Women Who Shaped The Blues
By Chris Wheatley
From the earliest days of blues as entertainment, women were at the forefront. Theirs were the first black voices to be heard on record, and therefore the first to disseminate the twelve-bar art form across the nation (and the world). Able to occupy spaces forbidden to men (who were routinely perceived as [Read More]
Tom Petty
The Tom Petty estate released an 8 track home recording of Petty’s 1994 Wildflowers hit “You Don’t Know How It Feels,” which will be part of a Wildflowers project on Warner Records. His daughter Adria Petty uncovered the song in his archives.
The unheard recording features several differences from the final version. Adria Petty premiered the song on Tom Petty Radio on SiriusXM. In her interview on SiriusXM she revealed that she and the band found [Read More]
Drive-In Concerts
By Martine Ehrenclou
The coronavirus has whacked the music industry to its knees. Artists were forced to cancel their tours and concerts, and promotors, managers, publicists, marketers, road crew and more, who are dependent on the live music industry for their survival, were furloughed or laid off.
With live music shows halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing, many musicians were able to pivot to live streaming performances via social media sites with ticket sales and [Read More]
By Martine Ehrenclou
Badass blues rockers Too Slim and the Taildraggers trigger a new release, The Remedy, out July 17 via the Vizztone Label Group/Underworld, the follow up to their critically acclaimed High Desert Heat, which was nominated for a 2019 Blues Music Award in the Best Blues Rock Album category.
With 10 originals and one cover by Elmore James, The Remedy is a dynamic blues-infused rock and roots album, that once again proves the songwriting mettle of this hard-driving [Read More]
Back Down South
Grammy Award-nominated sister duo Larkin Poe release their new video “Back Down South” from their widely acclaimed album, Self Made Man. Released June 12 via the band’s own Tricki-Woo Records, in its first week of sales the album rose to the top of Billboard’s “Top New Artists Albums” and “Current Rock Albums” charts, while also climbing to #1 “Blues Albums”, #2 on the “Americana/Folk Albums”, #7 “Heatseekers” and #11 on the overall “Top [Read More]
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Suzi Quatro
By Mike O’Cull
Suzi Q is the official full-length feature film documentary about the life of rock star, actress, and stereotype-destroyer Suzi Quatro. Made by Australian filmmakers Liam Firmager and Tait Brady, the film will be released by Screen Australia on July 1st, 2020 and tells the story of the 54-year career of Quatro, a groundbreaking female rocker who kicked open doors for many of the female rock musicians that would follow her example. It features interviews with Quatro, [Read More]
