Category Archives: BLUES

EUGENE BRIDGES album

Posted on August 1, 2016 by peterblowry

EUGENE HIDEAWAY BRIDGES Hold On – a little bit longer Armadillo 00036 While the deaths of the remaining elders keep rapidly piling up, there are a few younger ones who keep the true flame burning! Eugene, at 51, is one … Continue reading →

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ODDENDA & SUCH: #87 – the Record Men

Posted on May 28, 2016 by peterblowry

RECORD MAKERS and BREAKERS: Voices of the Independent Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneers John Broven University of Illinois Press (2009) Urbana & Chicago. RALPH PEER and the Making of Popular Roots Music Barry Mazor Chicago Review Press (2015) Chicago COWBOYS AND … Continue reading →

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ODDENDA & SUCH: #84

Posted on January 22, 2016 by peterblowry

  “THE TIMES THEY ARE A’CHANGE’ED”?    IN SEARCH OF THE BLUES: Black Voices, White Visions Marybeth Hamilton Jonathan Cape (2007) London. BLUES DISCOVERY: Reaching Across the Divide Matthew Ismail Self published/revised edition (2012) San Bernardino, CA. DO NOT SELL … Continue reading →

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KIRK

Posted on October 27, 2015 by peterblowry

EDDIE – It came as a total surprise one morning, as it always does, an e-mail message from French blues fan René Malines that Eddie Kirkland had died. My first reaction was denial, but further ’net communications blew that idea … Continue reading →

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Brotherly Love

Posted on October 27, 2015 by peterblowry

THE HANDS                                                                                                                           Everything is Wonderful                                                                                                               Hi-Fi Doley-T (MGM/Planet) This sophomore effort from the Doley brothers’ guitar-less soul/funk band has finally appeared; fourteen original tunes (by either Clayton or Lachlan) that cook on a fairly … Continue reading →

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JOURNEYMAN

Posted on October 27, 2015 by peterblowry

LITTLE ARTHUR DUNCAN                                                                                                               Live at Rosa’s Blues Lounge                                                                                                        Delmark DE 793 This is the “audio only” version of a gig last year – the video version is DVD 1793 – at one of the still functioning blues bars in Chicago. … Continue reading →

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Big Box Sales

Posted on October 27, 2015 by peterblowry

Hey, Hey… It’s BOXing Day!! OK, so maybe the title is a bit on the hokey side, but there’s a reason. ’Tis the season, and all that sort of stuff, and this piece is to give you, dear reader, some … Continue reading →

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Maine Man

Posted on October 27, 2015 by peterblowry

SAMUEL JAMES                                                                                 … Continue reading →

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Triptych – part 3

Posted on October 27, 2015 by peterblowry

AGAINST THE WIND Tim Duffy & the Music Maker Relief Foundation The sub-heading for this magazine is “Australia’s Roots Music Monthly”. But what does that mean? And whose roots, anyway? Well, let’s start with the idea of popular music over … Continue reading →

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Triptych – part 2

Posted on October 27, 2015 by peterblowry

DIY Fieldwork (or alone in his field)                                                                                  George Mitchell’s southern trawlings. “Roots Music”, one of the over-riding themes of this publication from the git-go, takes many forms (Anglo-European, African American, “Ethnic”, “World”, a.o.) and has been documented over the decades … Continue reading →

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