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Josh Smith was born October 7, 1979 in Middletown, Connecticut. Before he was 1, his family relocated to Florida, eventually settling in Pembroke Pines, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale. At age 3, he received his first guitar and at 6, he started taking guitar lessons. Josh was exposed to the blues at an early age. He listened to a variety of artists, such as Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Albert King and T-Bone Walker. He also started going to concerts, including the Allman Brothers, Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen. By 12, Josh was playing at established professional blues jams in South Florida, such as Musicians Exchange Café in Fort Lauderdale and Club M in Hollywood, FL. When Josh was 13, the Rhino Cats, house band at Club M, asked him to be the lead guitarist

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Larry McCray: Heartbreak City

Read "Heartbreak City" reviewed by Ron Kalb

by Ron Kalb
June 2, 2026

Larry McCray's Heartbreak City, released on Keeping the Blues Alive Records, is steeped in grit, anguish, resilience and hard-won joy. The album reflects the life of a working-class blues man who sharpened his craft in the clubs of Saginaw after shifts on the General Motors assembly line, before touring nationally and eventually across Europe with Albert ...

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Heartbreak City

By Larry McCray

Label: Keeping the Blues Alive Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Try To Be A Good Man; Heartbreak City; Bye Bye Blues; Bright Side; Everything Falls On Me; I Know What I Have Done; Keep On Loving My Baby; Hangman; Stop Your Crying; Crazy World.

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Ready Now

By Jimmy Hall

Label: KTBA Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Jumpin’ For Joy; Risin' Up; Dream Release; Girl’s Got Sugar; Ready Now; Holding On For Dear Love; A Long Goodbye; Will You Still Be Here; Without Your Love; Love For It; Eyes In The Back Of Your Head.

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The Rodger Fox Big Band: Reimagined! The Roger Fox big Band Plays Sir Dave Dobbyn

Read "Reimagined! The Roger Fox big Band Plays Sir Dave Dobbyn" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
June 15, 2022

On Reimagined!, New Zealander Rodger Fox's superlative big band takes a fresh look at the music of Sir Dave Dobbyn, one of that country's most honored and beloved musicians. Although Dobbyn has spent his celebrated career in the fields of pop and rock, his evocative compositions lend themselves well to light and swinging interpretations by Fox's ...

Article: Blues Deluxe

Winter 2022

by Doug Collette
March 11, 2022

Blues Deluxe is a regular column comprised of pithy takes on recent blues and roots-music releases of note, spotlighting titles in those genres that might otherwise go unnoticed under the cultural radar. The Ronnie Wood Band Mr. Luck: A Tribute to Jimmy Reed Live at the Royal Albert Hall BMG

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Adjustments

By Scott Kinsey, Mer Sal

Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Tiny Circles: Seroquel: Bleeding Tears: Innocent Victim: This Shell: Time Out Of Mind: Crying Smile: Feel Flows: Heart of Glass: 50 Circles Around The Sun: Down to You / Jungle Book: Don't Let Go

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I Love Paris

By Melbreeze

Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Autumn Leaves; I Fall In Love Too Easily; Dat Dere; Sentimental Journey; Don't Explain; I Love Paris; My Funny Valentine; Yesterdays; What Lola Wants; Killing Me Softly With Your Song