We remember Etta James. ‘Etta Lasts’
This day (January 20, 2012), in Riverside, California, died Jamesetta Hawkins a.k.a. Etta James,an American singer. (more…)
Happy Birthday Jeff Beck. ‘Beck In The Day’
Me:nu Du Jour January 7 (EN.FR.ES)
>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Daft Punk, Pretenders, B.B. King, Nina Simone, George Benson, Billie Holiday We Celebrate Vybz Kartel We Watch Madonna, Matching Mole, Jimmy Fallon, Billy Joel,…
MCA publish B. B. King’s album : ‘There Must Be a Better World Somewhere’ produced by Dr.John (1981)
B. B. King’s ‘There Must Be a Better World Somewhere’ is an album fully written and produced by Dr.John and released in January 1981 by Mca.
Me:nu Du Jour December 18 (EN.FR.ES)
>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Mary J. Blige, The Jackson 5, B. B. King, T rex, Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington, Albert Ayler, Bill Evans We Celebrate Keith Richards, Christina…
B. B. King records his fifteenth studio album : ‘Lucille’ (1967)
B. B. King’s ‘Lucille’ is his fifteenth studio album recorded on December 18 & 20, 1967 and released in 1968 By Bluesway.
This month In Blues Legends 11/12
T Bone Walker, John Mayer, Lonnie Brook, Gary Moore, Albert Collins, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B B King, Albert King, Paul Butterfield, Etta James, John Mayall, the Bluesbreakers, Roy Buchanan, Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones, John Hammond, Taj Mahal, Bobby McFerrin, Big Joe Turner, Lucky Peterson
We remember Albert Collins. ‘The Iceman Killer’
This day (November 24, 1985), in Inglewood, California, died Joseph Vernon Turner Jr. a.k.a Big Joe Turner, an American blues shouter. (more…)
Me:nu Du Jour November 21 (EN.FR.ES)
>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Earth Wind & Fire, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, B.B. King, Frank Zappa, Rod Stewart, Queen, Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dan, My Bloody Valentine, Pat…
B.B. King records ‘Live at the Regal’ at the Regal Theater in Chicago (1964)
B.B. King‘s ‘Live at the Regal’ is a live album recorded on November 21, 1964 at the Regal Theater in Chicago and released in 1965 By Abc.
We remember Ruth Brown. ‘Queen Ruth n’ Blues’
This day (November 17, 2006), in Henderson, Nevada, died Ruth Brown, an American singer also known as Queen of R&B. (more…)
Sony publish Tony Bennett’s ‘Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues’ (2001)
Tony Bennett‘s ‘Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues’ is an album recorded with famous other vocalists.and released on November 6, 2001 by Sony Records.
Buddy Guy releases his twenty sixth album : ‘Living Proof’ (2010)
Buddy Guy‘s ‘Living Proof’ is his twenty sixth (and his highest charting) studio album released on October 25, 2010 by Silvertone, Jive.
Me:nu Du Jour October 23 (EN.FR.ES)
>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Basia, Derek and the Dominos, Eric Clapton, Al Green, Robbie Williams, Focus, Art Blakey, PJ Harvey, My Chemical Romance, Joanna…
Island publish U2’s sixth (part live, part studio) album ‘Rattle And Hum’ featuring Bob Dylan and B.B. King (1988)
Stoned
From ‘Let’s Go Get Stoned’ to ‘Queen Of Diamonds’, we have mixed 18 ‘Jazz & Blues’ tunes around the theme of ‘Stones’. It has Muddy Waters, Janis Joplin, Dinah Washington, John Scofield and many more. (more…)
(from walkin’ to runnin’) Blues on two feet
From ‘Walkin’ This Highway’ to ‘You Got Me Running’, we have mixed 18 ‘Blues’ tunes around the theme of ‘Run & Walk’. It has Magic Slim, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Robert Johnson and many more. (more…)
Redemption Song
Starting and ending with ‘Redemption Song [W. Joe Strummer]’ made famous by Bob Marley, we made a playlist powered by Hittin’Around. It has The Drifters, Johnny Cash, The Coasters, Roberta Flack and many more. (more…)
Boogie Me!
From ‘Spann s Boogie’ to ‘Saint-Louis stomp’ , we have mixed 22 ‘True Swing’ tunes around the theme of ‘Boogie Woogie’. It has Speckled Red, Blind John Davis , Dave Brubeck, Memphis Slim and many more. (more…)