2023 has been an outstanding year for blues, rock and roots albums. It’s never easy to narrow them down to a list of 20. I’m not altogether sure that end-of-the-year lists are necessary or accurate—because music is subjective. We [Continue]
Photos: Ally Venable (Tina Sieland), Ghost Hounds (Jay Arcansalin), D.K. Harrell (unknown), Samantha Fish (Kaelan Barowsky) Best 20 Blues Rock Albums of 2023 (so far) By Martine Ehrenclou Just like this time last year, we are again featuring [Continue]
Ally Venable, Real Gone By Mike O'Cull Texas blues/rock firebrand Ally Venable blasts all the way off on her fifth solo album Real Gone!. The new record makes impact on March 24th, 2023 on Ruf Records and is [Continue]
Ally Venable, Real Gone Guitarist Ally Venable To Release New Album 'Real Gone' Drops March 24th Shares "Real Gone" Video Announces National Tourdates with Buddy Guy & Kenny Wayne Shepherd Texas blues/rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Ally Venable [Continue]
Photo: Ally Venable, Colin James by Jeff Topham By Stephen Guppy A full house of about 800 blues fans turned out at Nanaimo’s waterfront Port Theatre on a warm early-fall evening to welcome back Canadian blues maestro Colin [Continue]
