Join me this afternoon for new songs by Savoy Brown, Kirsten Thien, Eric Johanson, Mojomama, and Lucinda Williams on http://www.bluesmusicfan.com. The show runs from 3 to 5 pm ET….hope ya can make it.
Join us on http://www.bluesmusicfan.com from 12 pm to 2 pm EST today for some great contemporary blues from artists like Jonny Lang, Gravel & Grace, Diane Blue, Moving Blues plus some classics by Freddie King and Omar Kent Dykes and Jimmie Vaughan.
Below is the intended playlist:
ARTIST
TITLE
George Thorogood
2120 South Michigan Ave (Feat. Charlie Musselwhite)
Cigarbox Henri – New American Farmers
Sound Of The Small Box
Nathan B. Spooner
Cayuga Blues Band
Kenny Blues Boss Wayne
You Did A Number On Me
Kyle Yardley
Going To St. Louis
Diane Blue
That’s a Pretty Good Love
Evelyn Rubio
What A Way to Go
Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion
Life Goes On
Jan James
I’m Always Coming Back
Jonny Lang
Cherry Red Wine
The Lucky Losers
Half a Nothing
Jose Ramirez
Gasoline and Matches
The Ryan McGrath Band
No Good to You
Charlie Bedford
Steady Driver Man
Charlie Frey’s Blue Plate Specials
The Minister’s Daughter
Moving Blues
You Know I Love You Babe
Mo’ Jake
Uh! Uh!
Micke and Lefty feat. Chef
I´m A Steady Rollin’ Man
The SunBears
Set Fire To My Heart
Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan
Baby What You Want Me To Do/Bright Lights Big City
A first class acoustic guitar player with a great voice and a true appreciation for the blues, Rory Block (a six time winner of blues awards from the prestigious Blues Foundation) unearths some gems by early female blues singers and applies her special touch to them. This is the second Power Women of the Blues recordings she has done and it is a great listen.
I enjoyed her new song Eagles as well as He May Be Your Man (Helen Humes), It’s Red Hot (Madlyn Davis), and Wayward Girl Blues (Lottie Kimbrough).
Some badass Chicago blues from singer and harmonica player Kyle Yardley who hails from St. Louis and is now lives in Georgia. Particularly loved Little Girl which features some licks from one of my favorite guitarists, Johnny Burgin, and also loved That Ain’t Right, Savannah Georgia Women, and Country Girl (alternate version).
Evelyn Rubio – Crossing Borders (2020 Productions On Seaspeed LLC)
Evelyn Rubio hails from Mexico City and is now based in Houston. A singer and saxophone player, when she turns up the volume and lets it wail, she is at her finest. Really liked I Made a Mistake, Just Like A Drug, and One More Last Time.
Joshua Batten hails from Australia and at 23 has just released his second recording that features a range of tunes across several genres. I loved the blues rocker Tell Me I am Wrong as well as Silver Dollars and The Fox and The Hound. All three will get airplay during my roadhouse blues shows on Blues Music Fan Radio.
Produced by the great Texas bluesman Anson Funderburgh, Jose Ramirez’s new album features some stellar guitar playing and singing and is full of catchy blues tunes. Jose hails from Costa Rica and is now based in Tampa, Florida. With a Robert Johnson tat on his arm and a distinctive guitar tone, he is more than ready to pay his blues dues. I loved One Woman Man as well as Gasoline and Matches and Stop Teasing Me. Keep an ear out for this guy…..he has a very bright bluzin’ future!
Jan James has been singin’ the blues and payin’ her dues for many years. The new album Justify may finally get her the broad based recognition she is due as one of the contemporary blues’ great female singers. I loved the songs A Different Life, Believe in Me, and I’m Always Coming Back. Her long time partner Craig Calvert plays some mean guitar licks as well on all the songs. Overall, a great blues recording!!
What have YOU been listening to over the past month?? Leave a comment with an album that you have enjoyed….we wants to know!!!
Ben Vee is an internet DJ and writer from New Orleans that now lives in Connecticut with his wife Annette. He started spinning records back in the 1970’s and has been writing about the roadhouse blues since 2011. He does two roadhouse blues shows each week on http://www.bluesmusicfan.com and he writes about the blues when the urge strikes on http://www.benveeblues.com.
Hope all is still well with you and yours! Tune in today from 3-5 pm ET on http://www.bluesmusicfan.com for the Ben Vee Good Time Roadhouse blues featuring tunes by Keb’ Mo’, Jonny Lang, Carolyn Wonderland, Jan James, Larkin Poe, and many more.
Below is the intended playlist which I publish in the hopes that you will download a tune or two and support the contemporary blues!!
Summer is finally here!!! Join me from 12 to 2 pm ET for some great summer time Roadhouse blues at http://www.bluesmusicfan.com. Featuring tunes by Heather Newman, Ozgur Hazar, Lenny Paul, Jim Ruffing, The Teskey Brothers, Theresa Blue, Thorbjorn Risager, and many more.
Join me today for some contemporary Roadhouse Blues at http://www.bluesmusicfan.com at 3 pm EST. Got some new tunes….some classics…and alot of upbeat tunes for ya! Here is the intended playlist.
ARTIST
TITLE
Widow Blue
Pow Wow Blues
Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page & Steve Winwood
Ben Vee Blues 