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John’s Blues Picks March 2017 – Williams, Wayne & Isaak

Published March 1, 2017 in John's Blues Picks

Brandon Isaak produced the Klondike Blues & Roots Festival in his hometown, Whitehorse, Yukon in 2014 and featured Tim Williams & Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, among others. At Brandon’s suggestion, they stayed a few days afterwards to record this album at brother Chris’s Blue Star Studio. The results prove that this was a stellar idea. Each gets to lead on four songs on which they all play and solo.

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John’s Blues Picks March 2017 – Doug Cox & Sam Hurrie

Published March 1, 2017 in John's Blues Picks

Old friends and veterans both, a twenty year performing partnership is documented here. The one name you might be unfamiliar with is Sam Hurrie. He was a member of The Churls, a Yorkville-era rock group that briefly made the big time in New York, opening for Muddy Waters and Blood, Sweat & Tears among others. He moved out west in the early 70’s. BC’s Doug Cox should be more familiar: he is a multi-instrumentalist who specializes in the dobro and seeks out multicultural partners like mohan veena player VM Bhatt and Rwandan-Canadian bandleader The Mighty Popo.

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John’s Blues Picks March 2017 – The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer

Published March 1, 2017 in John's Blues Picks

Shawn Hall & Matthew Rogers have long expanded the touring version of the duo with backup singers, keyboards and drums. They’ve also been adding more and more studio FX and players to the albums. It’s such a good band name, though, that they haven’t changed that. The end result here is a fascinating new disc that some might think is quite far from what we normally think of as blues. And yet one song, “Father’s Son” was the First Runner Up in the Cobalt Songwriting competition.

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John’s Blues Picks March 2017 – Steve Strongman

Published March 1, 2017 in John's Blues Picks

Steve Strongman chose his Blues Summit Showcase to introduce his new album. Much the same crew is on board, with Rob Szabo producing, playing bass, keyboards & percussion (he also co-wrote the songs); Dave King is back on drums. Alec Fraser also played bass and Adam Warner, drums, and Jesse O’Brien also adds keyboards.

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March 2017 – Sugar Brown

Published March 1, 2017 in Maple Blues Newsletter, News

Toronto’s Sugar Brown kicked ass and made it to the finals at the International Blues Challenge

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Top Blues – March 2017

Published March 1, 2017 in News, Top Blues

This month’s recommended listening by Mark Rheaume and John Corcelli of the CBC Music Library

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Loose Blues News – March 2017

Published March 1, 2017 in Loose Blues News

New Blues Show in Haliburton: There’s a new blues radio show that airs on Canoe FM 100.9 in Haliburton/Muskoka area. Buckslide Blues Cruise is hosted by Patrick Monaghan. He plays recordings from his own collection.

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John’s Blues Picks February 2017 – Elvin Bishop

Published February 1, 2017 in John's Blues Picks

Elvin Bishop keeps on rolling: he was inducted into the Rock Hall Of Fame as part of the hugely influential Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and into the Blues Foundation’s Blues Hall Of Fame for his lifelong contributions to the blues, both of these happening last year. You probably remember his string of recordings for the Capricorn label in the ‘70’s with his Top 40 hit “Fooled Around And Fell In Love”.

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John’s Blues Picks February 2017 – Steve Kozak

Published February 1, 2017 in John's Blues Picks

The small print on the cover points out that The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer are guests on Steve Kozak’s new, fourth, one. In even smaller print are the names of Jerry Cook and Dave Vidal. Cook has a very prominent role on the first two songs with his sax work. The basic quartet is Kozak on guitar & vocals, Dave Webb on keys, Roger Brant on bass and Chris Nordquist on drums. Kozak’s “Cane Sugar Sweet” is firmly in the west coast jump blues sound as is the fine version of Jody Williams’ “You May”.

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John’s Blues Picks February 2017 – Matt Minglewood

Published February 1, 2017 in John's Blues Picks

Cape Breton Blues Legend Matt Minglewood debuts album # 14 to kick off 2017. He is a pioneer of that uniquely East Coast blend of blues, country & rock and Fly Like Desperados has eleven new songs and one cover firmly in that vein. He also has a hot new band to play them: Emily Dingwall is on bass & vocals, 16 year old Nick McInnis on guitar, Jeff Stapleton on keyboards & vocals and long time drummer Moon McInnis.

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