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Seattle-based singer/songwriter Kris Orlowski focuses on earthy, honest, psychological, and harmony-drenched folk-pop music delivered with a watch (and ear) for the cinematic. Orlowski released a small number of well-received EPs before developing the Kris Orlowski Music group with Greg Garcia, Tag Isakson, Torry Anderson, and Tyler Carroll this year 2010. …

A blues combo that fuses modern styles using the vintage Chicago audio from the ’50s, Mississippi High temperature was formed within the Windy Town in 1991 by Israeli-born, Belgian-bred vocalist and harp guy Pierre Lacocque. The band’s tale started when blues guitarist and vocalist Jon McDonald asked Lacocque on-stage throughout …

A leading figure from the progressive nation movement from the 1970s, singer/songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard continues to be most widely known for authoring the perennial anthem “AGAINST the Wall structure, Redneck Mom.” Created November 13, 1946, in Soper, Oklahoma, Hubbard and his family members relocated to Dallas through the middle-’50s; …

Probably one of the most influential spirit singers from the 1960s, Otis Redding exemplified to numerous listeners the energy of Southern “deep spirit” — hoarse, gritty vocals, brassy plans, and an emotional method with both party music and aching ballads. He was also probably the most constant exponent from the …

There was a period during the later ’70s and early ’80s when Mighty Joe Young was among the leading blues guitarists in Chicago’s budding North side blues circuit. The Louisiana indigenous got his begin not within the Windy Town, however in Milwaukee, where he grew up. He gained a popularity …

The Meters defined New Orleans funk, not merely independently recordings, but additionally because the backing music group for numerous artists, including many made by Allen Toussaint. Where in fact the funk of Sly Rock and James Dark brown was crazy, careening, and determinedly metropolitan, the Meters had been down-home and …

Bassist Nick Moss discovered his instrument at a age, often viewing his sibling Joe enjoy with Pal Scott, amongst others. By enough time he graduated from senior high school, Scott was searching for a fresh bassist and Moss have scored the job. 2 yrs afterwards, Jimmy Dawkins stole him apart …

Blessed in Milwaukee in 1957, blues guitarist Michael Burks started learning his device young — inspired by his music family (his dad played bass and frequently performed alongside harmonica star Sonny Guy Williamson II, even though his grandfather was a Delta-style bluesman from Camden, Arkansas). By age five, he was …

North Mississippi guitarist R.L. Burnside was among the paragons of state-of-the-art Delta juke joint blues. The guitarist, vocalist and songwriter was created November 23, 1926 in Oxford, MS, and produced his house in Holly Springs, within the hill nation above the Delta. He resided the majority of his lifestyle within …

While she’s in no way a straight-ahead blues artist, vocalist and songwriter Reneé Austin has great potential to bring many new fans towards the idiom. Appealing, intelligent, and an excellent showperson, Austin was created in NORTH PARK and elevated in Texas, we were young steeped in Tx roadhouse blues and …