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Rick Vito: Slidemaster

by Scott Gudell
June 23, 2026

Rick Vito is truly a top slide guitarist / USA and he has consistently been a top gun for decades. Vito, as with other State side sliders, including Duane Allman and Ry Cooder plus Brits such as Peter Green and Jeff Beck, were awed by domestic blues guitar master's including Elmore James, Robert Johnson and many ...

Rick Vito And Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart & Guy Davis: Blues Brothers Indeed

by Doug Collette
March 29, 2026

Not all blues musicians play blues material exclusively. In fact, some of the most notable practitioners in the genre enhance their reputations by traveling far afield for eclectic selections that freshen their fundamental point(s) of reference. Rick Vito's Slidemaster is just such an effort, while by contrast, the triumvirate of Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart and ...

Matt Schofield: Many Moons Vol. 1

by Doug Collette
September 11, 2025

The blues boom that exploded in England during the mid-to-late 1960s bequeathed more than a few guitar heroes to the world, including, but not limited to, Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. But none of those fretboarders or their contemporaries and descendants has been any more loyal to the genre than Matt Schofield.

The Blues According To Rory Block

by C. Michael Bailey
October 20, 2024

Being a household name depends as much on the household as it does the name. Not all reading this will know who Rory Block is, but in the households with fans of the rural blues, slide guitar and innovative women in music, to not know would be criminal. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Block grew up ...

The Blues Period: The First Decade of Nola Blue Records, 2014-2024

by Scott Gudell
May 4, 2024

Start with a degree in Business Administration and Management and you might just wind up running and owning a record company. Sounds like a long shot but that's what happened to Sallie Bengtson in 2014 when her passion for all things blues--especially if it has something to do with New Orleans--inspired her to visit the city. ...

Jack Kelly's Honkatonktet At Scott's Jazz Club

by Ian Patterson
April 29, 2024

Jack Kelly's Honkatonktet Scott's Jazz Club Belfast, N. Ireland April 26, 2024 Who knows what sort of music Charlie Parker would have made had he lived another thirty-five years? It is tantalizing to think that he might have ventured into country music. Parker loved country music, especially Hank Williams, drawn ...

Live In 1967 - Volume Three

By John Mayall

Label: Forty Below Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Brand New Start; Tears In My Eyes; Stand Back Baby; Greeny; Talk To Your Daughter; Your Funeral And My Trial; The Stumble; Double Trouble

Rick Berthod / Dom Martin / Jonah Tolchin

by Doug Collette
December 30, 2023

The fundamental appeal of the blues lies largely in its simplicity of form and humor of expression. The elasticity of its format carries intrinsic drama, the suspense resolved within each verse, with a cumulative effect carrying over to the end of the given performance. It is a rare creature indeed that can muster the patience and ...

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers: Live In 1967 - Volume Three

by Doug Collette
September 9, 2023

Perhaps it is just the cumulative effect of what this title represents as the third and last release in a series of similarly- designated editions, but a dramatic sense of history arises from mere perusal of the artwork adorning John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers' Live in 1967 -Volume Three. The black and white graphic ...