BluesJazzScenesFestival

Live review: Prometheus returned home, history comes to defy expectations - Video, Photos : Two years ago, when we were talking with Christos Antoniou about “Modern Primitive”, we were talking about the band’s concert in Mexico, accompanied by an orchestra, and how difficult and…

The vision of Scott LaFaro: A Revolutionary Meteor - Videos, Photos : Invited to talk about the bassist Scott LaFaro, Ornette Coleman came up with a typically gnomic insight. “Scotty could change the sound of a note just by playing another note,”…

Review: Junior Wells - Blues Legend - 2024 Video, Cover : What could there be not to like about any compilation of Junior Wells’ music? The amazing harmonica player, (whose real name was Amos Wells Blakemore), had an incredible voice, and…

Interview with Mike Garson: It was difficult and frustrating, just as it could have been last week and 50 years ago - Photos, Video : Some records that stay in history are born out of many things. Naturally, there is the artist’s fundamental input, first and foremost; then, almost due to, perhaps, astral alignments, more…

Video: They may have danced only one summer night, but the memory will last much longer... - Photos : It may seem a little cruel to talk to you about a band that has only been on stage once and presumably will never be heard from again, but there…

The Notodden Blues Festival has made the small Norwegian city of 13,000 the international hot spot for blues fans - Photos : “When the factories shut down, every family was affected. They were dark, depressing times. The blues festival came out of that depression, and the first festival was in 1988. It…

Live review: The blues have been the focus of Tegelen of September - not only at our Blues Jazz Scenes Festival - Photos : For years, the blues have been the focus of Tegelen of September. After the cancellation of Buro Pinkpop, it is now the second time in a row that the Doolhof…

Master tenor saxophonist Benny Golson dies at the age of 95 - Video, Photos : NEA Jazz Master, Grammy-nominated tenor saxophonist and composer Benny Golson died Saturday, September 21, 2024 at his home in Manhattan. He was 95. Golson’s longtime manager and agent, Jason Franklin, said the…

UK punk legends Buzzcocks extend legacy in Energetic Detroit show - Photos, Video : For the third time in recent weeks, Detroit hosted an influential, and probably seminal, figure from the late 70s and early 80s UK punk and post-punk scene. That all three…

Review: John Lee Hooker – The Best of Friends - 2024 - Full concert Video, Cover : From the moment he walked into a recording studio in 1948 and cut “Boogie Chillen” until his death in 2001, John Lee Hooker was a dominating presence in the blues…