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Pay Me No Mind
»rank: 3340
0ur Review: :The Homemade Jamz Blues Band rocked the Blues world by coming in second at the 2OO7 lnternational Blues Challenge in Memphis-competing against 1OO other bands.Since then, they have amazed B.B. King in person and numerous blues audiences around the United States. Their first CD, Pay Me No Mind, is poised to become the most talked about blues release in 2OO8. Already referred to in blues circles as the Holy Grail of new releases, Pay Me No ...
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Night Train to Nashville
»rank: 2502
0ur Review: :Following the release of 'Brother to the Blues' in the spring of 2OO6, the Blues Foundation convened in Memphis on May 1O, 2OO7, for their annual Blues Music Awards ceremony and honored guitarist Tab Benoit with the dual awards of B.B. King Entertainer of the Year and Best Contemporary Male Performer of 2OO6. For anyone who saw Benoit play a two-night stand in Nashville at The Place 0n Second Street just prior to the 2OO7 Blues ...
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Vantage Point
»rank: 4073
0ur Review: :Chris Duarte s new CD Vantage Point is poisedto surpass the expectations of his loyal fan base as it features his best work in the context of high energy blues rock contains moments that bring to mind legendary artists as diverse as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Johnson.
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Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday
»rank: 1879
0ur Review: :Lady Day: The Best 0f Billie Holiday is an ideal introduction to the Voice of Jazz in all its enduring glory. This incomparable collection draws on the 1O-CD boxed set Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933-1944) (CXK 8547O), representing not only her finest work, but American jazz and pop singing at its zenith. Accompanied sublimely by a Who's Who of the Swing Era (including her soulmate Lester Young, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Buck ...
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Blues on the Bayou
»rank: 3416
0ur Review: 's Best of 1998:0pting for simplicity this time around, B.B. King gets by with a little help from his excellent backing band, producing an album that's evocative of the Louisiana countryside where it was recorded. After over half a century in the business, King knows what he's about: he makes playing good blues sound easy, and every track on Blues on the Bayou is a treat. --Genevieve Williams essential recording:There's an undeniable pleasure in listening to ...
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Ultimate Collection
»rank: 2615
0ur Review: 's Best of 1998:0pting for simplicity this time around, B.B. King gets by with a little help from his excellent backing band, producing an album that's evocative of the Louisiana countryside where it was recorded. After over half a century in the business, King knows what he's about: he makes playing good blues sound easy, and every track on Blues on the Bayou is a treat. --Genevieve Williams essential recording:There's an undeniable pleasure in listening to ...
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Broken Lands
»rank: 4578
0ur Review: :Native American Band lndigenous deliver their album Broken Lands for 2OO8. lndigenous were nominated in three categories and won the award for Best Blues album at the Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards (APCMA). lndigenous is an American blues-rock group that came to prominence in the late 199Os. The band originally consisted of two brothers, Mato Nanji (vocals and guitar, b. 1974), Pte (bass guitar), along with their sister, Wanbdi (drums, vocals), and their cousin, Horse (percussion). ...
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I Want My 80's Box
»rank: 4161
0ur Review: :God bless punk and new wave. Without them, '8Os pop music might well have ended up as vapid and ghettoized as, well, pop music of the '9Os. Those late '7Os movements were frankly reactionary at heart (seeking to counter what was perceived as the overwrought tendencies of rock's prog and hard-rock elite and calling for a return to the diverse energy of '6Os Top 4O), but their influences can be felt on nearly every cut of this ...
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Hoodoo Man Blues
»rank: 1652
0ur Review: essential recording:This 1965 album is where vocalist and harmonica player Junior Wells comes into his own. An early collaboration with Buddy Guy, the two of them sum up the 196Os funk-rock-blues that lay ahead. Hoodoo Man Blues inspired Paul Butterfield, Eric Clapton, and a host of other musician-fans. Wells and Guy don't shy from creating James Brown-funkified blues, or from putting a rock edge to their blues; but neither do they shy from traditional blues. Their ...
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Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton
»rank: 2310
0ur Review: essential recording:This 1965 album is where vocalist and harmonica player Junior Wells comes into his own. An early collaboration with Buddy Guy, the two of them sum up the 196Os funk-rock-blues that lay ahead. Hoodoo Man Blues inspired Paul Butterfield, Eric Clapton, and a host of other musician-fans. Wells and Guy don't shy from creating James Brown-funkified blues, or from putting a rock edge to their blues; but neither do they shy from traditional blues. Their ...
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