What better way to ring in the New Year than spending New Year’s Eve with much-loved and respected blues guitarist Tab Benoit’s Swampland Jam, performing at the venerable House of Blues, Foundation Room, Friday, December 31. Show: 10pm. Tickets: $45.-$110. Must be 18 and over. 225 Decatur St. Info: (504) 310-1971 or visit https://www.houseofblues.com/neworleans/EventDetail?tmeventid=0&offerid=135922. Also performing: Whiskey Bayou Records recording […]
Blues-Rock Bosses Head Honchos recently won the Blue Steel Blues Society IBC (International Blues Challenge), and will represent them at the IBC in Memphis, TN from January 18 through January 22 (venues and set times to be announced). A Fundraiser (and Blue Steel Blues Society Members Christmas Party) benefitting the Head Honchos’ trip to Memphis happens this Sunday, December […]
Rising area Blues guitarist-vocalist Jeff Fetterman spreads some much-need Holiday Cheer in the form of his high-energy blues shows, when he returns to Room 33 Speakeasy, 1033 State St., Saturday, December 17. Showtime: 7:00pm. Free (21 and over). Info: (814) 636-5062 or please visit http://www.room33.bar/. The Pennsylvania-based Fetterman and band recently embarked on their long-awaited “Southern Son” Tour, postponed in […]
co-founder Greg Allman now in its fifth year, and led by his son Devon Allman, includes a local performance in Los Angeles at The Wiltern, 3790 Wilshire Blvd., on Sunday, December 19. Showtime: 7pm. Tickets: $29.50-$89.50. Info: (213) 388-1400 or visit www.thewiltern.com. “If there was a doubt as to the authenticity and artistry of the Allman Betts Band’s […]
Six Gun Sal, a Southern Rock Band from Southern California, held an exclusive release concert and red carpet event at the Long Beach Scottish Rite Cultural Centre in Long Beach, California. The event followed the release of their newest album – “Rebels and Rogues” – released on Monday, November 15, 2021, on all streaming formats. […]
Spend ‘An Evening with The Jangling Sparrows‘ (Duo) at Sugar Magnolia Cafe, (at The Wake Forest Listening Room), 219 South White Street, Friday, December 3. Showtime: 7pm. Tickets: $12. Info: (919) 818-4738 or visit https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/8407826/an-evening-with-the-jangling-sparrows-duo-show-wake-forest-magnolia-roots. On November 1 Jangling Sparrows released Telecoaster, the follow-up and sister album to 2020’s critically-acclaimed Bootstraps And Other American Fables. Telecoaster takes an even-deeper dive into themes of the […]
Saenger Theater presents “An Evening with Tab Benoit’s Swampland Jam and the Samantha Fish Band,” Thursday, December 2 at 8pm. Tickets are priced from $31.50-$66.50. 6 S. Joachim St., Mobile. Info: (251) 208-5600 or visit http://www.mobilesaenger.com/. The pairing of two of today’s biggest stars in the Blues/Roots community “is like a festival in itself,” says Rueben Williams, […]
“New Blues Festival VIII,” the only year-ending Blues Festival in Southern California, taking place at Shoreline Aquatic Park, 200 Aquarium Way, this Saturday, November 13. Gates open and Music Starts at 9:00am. Tickets: $50. (General Admission to the Festival); $100. (Gold; includes Assigned Stage Front Seating; Waitress Service; Access to Exclusive Bottle Service; Preferred Parking; Merchandise Discounts […]
Nov. 3, The Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC, is putting their Christmas tree-raising event on both Facebook and YouTube, free, at 2pm PST. The website also has virtual tours of the gardens and grounds. www.biltmore.com/event/virtual-tree-raising Bill Magee: Nov. 7, Old Town Blues Club, Temecula 1:30pm Nov. 28, Coyote Bar & Grill, Carlsbad 5pm Dec. 12, Coyote Bar & […]
