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The Claudettes, the Plutophonics Grounded in roots music yet pushing the boundaries of indie pop and rock, the Claudettes are writing the most riveting chapter of their story right now. Over the course of six albums on Forty Below Records and Yellow Dog Records, the Claudettes have earned international acclaim for their unique piano-powered "garage cabaret" sound. Outside of the Claudettes, band co-founder/songwriter/pianist Johnny Iguana has earned a Blues Music Award nomination and Living Blues Award nomination for piano player of the year. Johnny co-founded indie-rock cult favorit...

Johnny Iguana and the Claudettes A Chicago-based blues act, the Claudettes tap into rockabilly and punk energy. Pianist Johnny Iguana, co-composer of the score for hit FX/Hulu series The Bear, who toured for years with his cult-favorite rock band oh my god, is also a member of the Grammy-nominated groups Chicago Blues — A Living History and the Muddy Waters 100 Band. He has toured/recorded with Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and more, and that blues influence can heard on songs such as “California, Here I Come” and “Southbound Stroll.” The band plays tonight a...

Photo: CJ Strehlow & Rahm Carrington *** “This is a record that I really wanted to rerelease because it slipped through a bunch of hands, changing

On Friday, February 9, 2024, Alligator Records will release Naked Truth, the first-ever solo acoustic album from world-renowned Atlanta-based guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Tinsley Ellis. The new album is steeped in the folk blues traditions of Muddy Waters, Skip James, Son House, Robert Johnson and even Leo Kottke. To the casual fan, this might seem to be a new direction, but for Ellis, it’s an extension of his music, as he taps into the raw essence of the blues.

Today's show features a true classic of the blues ... a series of three blues albums, recorded in late 1965 and released in 1966. In 1965 Samuel Charters at Vanguard Records asked nine different blues artists to come into the studio and record several songs each, so that he could produce a sampler of Chicago blues music. The artists featured are J. B. Hutto, Otis Spann, James Cotton, Otis Rush, Homesick James, Johnny Young, Johnny Shines, and Big Walter Horton.There are few better surveys of the black blues emanating from the South Side of Chicago in the 1960s than what you hear on this set. T...