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Oh, baby, how blue can you get? A musical question, but also something locals may be asking now that we know there's a Blues Bash set for Saturday, August 21st at Old Dog Tavern in downtown Kalamazoo.
The Vancouver Island live event landscape underwent a dramatic shift on Tuesday when the B.C. government announced its reopening plan — one that could see a gradual return to indoor and outdoor. . .
Bluesology: Ally Venable, Duke Robillard, Alabama Slim and The Hitman Blues Band Get the latest tip-top blues with releases from Ally Venable, Duke Robillard, Alabama Slim and The Hitman Blues Band. Author: By Mike Greenblatt She’s so cute. How could she play such ball-busting guitar? Obviously, her two attributes are not diametrically opposed. Ally Venable sings up a storm, writes her own material, and is said to be an onstage blockbuster. At 21, this Texas Tornado is on her fourth album. (Ruf Records) picks up where 2019’s Texas Honey left off. Produced by Jim Gaines (Stevie Ray Vaug...
Musicians in a band, but on different continents? It sounds like a solution dictated by the pandemic but in fact it came together in 2018. To put it another way, the Proclaimers had a minor hit with their anthem “(I Would Walk) 500 Miles,” but The Burnt Pines’ challenge is crafting a theme song based on the 3,187 miles separating their principal members, who are about equally divided between Boston and Lisbon, Portugal. Guitarist Aaron Flanders is an Illinois native who came to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music where he met Miguel Sa’ Pessoa, a classically trained pianist ...
By Jay N. Miller For The Patriot Ledger So, there you are, filming your latest music video, made up as a vampire floating around Mandy Moore’s swimming pool in Los Angeles. It’s a long way from a Stoughton teenager cutting his musical teeth playing innumerable gigs at the old Scotch and Sounds lounge at Westgate Lanes in Brockton. But that’s just where Mike Viola’s musical journey began, a head-spinning trip that has made him one of the world’s most in-demand producers, as well as songwriter, and rocker in his own right. He’s worked with a long list of pop music royalty, from M...