Tag Archives: Contemporary Blues

Los Angeles local Candye Kane sings a sassy and showbiz-savvy mixture of blues and spirit that takes zero prisoners of any persuasion. Kane is a lot of factors in her lifestyle, from a mom and serious pupil to a pinup female and celebrity (both on-stage and in risqué films), and …

b. 1926, Greenwood, Mississippi, USA. While still a kid, Jones learned to try out violin and in old age moved on towards the acoustic bass as well as the bass electric guitar. For quite some time, he performed in the group support Muddy Waters and following the head’s loss of …

Getting the son of the world-known designer and developing up in Greenwich Village can be an unlikely track record for the bluesman, but that is where Alex Schultz’ story starts. At ten, Schultz began playing electric guitar and bathing in to the vinyl fabric enjoys of Paul Butterfield, John Mayall’s …

Although he’s the son of fusion guitarist Larry Coryell, Murali Coryell chose never to follow in the same design of music as his father — he specializes in blues and soul. Coryell released his debut record in 1995, Eye Wide Open, chasing it up four years afterwards with 2120 (documented …

Albert Cummings was created in Williamston, MA, and has produced his house in the brand new England area all his lifestyle, where he works a successful house structure business. He began playing the five-string banjo when he was 12 and made an appearance headed to get a regional profession in …

Chicago-based blues pianist, singer and songwriter Aaron Moore is normally locally famous, but nonetheless rather obscure over the nationwide blues scene. Moore spent a lot of the last 40 years in Chicago, burning more information on musicians including Small Walter, Lonnie Brooks, Hound Pup Taylor, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and …

This highly touted vocalist/guitarist originally comes from Ottawa, Canada, although her home base shifted to Austin, TX, when she signed with Antone’s Records and cut her debut set, Teen Girl Blues, in 1992 (an encore, With out a Warning, quickly followed). Foley’s wicked business lead electric guitar makes her a …

Child prodigy position is sometimes tough to overcome upon getting maturity. Not for Lucky Peterson; he grew larger (in more methods than one) over the modern blues circuit than he was on the precocious age group of six, when he have scored a nationwide R&B hit using the Willie Dixon-produced …

A diminutive singer with a robust tone of voice and a straight stronger attitude, Ann Peebles was among the performers who defined Willie Mitchell’s legendary Memphis spirit label Hi there Information, along with Al Green and, afterwards, O.V. Wright. Conveniently the best feminine vocalist in the Hello there stable, Peebles …

To be certain, Philadelphia-based vocalist and songwriter Gina Sicilia has come quite a distance in a comparatively small amount of time in the blues globe. This isn’t to state that she’s some brand-new up-and-comer, either, as this girl in her mid-twenties continues to be actively performing the blues and composing …