Dec 1, 2019 1:36 PM
Deluxe and Definitive Blues Sets
Michael Robert Frank, founder and CEO of the label Earwig Music, has completed his greatest rescue mission. “I’ve…
Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969–Vols. 1 & 2 offers performances by a parade of blues VIPs.
Dec 1, 2019 1:36 PM
Michael Robert Frank, founder and CEO of the label Earwig Music, has completed his greatest rescue mission. “I’ve…
Ambrose Akinmusire and Kris Davis perform in New York at Vision Festival, which ran May 23–28. Akinmusire’s Origami Harvest earned a 5-star rating in DownBeat during 2018.
Sep 26, 2019 4:45 PM
The list below is a round-up of the 5-star, 4.5-star and 4-star reviews that ran in print editions of DownBeat during…
Eddie C. Campbell (1939–2018)
Feb 24, 2020 10:15 AM
Eddie C. Campbell, a blues vocalist and guitarist who toured the world, died Nov. 20 at his home in Oak Park, Illinois,…
One of the highly anticipated LP releases for Record Store Day Black Friday (Nov. 23) is Eric Dolphy’s Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions, from Resonance Records.
Nov 25, 2018 12:24 PM
Vinyl collectors should set their alarm clocks and prepare their coffee makers for the morning of Nov. 23. Independent…
Arthur Harper (left), Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Lovelace and Johnny Griffin onstage in Paris on March 27, 1965.
Nov 22, 2017 11:29 PM
Independent music retailers will enjoy a spike in sales on Nov. 24 for the shopping event known as Black Friday Record…
James Cotton (1935–2017)
Mar 16, 2017 5:29 PM
Blues harmonica master James Cotton died on March 16 of pneumonia at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas. He…
