Big Joe Turner Magazine - News, Reviews, Albums and Videos

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Chicago blues - The Chicago blues is a form of blues music that developed in Chicago, Illinois by adding electrically amplified guitar, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes saxophone to the basic guitar/harmonica Delta blues. The music developed mainly as a result of the "Great Migration" of poor black workers from the South...

Chris Stroffolino’s Top Ten †November 2 -

When that old folk song “Hallelujah I’m a Bum” meets Bo Diddley(R.I.P) (and that ain’t no Johnny Otis whistlin’ “Willie and the Hand Jive”

I heard a Bo Diddley tribute on local college station KALX and they played songs influenced by him, and hardly ANY Bo-Diddley. Ugh. That’s not what we...

Podcast features words and music of Buddy Guy -

As part of Black History Month, Legacy Recordings has posted a number of podcasts from great African-American artists. (OK, Black History Month was in February, but you can still listen to the interviews anyway!)For blues fans, the Buddy Guy podcasts are especially interesting. Hosted by journalist Anthony DeCurtis,...

John Lee Hooker Jnr headlines Charlotte Street Blues on 16th July -

Charlotte Street Blues welcomes blues legend John Lee Hooker Jr. to the stage for his only UK date this year.

In 2008, John Lee Hooker Jr. released his third album 'All Odds Against Me,ďż˝ which saw him secure his second Grammy nomination for 'Best Traditional Blues Album.ďż˝ The 12-song album, released...

Chris Stroffolino’s Top Ten †November 2 -

When that old folk song “Hallelujah I’m a Bum” meets Bo Diddley(R.I.P) (and that ain’t no Johnny Otis whistlin’ “Willie and the Hand Jive”

I heard a Bo Diddley tribute on local college station KALX and they played songs influenced by him, and hardly ANY Bo-Diddley. Ugh. That’s not what we...

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