San Francisco (California), USA – Nowadays it is almost universally accepted that the DNA of the blues can be traced back to Africa. Featuring significant…
The Rough Guide To African Blues
Tag: blues
Songs From The Back Porch
Jolie Holland – Escondida (Anti 6692, 2004) Thankfully, the transition from lo-fi spare room demo to recording studio hasn’t harmed the sound or spirit of Jolie Holland’s…
Sweet, sweet showers of Blues
Knut Reiersrud –Tramp (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1993) & Sweet Showers of Rain (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2001) Norwegian blues man Knut Reiersrud discovered Miles Davis when he was…
Charles Brown’s A Life in the Blues
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA – A Life in the Blues (Rounder Records) is a Charles Brown fan’s dream come true. Charles Brown (1922-1999) is truly one…
Box of the Blues
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA – Box of the Blues brings together 60 of the best songs in the Rounder Records blues catalog, offering a highly entertaining…
One for the Road
Harry Manx – Road Ragas (Salt Spring Island, Canada, 2003) I have found that there is little safety to be found from paint by number artists,…
Jorma Kaukonen & Jon Shain at The Arts Center in Carrboro
Concert Review by Rob TurnerJorma Kaukonen &Jon Shain at The Arts Center in Carrboro, North Carolina, February 19, 2000. Jorma Kaukonen’s return to the “triangle”…