Bman's Blues Report

Just in Time for the Holidays: Treasa Levasseur Presents  New Single for 2014 Season   Gee Whiz, It's Christmas! available on iTunes, Airplay Direct, and Radio Submit   JUNO nominated Blues/Roots/Soul artist Treasa Levasseur presents an eclectic collection of yuletide tunes in her latest album All Kinds of Christmas , set for release in November and December 2015 . The first single,  Gee Whiz, It's Christmas! has been made available digitally for the 2014 season on iTunes, Airplay Direct and Radio Submit.           treasalevasseur.com      Media Tools: Treasa Levasseur is fluent in both official languages and is available for interviews and television performances.  

HA HA TONKA NEW MUSIC VIDEO: "LESSONS" PREMIERE ON THE A.V. CLUB NOW PLAYING ON YOUTUBE FROM HA HA TONKA'S NEWEST BLOODSHOT ALBUM  LESSONS                                                                                         WATCH AND SHARE HA HA TONKA "LESSONS" VIDEO --- Season's greetings!! After a highly successful year of touring the world and continuing to turn heads with their acclaimed and fully realized album  Lessons , Ha Ha Tonka shares the  brilliantly stark new music video  for the album title track via a  premiere on The A.V. Club . Directed by Brook Linder, who has directed videos for Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, A Place to Bury Strangers, and more, the video presents the band in an ...

                                                          WELCOME IN 2015 (A FEW DAYS EARLY!) WITH LARRY "FUZZY" KNIGHT'S BLOWIN' SMOKE RHYTHM & BLUES REVUE AT HARVELLE'S                 Saturday, December 27, 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.     Blowin' Smoke Are Getting Ready To Celebrate Twenty Big Years of Performing At Harvelle's/Santa Monica  -  More Details Soon!                           (Santa Monica, CA)  - Want to get a jump on celebrating New Year's Eve 2015? Come on down and see/hea...

Markus James - Head for the Hills "…primitive, raw, powerful and as real as it gets." - -Reflections in Blue full review “Creative ideas, boldness, and conviction…” - -Downbeat Magazine Full review - http://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2015/DB1501/single_page_view/66.html “…one of those infectious infusions paradoxically wedding the old to the new and keeping the form fresh while familiar.” - FAME (Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange) Full review- http://www.acousticmusic.com/fame/p10084.htm “…this music is as soulful as it is deep, as it is profound, perhaps the penultimate blues experience-as terrifying as it is satisfying.” 5 STARS - Gonzo Online (CANADA) Full review - http://www.gonzoonline.ca/music/music-news/813-the-record-box-for-sunday-december-7th-2014.html "…destined to be judged one of the top blues releases of 2014 come year’s end." -Blurt Magazine –  full review "This record, which is mighty, mighty ...

BLUES LEGEND BOBBY RUSH GARNERS SECOND CONSECUTIVE BEST BLUES ALBUM GRAMMY NOMINATION   Rush’s Decisions , recorded with funk band Blinddog Smokin’ and special guest Dr. John, continues to grab accolades with  four Blues Music Award nominations  LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Twenty years in the making, Decisions , the first collaboration between blues legend Bobby Rush and Southern California band Blinddog Smokin’ , featuring six-time Grammy winner Dr. John , is being rewarded with end-of-the-year music industry honors including a recent Grammy nomination in the Best Blues Album category.   Also this week, Bobby Rush picked up four Blues Music Awards from the Blues Foundation , including B.B. King Entertainer of the Year and Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year . Decisions secured a Best Soul Blues nod and Best Song nom for “Another Murder in New Orleans ,” written by...

Royal Southern Brotherhood Takes the Sonic Highway to Muscle Shoals’ FAME Studios With New Guitarists Bart Walker and Tyrone Vaughan ATLANTA, GA - Ruf Recording artists, Royal Southern Brotherhood, are raising the ante as they roll into the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The band has added fiery guitar slingers Bart Walker and Tyrone Vaughan to breathe new energy into their third studio release. The new blood is there to help the venerable Cyril Neville and powerhouse rhythm section Yonrico Scott and Charlie Wooton up the funk while maintaining the blues and rock that has brought Royal Southern Brotherhood (RSB) a growing, worldwide audience. Click on photo to watch footage from the new line up! http://youtu.be/sVVc2oeFcDg The Brotherhood has toured incessantly over the last four years, canvassing the USA, Europe and Australia. The hard work paid off as RSB watched their fan base and notoriety swell. 2014 also saw...