When Hubert Sumlin plays guitar he takes you to his World of Blues Feeling -- from despair to ecstasy, from delicate grace to raw power, from lost to found. Though hes influenced and inspired many of the most famous guitar players, Hubert owns the magic. His style is original and personal and instantly recognizable. What kind of man can make or break your heart with his guitar?  read more »

release title: In North Carolina (added on 2008-02-25 00:00:00)

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1. Bob Margolin -- Tell Me Why
2. Bob Margolin -- In North Carolina
3. Bob Margolin -- You Rascal You
4. Bob Margolin -- Just Before Dawn
5. Bob Margolin -- Colleen
6. Bob Margolin -- Lonely Man Blues
7. Bob Margolin -- Tears of
8. Bob Margolin -- Natural Blues
9. Bob Margolin -- Bring Me Your Blues
10. Bob Margolin -- Red Hot Kisses  read more »

The Blues Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2008 Blues Music Award Winners. Several Chicago-area blues artists are among the winners. Here they are: 1. DVD - Kenny Wayne Shepherd 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads 2. Traditional Blues Male Artist - Hubert Sumlin 3. Traditional Blues Female Artist - Koko Taylor 4. Acoustic Artist - Bobby Rush 5. Acoustic Album Bobby Rush - Raw (an excellent album; highly recommended) 6. Pinetop Perkins Piano Player - Honey Piazza 7. Instrumentalist-Guitar - Bob Margolin 8. Soul Blues Male Artist - Bobby Rush 9. Soul Blues Female Artist - Irma Thomas 10. Soul Blues Album - The Holmes Brothers State of Grace 11. Historical Album - Epic/Legacy Breakin It UP, Breakin it DOWN 12. Contemporary Blues Album - Tommy Castro - Painkiller 13.  read more »

The 2008 Blues Music Awards were announced in the Mississippi Delta on Thursday, May 8. The winners selected by the vote of the Blues Foundation's members are. 1. DVD - Kenny Wayne Shepherd 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads 2. Traditional Blues Male Artist - Hubert Sumlin 3. Traditional Blues Female Artist - Koko Taylor 4. Acoustic Artist - Bobby Rush 5. Acoustic Album Bobby Rush - Raw 6. Pinetop Perkins Piano Player - Honey Piazza 7. Instrumentalist-Guitar - Bob Margolin 8. Soul Blues Male Artist - Bobby Rush 9. Soul Blues Female Artist - Irma Thomas 10. Soul Blues Album - The Holmes Brothers State of Grace 11. Historical Album - Epic/Legacy Breakin It UP, Breakin it DOWN 12. Contemporary Blues Album - Tommy Castro - Painkiller 13.  read more »

The 25th annual Chicago Blues Festival kicked off in the traditional way, with a set from the Blues in the Schools kids, here led by Eric Noden. I had a work obligation I couldn't get out of this morning, so my husband went on ahead of me and took these first few photos with the little point-and-shoot. Not bad.  read more »

Out of the Blue and Old Soul are the expressions that keep running through my mind as I listen to John Nemeths Come and Get It. If you hear these songs on the radio for the first time, youll presume youre listening to one of the 50s Rhythm and Blues legends. If you know a lot about music, it will drive you nuts that you cant identify the singer, because he must be one of the great ones. You hear vocalisms that remind you of Ray Charles or Junior Parker or Fats Domino, but its not them. So youll stop whatever youre doing and wait til the DJ tells you whos singing.  read more »

Published 11 September 2008 So what is it about Muddy Waters that makes him the towering figure over most things blues? Indeed, how come it was Muddy that was voted the biggest name in the blues by the readers of this very Blues-Finland.com in October 2007?  read more »

This is show #48, Blue Ribbon Blues for the first part of May, 2008. Hey, welcome back! This is Dave Harrison , your bluesman DJ coming at ya once again in that blue ribbon studio in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Star City of Virginia. This show will be featuring the Blue Ribbon Blues that won at the 2008 Blues Music Awards held on May 8 th in the Mississippi Delta. So are you ready for some Blue Ribbon Blues? I hope so! Crank it up my friends, were off and running! Well, we started of the show with Mike Zito singing and playing Hollywood. Who else will be joining in on the fun???  read more »

EG Kight is known as The Georgia Songbird, and her latest album is a wonderful showcase of her signature sultry vocals. This is a CD for lovers and romantics as EG weaves her way through slow-dance numbers to upbeat romps. On eight of the twelve numbers, EG will take two lovers through songs both sentimental and humorous to which they can relate by Been there; done that or Thats sad; please dont let that happen to us. The other four cuts range from fun and lighthearted (You Cant Take It With You) to lyrics about an old-fashioned Southern church meeting (Pass the Plate) to a trip down memory lane (House of the Rising Sun). Kights website biography reveals, Distraught after a teenage heartbreak she penned her first song at sixteen, a pivotal moment that gave birth to a songwriter.  read more »