We all wish Happy Birthday to Carlos Santana. ‘Gitartista’
This day (July 20, 1947), in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, México, is born Carlos Augusto Santana Alves simply known as Carlos Santana, a Mexican and American rock guitarist.. (more…)
Singing With Carlos Santana
Faith Hill, Sarah Mclachlan, John Lee Hooker, Mana, Michelle Branch, Rob Thomas, Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, Ziggy & Stephen Marley , Lauryn Hill , Alicia Keys, Rod Stewart
This week In Soul Artists 29/52
How well do you know the music of Billie Holiday, The Temptations, Martha and The Vandellas, Etta James, Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Jill Scott, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, George Clinton, the P Funk All Stars, Bernie Worrell, the Woo Warriors ? Take our 12-track quiz.
Me:nu Du Jour – July 18 in Music (EN.FR.ES)
>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Jill Scott, Bob Marley, Frank Zappa, Joy Division, Grateful Dead, The Byrds, Paul Young, Sum 41, Echo & The Bunnymen, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Eumir…
We remember Johnny Winter. ‘Johnny Was Good’
This day (July 16, 2014), in Zurich (Switzerland), died John Dawson ‘Johnny’ Winter III a.k.a. Johnny Winter American blues guitarist and singer. (more…)
Me:nu Du Jour June 30 (EN.FR.ES)
>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Al Jarreau, Sly & The Family Stone, Eurythmics, Queen, Madonna, The Prodigy, Iggy Pop, Lucinda Williams, Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul, Os Mutantes, Alice Cooper,…
This week In One-Off Collaborations 26/52
Leonard Cohen & Sonny Rollins, John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt, Stanley Clarke & George Duke, Tito Puente & Carlos Santana, Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang & Ronnie Wood, Diana Krall & Elvis Costello, Rod Stewart & Stevie Nicks, Deborah Harry & Joss Stone, Madonna & Gogol Bordello, Linkin Park & Jay Z, Diane Charlemagne & Moby, David Gilmour & Roger Waters
This month In Blues Legends 06/12
Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Bobby Rush, Johnnie Taylor, Gary Moore, Albert Collins, Lurrie Bell, David Bromberg, Albert King, Sippie Wallace, John Mayall, The Bluesbreakers, James Cotton, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Magic Slim, The Teardrops, Koko Taylor, Bo Diddley
Me:nu Du Jour June 21 (EN.FR.ES)
>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Jill Scott, John Mayall, Billie Holiday, Eddie Harris, Les McCann, Byrds, Deep Purple We Celebrate Lana Del Rey, Brandon Flowers, The Killers, John Lee…
We remember John Lee Hooker. ‘Boom Boom Hooker’
This day (June 21, 2001), in Los Altos, California, died John Lee Hooker, an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Tracklist : 1 . Boom Boom (1966) 2 . w/ Robert Cray…
Decca publish Them’s first album : ‘The Angry Young Them’ featuring ‘Gloria’ (1965)
Them’s ‘The Angry Young Them’ feat. ‘Gloria’ is their first album featuring lead singer Van Morrison and released on June 11, 1965 by Decca.
This month In Blues Legends 05/12
Sonny Boy Williamson II, Taj Mahal, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Landreth, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Buddy Guy
(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…)
Feelin’ Kind of Blue(sy)
From ‘Lord, I Feel Just Like Goin’ On’ to ‘Blues with a Feeling’ , we have mixed 19 ‘Blues’ tunes around the theme of ‘Feelings’. It has Blind Gary Davis, Chuck Berry, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Lightnin’Hopkins and many more. (more…)
Booze In Blues
From ‘Beer drinkin’ woman’ to ‘Youll Never Miss The Water Till the Wells Gone Dry’ , we have mixed 15 ‘Blues Only’ tunes around the theme of ‘Beverages’. It has Jimmy Gordon , Tommy Johnson , Lightnin’ Hopkins , Brownie McGhee and many more. (more…)
All We Need is … Satisfaction
From ‘You re Gonna Need My Help’ to ‘I Don’t Need No Doctor’ , we have mixed 18 ‘Mostly Blues’ tunes around the theme of ‘Essential Needs’. It has Bonnie Lee, Otis Spann, Robert Cocksey, Fleetwood Mac and many more. (more…)
Blue, Stormy, It’s Monday After All
From ‘Stormy Monday Blues for the Count’ to ‘Blue Monday’ , we have mixed 17 ‘Mostly Blues’ tunes around the theme of ‘Monday’. It has Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker, Fats Domino, Etta James and many more. (more…)
Jazzin’Around Little Red Rooster
Starting and ending with Willie Dixon‘s composition ‘Little Red Rooster’, we have mixed 18 ‘Pure Blues’ tunes around the theme of ‘Willie Dixon‘. It has Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Roscoe Holcomb, Frank Hovington, James Brown and many more. (more…)