Bman's Blues Report

FIVE ALLIGATOR ARTISTS RECEIVE ELEVEN BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS Toronzo Cannon Leads With Four, Followed By Curtis Salgado With Three Lil' Ed Williams Receives Two Award Nominations Shemekia Copeland and Moreland & Arbuckle Receive One Nomination Each On Monday, January 9, 2017, The Blues Foundation announced the nominees for the 38th Annual Blues Music Awards, the blues world's highest honors. Five Alligator recording artists received a total of eleven nominations. Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon received four nominations, including Album Of The Year and Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year for his Alligator debut, The Chicago Way . He was also nominated for Song Of The Year (for Walk It Off ) and Contemporary Blues Male Artist Of The Year. Cannon has one previous nomination. Soul and R&B singer Curtis Salgado received three nominations including Soul Blues Album Of The Year (for The Beautiful Lowdown ) and Song Of The Year (for Walk A Mi...

  Alligator Records has set a June 10, 2016 release date for the Alligator Records 45th Anniversary Collection . The 2CDs-for-the-price-of-one set -- boasting over 148 minutes of music -- features career-defining performances from blues royalty past, present and future. The blues and roots music Alligator Records has been releasing since 1971 -- created by iconic giants of the genre like Hound Dog Taylor, Koko Taylor, Albert Collins, Luther Allison, James Cotton, Elvin Bishop and Mavis Staples, and label-nurtured legends including Son Seals, Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, Saffire—The Uppity Blues Women and Michael “Iron Man” Burks -- has more than stood the test of time. With the Alligator Records 45th Anniversary Collection , label founder and president Bruce Iglauer, along with his 15-person staff (many of whom have been on board for well over 20 years) celebrate Alligator’s extraordinary past, history-in-the-making present, and a fut...

BLUES ROCKERS MORELAND & ARBUCKLE SET TO RELEASE PROMISED LAND OR BUST ON MAY 6, 2016 “Raw, dirty, primal and infectious…sizzling guitar, sturdy vocals and rude harmonica” –USA Today “Deeply satisfying...gritty soul and blues with garage overtones and fire-and-brimstone vocals” –Living Blues Alligator Records has set a May 6 release date for Promised Land Or Bust , the label debut from Wichita, Kansas' blues rockers Moreland & Arbuckle . Guitarist Aaron Moreland — co-founder of the groundbreaking Kansas-based trio — describes their music as “gritty blues and roots rock from the heartland.” Moreland, harmonicist/vocalist Dustin Arbuckle and drummer Kendall Newby bring fierce electric fury and unrelenting punk rock energy to their original songs, inspired by raw Delta and Mississippi Hill Country blues. Their songs are expertly executed with musical muscle and fifth-gear urgency. When they perform more traditional blue...

One of the great newer bands that i saw live this year. They opened for Buddy Guy and held their own. Since their beginnings in the Kansas heartland a decade ago, guitarist Aaron Moreland and vocalist/harpist Dustin Arbuckle have captured the visceral spirit of the early 20 th century Delta blues and the raw energy of post-World War II urban blues and distilled it all into a hard-driving and powerful garage-rock configuration of guitar, vocals, harp and drums. Moreland & Arbuckle build on that solid foundation with the August 23, 2011, release of Just A Dream, their second album on Telarc International, a division of Concord Music Group. The 12-song set showcases Moreland’s dynamic and compelling guitar work – two tracks were recorded on his cigar-box guitar consisting of three guitar strings and one bass string – Arbuckle’s emotionally charged vocals and edgy harp, and drummer Brad Horner’s rock-solid backbeat. Just A Dream adds a few layers of sophistication ...

Moreland & Arbuckle: Shows Sunday, September 25th, 2011 Moe's Alley 8pm 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz California 95064 US (831) 479-1854 Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 Biscuits & Blues 8pm 401 Mason Street San Francisco California Price: TBD Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 Van Duzer Theatre 8pm Arcata California 95518 US w/Buddy Guy Friday, September 30th, 2011 Cotillion Ballroom CD RELEASE PARTY! - Doors 7pm, Show 8pm 11120 West Kellogg Wichita Kansas 67201 US Price: $12.50 Come jo...

Last night I went to see Buddy Guy at a new venue in Phoenix called the Foundry on First (More to come). Buddy Guy's warm up band was Moreland and Arbuckle. I have to tell you, they are one of the best "warm up" bands I have ever seen. Now this isn't to say that they compare to the Who opening for Jimi Hendrix. We're talking about an opening act for Buddy Guy. I have seen Buddy Guy probably over 20 times and he always has a quality act with him...most recently Jimbo Mathus. But these guys are headliners! I walked in during their set and I have to tell you they are pro all the way. I had previously reviewed their work back on June 10th but I had never really seen the band. This is a three piece band (harmonica, guitar and drums) with Aaron Moreland on guitar, Dustin Arbuckle on vocals and harp and Brad Horner on drums. A good portion of the set is played on a cigar box guitar with one bass string (three guitar strings). You would never think for a second that the b...

Moreland & Arbuckle is a blues duo founded in Kansas, in 2002. The group, consisting of guitarist Aaron "Chainsaw" Moreland, and vocalist/blues harp player Dustin Arbuckle. They are signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music and known for their combination of rural blues, Delta, and Mississippi Hill Country styles. Moreland & Arbuckle saw their start after reaching the finals at the 2005 International Blues Competition in Memphis, Tennessee.