American Blues Scene Magazine

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Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. -Pablo Picasso

  1. Rhiannon Giddens’ ‘In The Water’ Session A Powerful Remembrance

    Giddens took the Come Hear North Carolina team across the state to Wilmington - to share the too-often-forgotten history of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898.

  2. Chloe Kay & The Crusade Debut Single “Locked Down (Live at The Mambo Kitchen)”

    The music we've heard from Chloe Kay & The Crusade is simple and soulful.

  3. The Runaways’ Cherie Currie and Fanny’s Brie Darling Rock Chicago

    Cherie Currie and Brie Darling played a raucous rock and roll show at the City Winery in Chicago with the help of a four-man backup band. Currie, the one-time lead singer of the seminal female band the Runaways, and Darling the on-again, off-again drummer for the pioneering women group Fanny, sang most of the songs from their recent excellent collaboration […]

  4. Reverend Shawn Amos & The Brotherhood: Counting Down the Days

    "With The Brotherhood, we’ve all got skin in the game; the pride of ownership."

  5. The Last Waltz Tour 2019 was Worth The Weight

    Thursday, November 21st The Last Waltz 2019 Tour came to the landmark Chicago Theatre 43 years to the week of the original final farewell concert of The Band. The 1976 Winterland Ballroom concert and subsequent Scorsese film are hailed as one of the most celebrated music milestones that still lives on decades later. Forever, the […]

  6. Brant Buckley: Nerve Damage Blues

    Buckley’s Chicago blues sound is melodic, rhythmic, and haunting.

  7. Gary Moore – Live From London

    The 2009 performance catches Moore at the height of his blues prowess.

  8. Nicholas David – Yesterday’s Gone

    One can see how David's voice would get coaches' easy chairs spinning like a demonic possession in a La-Z-Boy showroom.

  9. Mr. Handy’s Blues: An Exchange With Producer/Director Joanne Fish

    Ten years in the making, this film achieves exactly what Joann originally set out for: to find “that one thread that runs through somebody’s life that explains how they got this level of success,” as she puts it.

  10. Powerhouse Vocalist KP Wolfe Releases “Take Back The Ring”

    "This song is about the anger and hurt you feel after getting blindsided by someone you love."