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News: Recording

New Tab Benoit Compilation from Telarc/Concord Coming April 3

March 4, 2012

In a career of more than two decades, blues guitarist/vocalist Tab Benoit has generated an impressive body of work—every note of it rooted in the rich and centuries-old musical and cultural traditions of his native Louisiana. While his earliest recordings and performances may have established him as a genuine blues musician, his ever-expanding body of work ...

News: Performance / Tour

Blues Legend Joe Louis Walker Celebrates Label Debut with Philadelphia Performances

January 20, 2012

Award-winning guitar slinger, passionate vocalist and gifted songwriter Joe Louis Walker, currently celebrating the release of his Alligator Records debut, Hellfire, will perform at Warmdaddy's in Philadelphia on Friday, February 17 and Saturday, February 18, 2012. Walker has been releasing groundbreaking music since 1986 and has toured—and continues to tour—worldwide. He has won four Blues Music ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Larry Tamanini

by AAJ Staff
January 12, 2012

Meet Larry Tamanini:Larry Tamanini is a professional musician with lots of experience in various high-level musical settings. Instrument: Guitar. Teachers and/or influences? My primary teachers for learning guitar have been Pat Martino, Dennis Sandole and Tom Giacabetti. Like most musicians, I have many influences. My big four on guitar are Grant Green, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Blues Rocker Tinsley Ellis to Perform in Sellersville

January 5, 2012

Blues-rocking guitarist/vocalist Tinsley Ellis will perform at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Ellis will be performing songs from his latest Alligator release, Speak No Evil. Over the course of 11 albums and literally thousands of live performances, Ellis is one of today's most electrifying guitarists and vocalists. Rolling Stone says he ...

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Article: Talkin' Blues

Talkin' Blues with Jimmy Herring

by Alan Bryson
December 27, 2011

Jimmy Herring is a musician who blurs lines, both in terms of genres and roles. Over the past two decades his work with the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Gov't Mule, The Allman Brothers Band, Frogwings, Phil Lesh & Friends, Project Z, Jazz is Dead, and Widespread Panic has cemented his position as one of the world's premier ...

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Article: Interview

Noah Haidu: Carving Out His Place

by R.J. DeLuke
November 21, 2011

New York-based pianist Noah Haidu came to jazz through the blues, listening to the searing, soulful guitar moans of Buddy Guy and Albert King. But his training, at the age of six, had its advent in classical music. He also likes to experiment with electronics.All these things go into the musical blender of one ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Presents the Dukes of Destiny in Cheltenham on October 5th!

September 14, 2011

Opening up the third season of the Jazz Bridge Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Road, Cheltenham, PA will be the Dukes of Destiny. Led by vocalist John Colgan-Davis, this seven-piece group has gained a large and loyal following over 25 years among Philadelphia listeners who know and love the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Blues/Roots Guitarist & Vocalist Tommy Castro to Perform in Sellersville

July 24, 2011

"Tommy Castro can do no wrong...soulful, heartfelt vocals, and exquisite, stellar guitar work. A seamless blend of blues, gospel-flavored R&B, soul and roadhouse rock." —Blues Revue Blues/roots guitarist and vocalist Tommy Castro will perform at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville on Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Castro will be performing songs from his Alligator Records debut, Hard ...

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Article: Live Review

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival: Burlington, Vermont, June 3-12, 2011

by Doug Collette
July 8, 2011

Burlington Discover Jazz FestivalBurlington, VTJune 3-12, 2011 The mix of anticipation and apprehension at the outset of each year's Burlington Discover Jazz Festival is no doubt something akin to stage fright in the mind of any stage performer, musician or otherwise. Will the string of high-profile events meet audience expectations and generate ...

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News: Recording

Albert King on Stax

April 20, 2011

When I was a teenager in the 1970s living with my parents an hour north of New York in Westchester County, I had friends who worked in the record departments of stores that anchored local malls. They knew I loved music and that on my trips to New York I often brought back hip jazz records ...