Five of Our Favorite Artist Interviews of 2018
As 2018 draws to a close, Rock and Blues Muse looks back on five of our favorite artist interviews of the year. We have the privilege of talking with some of the most interesting, talented blues and rock musicians. We get a window into their lives, their music and how they create it, what they love most about [Read More]
Photo: Mickey Deneher
By Kevin Porter
Perhaps one of the most pleasant surprises in music for 2018 is the album Journeys to the Heart of the Blues by blues masters Joe Louis Walker, Bruce Katz, and Giles Robson released October 26, 2018 via Alligator Records. The album was recorded over a few short days in upstate New York at the beginning of the year [Read More]
Photo: James Omara
By Martine Ehrenclou
Known as one of Canada’s best blues musicians, Colin James is a rock and blues guitarist and singer-songwriter who has won 20 Maples Blues Awards, six Juno Awards (Best Blues Album 2017) and many others. With 19 albums, his latest is Miles To Go released September 21, 2018 and a sequel to his critically acclaimed 2016’s Blue Highways. It is a continuation of James’ story with a collection of carefully curated songs that were [Read More]
By Martine Ehrenclou
Currently on tour with the legendary John Mayall, Texas guitar slinger Carolyn Wonderland is the first female lead guitarist to join any of Mayall’s band lineups. She also joins the band on John Mayall’s upcoming album, Nobody Told Me out Feb. 22nd, 2019.
Carolyn is a multi-award-winning artist from Texas. She won Best Female Vocalist at the 2011 and 2012 Austin Music Awards. She and her band were named Austin’s Best Blues Band at the 2009 Austin Music Awards [Read More]
By Kevin Porter
Six-time Blues Music Award winner and BB King Entertainer of the Year, Tommy Castro, and Georgia blues-rock legend, Tinsley Ellis, who ranks as one of today’s most electrifying guitarists and vocalists, share a double bill on their upcoming “T’N’T Tour.” They are launching their joint tour along the East Coast and other parts of the U.S on November 9, 2018.
Castro and Ellis are both well worth seeing individually but having them both on a double bill should make for a phenomenal concert. [Read More]
