas
In addition to being widely acknowledged as the United States’ finest dobro players Jerry Douglas is a freewheeling recording artist whose output draws upon a…
Artist profiles: Howard Levy
Multi-instrumentalist Howard Levy has appeared throughout the Americas, Europe and Japan in a variety of jazz, Latin, folk, blues, pop and world music settings. A…
Artist profiles: Henry Butler
New Orleans pianist and vocalist Henry Butler is a virtuoso jazz, blues and r&b pianist, a schooled vocalist naturally imbued with gospel credibility a fierce…
Artist profiles: Hazmat Modine
Hazmat Modine is a band of unconventional musical instruments and cultural combinations that reflect the origins of the American musical soul. Their debut CD was…
Artist Profiles: Eric Bibb
Eric Bibb, already enjoying success in Europe, is becoming a familiar face, and voice, on the U. S. acoustic folk-blues scene. His unique talent continues…
Artist Profiles: Doc Watson
Arthel L. “Doc” Watson was born in Deep Gap North Carolina in 1922 to a musical family. Blind since infancy Doc started playing harmonica and…
Artist Profiles: Dom Flemons
Dom Flemons is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, actor, slam poet, radio host, music historian, and songwriter originally from Phoenix and now based in Chicago He plays…
Southern Rock Icon Gregg Allman Dies at 69
Legendary Southern rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Gregg Allman passed away on May 27, 2017. Gregory LeNoir Allman was one of the founding members of the…