In a Blue Mood

2007 Ponderosa Stomp-272 Originally uploaded by NoVARon Finally did an initial write-up of this year's Ponderosa Stomp (The Sixth ...

The current issue of American Legacy: The Magazine of African-American Music History & Culture is a special Music Issue. Included in t...

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band stepped in a recording studio several times during 1923 and made some historical recordings. Louis Armst...

Well I will be away for a few days as I am going to New Orleans for the annual Jazz & Heritage Festival (the 38th I believe), but as far...

I was at the North Atlantic Blues Festival on the dreary, rainy Saturday when Little Milton closed the day's performances with a solid ...

PICT1496 Bobby & dancer Originally uploaded by NoVARon . Big Pre-Memorial Weekend Blues Festival takes place at Lamont's at 440...

Here is a review from 1999 of a neglected but fine downhome harp blues gentleman which will have additional interest because of Boo Boo Davi...

Here is a review I recently wrote for a couple of publications. I made a minor change in what may have been published elsewhere to clarify ...

00740028 Originally uploaded by NoVARon . I already have expressed my appreciation for the late Little Sonny Warner, but felt it useful t...

Its been several years since Koko Taylor has had a new album. This is remedied by the new Alligator release, The Old School . As the title ...

Haywood 'Little Sonny' Warner passed on Thursday, April 12, 2007. The Falls Church native was one of the finest blues singers in th...

In 1960, noted photographer William Claxton and German musicologist Joachim Berendt travelled the United States to document the American Ar...

Brother Joe May Thunderbolt Of The Middle West Specialty The first time I heard this Brother Joe May Specialty album, (reviewed in Jazz ...

Has it been Ten Years since Black Top issued Snnoks Eaglin's Live in Japan . A poorly distributed studio album of Snooks had been issu...

Among its recent releases, Delmark has just re-reissued Kidney Stew is Fine by Eddie 'Cleanhead Vinson. Originally issued on the French...

Tim Niland on his blog, Jazz & Blues Music Reviews has a very interest take on The Keepnews Collection of Jazz Reissues that Concord M...

A really wonderful and thought provoking writer on photgraphy (and a terrific photographer himself) Mike Johnston recently had a nice entry ...

A recent visit to the website of Sonny Rollins revealed that he has available for download four selections from a 1965 performance at Londo...

THE DYING CRAPSHOOTER’S BLUES By David Fulmer HARCOURT 2007 Atlanta based writer David Fulmer authored three acclaimed historical mysteri...

Word has been filtering to the blues community that the multi-talented Paul deLay passed away from Leukemia. deLay had performed last weeke...