Live and Havin’ Fun, recorded at The Mint in Los Angeles, is Deb Ryder’s first live album. This stellar singer-songwriter and arranger once again exhibits her innovative and sensational talent. The album was produced with her husband/bass player Ric W. Ryder and features familiar names Johnny Lee Schell, Tony Braunagel, Jim Pugh, and Ric W. Ryder, plus Tex Nakamura, Alan Maggini, Lon Price, and Paul Litteral — as well as special guests Albert Lee, Joe Sublett, Joey Delgado, Artur Menezes and Big Llou Johnson. With music that swings along well suited to the words, the single “Fun Never Hur ..read more

Bayport BBQ Blues is the new studio album by Indiana-based blues duo Left Lane Cruiser, featuring Freddy J IV on guitar and vocals, and Brenn “Sausage Paw” Beck on drums, washboard and trash kit.  The album blends Freddy’s commanding, gritty vocal rasp and hoodoo slide guitar work with Sausage Paw’s rhythmic stomp to soundtrack your next backyard barbecue or juke joint get-down. Bayport BBQ Blues is dedicated to the memory of the late Chris Johnson, creator of the Deep Blues Festival. Premiering exclusively on American Blues Scene is “Big Momma Shake,” which follows lead single “Turkey Vu ..read more

LOST ANGEL: The Genius Of Judee Sill opens this week in theaters, on digital and on-demand (Apple, Amazon, Vudu , major platforms) in the US and Canada on April 12. The never-before-told story of folk-rock icon Judee Sill, who in just two years went from living in a car to appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone. The documentary charts her troubled adolescence through her meteoric rise in the music world and her early tragic death. Featuring Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Fleet Foxes, David Geffen, JD Souther, Big Thief, Weyes Blood, Tim Page and ..read more

Ghost-Note released the psychedelic-soul tinged “Grandma’s Curtains (ft. Eric Gales)” from their upcoming third album Mustard n’Onions (out April 19th). Led by Snarky Puppy’s multi-GRAMMY®-winning duo of drummer-keyboardist Robert Sput Searight and percussionist Nate Werth, Mustard n’Onions will be the group’s first new LP in six years, and their debut for Mack Avenue Music Group/Artistry Music.  The vinyl format will be released as a Record Store Day exclusive 2-LP set on limited edition orange/yellow eco mix (100% recycled) vinyl. Written by Sput in the image of his ‘70s soul favorites ..read more

Prepare for a captivating musical journey with One Guitar Woman, Sue Foley’s new solo acoustic tribute to female pioneers of guitar. Foley’s much-anticipated album is out today, March 29, via Stony Plain Records. The two current radio singles, Elizabeth Cotten’s “Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie” and “Maybelle’s Guitar” — Sue’s original homage to country music matriarch Maybelle Carter — give a glimpse into the depth and variety of the song and style selections. The twelve inspiring tracks of this album also honor the hard-driving Memphis Minnie, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, French classical guitarist Ida Pr ..read more

American Blues Scene’s own Don Wilcock, now into his second half-century as a music journalist, has recently been inducted into the sixth class of the Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Hall of Fame. His past awards include a Blues Foundation Keeping the Blues Alive Award for Journalism. As a publisher, editor and/or columnist, he has conducted over 7,000 interviews ranging from Eric Clapton to Patti Smith. He’s the guy who wrote Damn Right I’ve Got The Blues, the authorized, definitive biography on Buddy Guy. Published in 1993, it helped set the stage for his crossover from Chicago blues club ..read more

Crawlin’ Kingsnake is the fourth collaboration album for John Primer and Bob Corritore, two artists who have always had the Chicago spark. It was evident on their first release together of 2013 and on each release since. But with this particular album, a new height has been achieved: a simultaneous, rocking forcefulness, while also exhibiting an uninhibited, gliding easiness. Crawlin’ Kingsnake also features arguably the best possible A team for Chicago blues! With Bob Stroger on the bass, Jimi Primetime Smith on second Guitar, Anthony Geraci on the piano, and Wes Starr on drums, this band so ..read more

Gibson has been shaping the sound of music since 1894, when Orville Gibson designed and built his earliest-known musical instrument in his workshop in Kalamazoo, Michigan. 130 years later, you can still play it and it sounds better than ever. The innovative and forward-thinking carved top design that revolutionized the mandolin and guitar world delivering a louder, more durable, more playable instrument, remains the DNA of every Gibson.  Orville Gibson Over the past 130 years, Gibson’s groundbreaking instruments have been the catalyst for some of the loudest and most resonant moments in p ..read more

Live at The Scala Theatre is the latest recording from blues troubadour Eric Bibb and follows 2023’s Grammy nominated album, Ridin’. Performed and recorded in front of a live audience at Stockholm’s Scala Theatre on September 30, 2022, the atmosphere captured in these recordings is electric. With a career now spanning five decades, three Grammy nominations, a multitude of Blues Foundation awards and countless more accolades, Bibb has secured his legacy as a legendary figure in the blues and roots genre. Live at The Scala Theatre contains a selection of songs cherry-picked from Bibb’s history ..read more

With Global Music Awards under their belt, Father Ron and Friends bring The Great American Folk Song Singalong to introduce a new generation to the rich history of folk/Americana — the kind of music that often takes place on back porches and around campfires. And now fresh from a West Coast tour – including Hollywood’s fabled Viper Room – the band continues to celebrate The Great American Songbook with the release of their album Forever the Seasons. Poster Art by Lindsay Gustafson Also known as a folk DJ on the beloved New Orleans radio station WWOZ, Father Ron Clingenpeel served as priest at ..read more