Bman's Blues Report

DALE WATSON Dale pens a song for Texas truckin' farmer "David Buxkemper"  CALL ME LUCKY out February 15, 2019 on Red House Records   January 30, 2019: Memphis, TN:  Over his lengthy career, honky-tonk artist  Dale Watson  has found songwriting inspiration in real-life situations and his interractions with fans. A chance email Watson received from Texas fan David Buxkemper led to the aforementioned "truckin' farmer" bein...

Acclaimed folk trio The Wailin' Jennys announce the release of "Fifteen" Listen to their version of Tom Petty's "Wildflowers" today at Billboard Fifteen , their first new album in six years, will be out on October 27 Select Live Dates Announced   September 12, 2017:  One of today’s most respected folk groups, The Wailin’ Jennys are releasing their first new recording in six years, Fifteen. This long-awaited follow-up to Bright Morning Stars finds the trio bringing their passion and stellar musicianship to a carefully curated collection of some of their favorite songs, including tracks by Tom Petty, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton. Billboard  is premiering the trio's delicately beautiful version of Tom Petty's "Wildflowers, " long an audience favorite, and features an interview with Wailin' Jenny Nicky Mehta.  For members Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse, Fifteen cele...

ACTUAL WOLF JOINS THE RED HOUSE RECORDS ROSTER   Premiere his cover of Haley's "Hometown" today at the Current New album "Faded Days" out 9/15 on vinyl and 6/02 via limited-edition cassette and all digital providers   Pre-order at iTunes and Amazon    "a mix between the spirit of the Rolling Thunder Revue & Thunder Road era Springsteen w/ a little nod to solo Gene Clark & CSNY thrown in, Faded Days encapsulates an echoey brooding open-heartedness over twangy sensibility and 70’s folk purism" - GLIDE MAGAZINE June 1, 2017: Red House Records is happy to welcome ACTUAL WOLF to its roster and announce his new album,  Faded Days. Lush and expansive, Faded Days  conjures the ...

I just had the opportunity to review the newest release, The Blues, The Whole Blues and Nothing But the Blues  by David Bromberg Band and it's terrific! I've been listening to David Bromberg most of my adult life and he just keeps finding new angles to make it happen. Opening with Robert Johnson's Walking Blues , Bromberg has the lead on vocal and electric guitar, joined by Mark Cosgrove on guitar, Butch Amiot on bass, Josh Kanusky on drums and Bill Payne on piano. Maintaining a traditional but more modern raw feeling, this is a super opener with cool slide work. The clever, How Come My Dog Don't Bark When You Come 'Round? , is really right up Bromberg's alley. A solid portion of his song base is done me wrong, satyric and story telling tracks and he does a real nice job on this one. Adding Nate Grower on fiddle, Steve Bernstein on trumpet, Lou Marini on sax and Birch Johnson on trombone. Little Hat Jones' Kentucky Blues is up next and played straight. ...

DAVID BROMBERG - “THE REASON MAN CREATED STRINGED INSTRUMENTS” (JERRY JEFF WALKER) - RETURNS WITH NEW ALBUM ‘THE BLUES, THE WHOLE BLUES, AND NOTHING BUT THE BLUES’ OCTOBER 14, 2016 ON RED HOUSE RECORDS FIRST SINGLE “WALKIN’ BLUES” STREAMING NOW:  http://bit.ly/2apqgz8   On October 14, David Bromberg -- a godfather of Americana, decorated multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, gifted song interpreter and lauded bandmate to the stars -- will release The Blues, The Whole Blues and Nothing But The Blues ( Red House Records ). Produced by Levon Helm and Bob Dylan’s longtime collaborator and three-time Grammy winner, Larry Campbell , Bromberg’s first album since 2013 is a wonderfully curated selection of deep cuts from the blues genre, in addition to original compositions. Bromberg found his inspiration for the album when he heard W...