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Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Born: June 12, 1977

Bluesman Kenny Wayne Shepherd balances past, present

by Jim Trageser
June 5, 2026

Blues guitarist, singer, composer and bandleader Kenny Wayne Shepherd is marking the 30th anniversary of the release of his debut recording with a national tour in which he and his band perform that album, Ledbetter Heights (Giant Records, 1995), in its entirety. They also re-recorded the album track-by-track with longtime vocalist, Noah Hunt, who only joined ...

Young Fashioned Ways

By Bobby Rush

Label: Thirty Tigers, Deep Rush Records, Ram Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Who Was That; 40 Acres (How Long); Hey Baby (What Are We Gonna Do); Uncle Esau; Make Love To You; Long Way From Home; G String; You So Fine; Young Ways; What She Said

Joanne Shaw Taylor: Blues From The Heart Live

by Doug Collette
June 11, 2022

Joanne Shaw Taylor Blues From the Heart Live KTBA Records 2022 The title of Joanne Shaw Taylor's Blues From The Heart Live is no more redundant than the one assigned to her last studio release. On The Blues Album (KTBA Records, 2021), the British blueswoman revealed the roots and influences ...

Heart Of Fire

By Ally Venable

Label: Ruf Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Heart Of Fire; Played The Game; Hateful Blues; Road To Nowhere; Bring On The Pain; Hard Change; Do It In Heels; Sad Situation; Use Me; Tribute To SRV; What Do You Want From Me.

Ally Venable: Heart Of Fire

by Doug Collette
February 27, 2021

The virtues so readily apparent on guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Ally Venable's last album, Puppet Show (Connor Ray Music, 2018), remain fully in evidence on her Ruf Records debut. It is telling, however, that for Heart Of Fire, the sultry poses she struck on the cover of the previous LP give way to those focusing on the way the ...

Lydia Pense & Cold Blood: The Endless Summer of Love

by Jim Worsley
September 24, 2019

Fifty years ago, the Woodstock Festival blazed the music scene and put modern society on the map. Yes, it was the era of hippies, counterculture, peace, love, and dope. The west coast made its own lasting impression with the far-out, peaceful, yet happening, streets of San Francisco. The rich music scene was as potent as the ...

Walter Trout: Thriving With The Blues

by Jim Worsley
February 24, 2018

I considered using the word surviving, instead of thriving, in the title. However, as you will see, Walter Trout has done much more than “just survive" his real life blues. Trout speaks candidly about his struggles and near fatal experience with liver disease and the ensuing transplant. He also spoke with humor, vigor, and a renewed ...

Peter Frampton & Cheap Trick at The Paramount

by Mike Perciaccante
August 9, 2015

Peter Frampton & Cheap Trick The Paramount Huntington, NY July 29, 2015 Frampton Comes Alive! (A&M, 1976) and Live At Budukan (Epic, 1978) are two of the most iconic live recordings of the past 40-or-so years. As such, it's only fitting (and inevitable) that Peter Frampton and Cheap Trick would eventually ...

Buddy Flett: Buddy Flett - Rough Edges

by C. Michael Bailey
October 18, 2013

It's all in a name. Some names and occupations just go together, especially in sports. Harmon Killebrew, Orlando Cepeda, and Catfish Hunter are all baseball names. Blues musicians have similar iconic names. The Ur-Blues has Eddie “Son" House, Nehemiah “Skip" James, Tommy Johnson, and Charlie Patton. The generation after has Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield), Howlin' Wolf ...