Andy T. and Nick Nixon aren’t doctors, but the stuff they’re dispensing sure is good for what ails ya. For their third release, the band utilized the services of Anson Funderburgh as producer. Although he only plays on one cut, […]
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Influenced by the stylings of Sunnyland Slim and Pinetop Perkins, Wainwright’s sound is muscular boogie-woogie overlaid with Wainwright’s mellow rasp. There’s a Joe Turner feel to his sound and presentation, a big presence with a feel-good vibe backed by a […]
The Cash Box Kings are piloting a time machine, a specially modified vehicle that slips back through the time stream, honoring Chicago and Delta blues sounds from the ’20s through the ’50s. Harpist Joe Nosek and singer Oscar Wilson are […]
This Oklahoma City quintet definitely has its own take on American roots music, twangy and country-flavored but rooted more in blues, as if Creedence had been reincarnated as a more bluesy version of its old self. The guitars of Ryan […]
Of all the road warriors on the contemporary House Of Blues etc. circuit — think Anson Funderburgh, Rod Piazza, Duke Robillard — these guys are the least purist, and that’s no putdown. They’re more from the Stevie Ray than Jimmie […]
The MC introducing Otis Clay on this live recording from the Lucerne Blues Festival calls him the “voice of America,” and this bit of hyperbole suggests how longevity can allow a relatively obscure artist to be presented as a legend. […]
Born in Southern California, raised in the Central Texas Hill Country, based in Minneapolis, Renee Austin has a rangy, rootsy voice that glides from raspy to crystal clear to southern slurry while echoing foremothers such as Janis Joplin, Lou Ann […]
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