The blues is bursting with great stage names, and the genre also has a few memorable nicknames. A moniker that would suit Walter Trout, given all that he’s [click here to continue]
Being guided by a parent to listen to B.B. King and other blues artists. Discovering the music of The Stooges while living in Bangkok. Finding a permanent [click here to continue]
As it should be, Chris Stamey’s name is all over his latest album — most notably as the songwriter, arranger and producer. And while Stamey also plays [click here to continue]
When The Loft Club went to work at Middle Farm Studios in South Devon, England, singer-guitarist Daniel Schamroth expected his band to leave with four or [click here to continue]
Country music doesn’t have an abundance of black artists, admits Miko Marks, but she says “it’s not as rare as one might think.” “There are people [click here to continue]
While filming a video for “Love Me Still,” the first single from 2014’s Whiplash Blues album, Annie Stela found out she was pregnant. Her child was [click here to continue]
Self-described “lifelong retrofile” Jason Brewer says The Explorers Club has always been based around the songs he’d write with various collaborators. [click here to continue]
Arriving in time for Juneteenth and a day prior to the official start of summer are two solid singles from Ohio-based Colemine Records. “Fight On!” by The [click here to continue]
During the 1980s, David Haerle had rock-star desires, with one of his bands getting as far as playing original material in clubs around Los Angeles. That dream [click here to continue]
When John McCutcheon returned to Georgia in mid-March after touring Australia, he was all set to record a new album. The songs were written, the studio time [click here to continue]