Category Archives: Rhythm & Blues

Charlie Parker Centenary CD Compilation Out Soon

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Tony

To celebrate the centenary of Charlie Parker a CD  release of Parker’s ‘The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection’. The collection, spotlights Charlie Parker’s ground breaking be-bop sessions for Savoy Records spanning 1944 to 1948. The tracks are already available on vinyl and … Continue reading →

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Record Store Day 2020 – Shop Openings, Mail Order, What’s Available

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Tony

For crate diggers used to queuing outside the UKs plethora of independent record stores searching for rare vinyl, CDs and other collectables on Record Store Day things will be different this year. The twice postponed Record Store Day 2020 will be … Continue reading →

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Johnny Otis on TV 1959

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Tony

The Johnny Otis Show on KTLA-TV 5 – Los Angeles, California – 1959. Some good stuff here among one or two clinkers!

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Lil Ed: Tryin’ To Make A Living

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Tony

This is Lil Ed Williams of Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials, Alligator recording artists, playing from the back of a truck in Chicago – great slide guitar. Wish we had stuff like this in the UK! He is the … Continue reading →

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Great 34 Minute Documentary On Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Tony
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Hal Singer is aged 100, a renowned R&B/jazz artist, a survivor of Tulsa’s 1921 race massacre where Trump is holding a rally.

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Tony

From the Washington Post By DeNeen L. Brown President Trump plans to hold a political rally in Tulsa on Saturday, which he delayed by a day after scheduling it on Juneteenth, the holiday that marks the end of slavery. The timing astonished … Continue reading →

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Rory Gallagher 25th Anniversary – June 14th

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Tony

  Sunday, June 14th, 2020 will mark the 25th anniversary of the passing of the late, lamented musician Rory Gallagher. With the current lockdown restrictions, understandably, events have had to be curtailed for the occasion; with the postponement of the … Continue reading →

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The Passion Of Chris Strachwitz

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Tony

Chris Strachwitz is a man possessed. “El Fanatico,” Ry Cooder calls him. A song catcher, dedicated to recording the traditional, regional, down home music of America, his adopted home after his family left Germany at the close of WWII. Mance … Continue reading →

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NYCs Bottom Line Archive On CD

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Tony

New York’s The Bottom Line club major series of releases from its archive containing over 1000 shows recorded during the club’s 30 year run, from 1974 – 2004 is now being made widely available. It is intended to make as … Continue reading →

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New Rory Gallagher Live Set Due In March

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Tony

Following on from the highly successful ‘BLUES’ album, Chess/UMC are releasing a CD/LP set by Rory Gallagher ‘Check Shirt Wizard- Live In ‘77’. This 20-song, previously unreleased, set is culled from four shows (London, Brighton, Sheffield and Newcastle) during an … Continue reading →

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