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By Ronnie Littlejohn Let me tell you something about Daniel Lanois. Whether crafting ambient records with Brian Eno, making rock ‘n’ roll history with U2 and Peter Gabriel, digging into American roots with Bob Dylan and the Neville Brothers, scoring Oscar-winning films and blockbuster video games, or composing his own solo music, Daniel Lanois seems to always reinvent himself. Now, the producer and songwriter is once again turning the page by moving back to Canada and launching the brand new Maker Series imprint out of his Toronto-based recording studio. First up in the Maker Series is H...

By Ronnie Littlejohn Bill Steber Over the course of a 70-year career, Bobby Rush has made his mark on America’s legacy of blues music. He’s been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, and Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame. He has won 12 Blues Music Awards and in 2017, at the age of 83, he won his first Grammy Award. Hailing from Louisiana, Rush got his breakthrough in 1971, when his song  Chicken Heads climbed the Billboard R&B chart and was certified gold. He then had two more gold-certified records with  Sue in 1981 and Ain’t Studdin’ Ya in 19...

By Ronnie Littlejohn What do you get when you blend blues, psychedelic rock, funk and the many other sounds of New Orleans, bring it all to a boil, and let it simmer? You get the music of Papa Mali. The singer-songwriter has been a recording artist and touring musician for decades, but he’s probably best known as the leader of the critically acclaimed 7 Walkers since 2009. That stacked lineup includes three musical icons: bassist George Porter Jr. of the Meters, and drummer Bill Kreutzmann and lyricist Robert Hunter of the Grateful Dead. When he’s not on tour with the group, you can find...