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Bill’s Blues Based Best of 2016

Thursday, December 29, 2016 By Bill Wilcox

2016 was a hard year. But it was a pretty good year for the blues, with some of the highest profile blues musicians releasing fantastic albums. Below is my inexpert summary of some of the most memorable blues releases from the year to forget. 1. Steve Dawson – Solid States & Loose Ends. A relative unknown, Dawson’s […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Big Dave McLean, Bob Margolin, Bobby Rush, Bonnie Raitt, David Bromberg, Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, Luther Dickinson, Mavis Staples, Ronnie Earl, Steve Dawson, Taj Mahal, Tedeschi Trucks Band, the Rolling Stones, Tinsley Ellis

Big Dave McLean – Better the Devil You Know

Tuesday, October 25, 2016 By Bill Wilcox

There are bluesmen in Canada.  Some damn good ones.  Folks like Jim Byrnes, Amos Garrett, and David Wilcox (no relation), have been tearing it up for decades, and relative newcomers like Sue Foley, Colin James and JW-Jones have blazed their own trails to excellence.  But through the years, one of the mainstays of Canadian blues […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Roots, Streams Tagged With: Big Dave McLean, Steve Dawson

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