Combining influences from an array of genres and his work as a touring guitarist for Grammy winning bands, New Orleans artist Eric Johanson creates blues-based alternative roots rock in his rising solo career. Following years spent on the road as a guitarist, having performed onstage with Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, JJ Grey, Eric Lindell, and...
The Blues Disciples have been Jim "Barefoot Jimmy" Schwarz and Paul "Pauly Walnuts" Stilin on harp/vocals and guitars since 1990. Other members have come and gone, but this version features Matt Liban on drums, son of Midwest harp great Jim Liban, and Chris Lehnert on organ for 7 of the 12 tracks. A host of speial guests are featured;...
Celsa Maxwell (26) no longer knows what silence is for a year or two. Fortunately, we still know how a wonderful record should sound. She recorded her debut In the Mythical Land of Sound after she became almost completely deaf in one ear. A conversation about a world of noise and melancholy in mono. One morning you wake up. And...
Boogie Beasts is a Belgian alternative blues band from Limburg and Liège. The band was founded in 2011 and mixes blues and boogie with rock and garage rock. Dirty beats, hypnotising slide, screaming harmonica riffs and plenty of fuzz : all of these will be served by this four-men band from Liège-Limburg-Namur, Belgium. Boogie Beasts translate their...
Daniel Fredrick Sartain (August 13, 1981 - March 20, 2021) was an American musician. His music encompasses a variety of genres, including rockabilly, punk rock and the blues. After releasing two self-produced albums through independent record labels, in 2005 Sartain released "Dan Sartain vs. the Serpientes", his first commercially-available studio...
Neal Francis (born Neal Francis O'Hara on September 4, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his solo project. Francis was born in Livingston, New Jersey and moved to Oak Park, Illinois at the age of 1. He attended Oak Park River Forest High School, performing in multiple bands. Francis took piano lessons from the age of...
The Teskey Brothers are an Australian blues rock band from Melbourne, named after the two brothers who formed the group in 2008 : Josh Teskey (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Sam Teskey (lead guitar). The band also includes Brendon Love (bass guitar) and Liam Gough (drums). Their music is in the style of Wilson Pickett, and Otis Redding. The band plays...
Blackberry Smoke is an American rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Blackberry Smoke brought Southern rock into the 21st century by ignoring fashion and sticking to the gospel according to Lynyrd Skynyrd. The Atlanta, Georgia-based quintet led by singer/songwriter Charlie Starr adapted Skynyrd's greasy blend of hard rock, blues, and...
Michael Jason Isbell (born February 1, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is known for his solo career, his work with the band The 400 Unit, and as a member of Drive-By Truckers for six years, from 2001 to 2007. Isbell's band, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, is primarily made up of musicians from the Muscle...
Endless Boogie is an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Brooklyn, New York. The current line-up of the band consists of Paul Major (vocals, guitar), Jesper Eklow (guitar), Marc Razo (bass) and Harry Druzd (drums). The band takes its name from John Lee Hooker's 1971 album of the same name. The band is known for "its minimalist jams both...
The Temperance Movement are a British blues rock band formed in 2011 by Glasgow-born vocalist Phil Campbell and guitarists Luke Potashnick (ex-Rooster and Ben's Brother) and Paul Sayer. The rhythm section consists of former Jamiroquai bassist Nick Fyffe and the Australian-born drummer Damon Wilson, who has played with the likes of Ray Davies, The...
Alison Krauss (Decatur, Illinois, July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass singer and violinist. She has received twenty-seven Grammy Awards for her work and has received several platinum records. Her debut album, "Too Late to Cry" (1987), was released when she was 16 years old. Krauss collaborates with the traditional bluegrass ensemble Union...