One of UK’s most celebrated guitarists, Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green, passed away nearly a year ago. In recognition of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee’s achievements, Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival have organized an online tribute concert for Thursday, April 22nd. Liz Jones and her band will perform a selection of Peter’s [...]
When Boston-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Toby Soriero had the idea for a band to play retro blues, Americana, country and good old rock and roll music, surely he could only have dreamed of an outcome as successful and innovative as Rosedale Junction. Or is this a grand plan come to fruition? Toby provides the answer at [...]
What started out as a slow burning, blues-rocking CD release last October, Voodoo Blues is deservedly achieving acclaim of incendiary proportions as word travels globally about Grainne Duffy’s best album to date. By Christmas It became the tenth most played album by members of the Independent Blues Broadcasters Association (IBBA). Utah based Roots Music Report [...]
During the night of March 6th 2013, a musician friend from Indianapolis rang to let me know the breaking news over there of the sudden death of the legendary UK blues and rock guitarist Alvin Lee. Surely this could not be possible as I had just returned from the States where, on visiting the Slippery [...]