FEATURE: Valcour Records Formed in Eunice, Louisianna by three South Louisiana natives - Joel Savoy, Lucius Fontenot, and Phillip LaFargue - Valcour explores both traditional and innovative Louisiana sounds. Chalrie Munn takes us on a journey of discovery...
FEATURE: We launch a record label Yes folks, it's time we put our money where our mouth is. We've set up a label to put out some of the great music that's going on right now.
INTERVIEW: Vulnerable Things' G.P.Benntt "As for seeing us as a Blues band, well that’s the million-dollar question, isn't it? It comes down to what people deem to be Blues."
CD REVIEWS June 2008
Honkey Finger, The Juke Joint Pimps, Reverend Beatman, Moreland & Arbuckle, Blind Boys of Alabama, Beverly ‘Guitar’ Watkins, Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Mannish Boys, and more
INTERVIEW: Kid Ramos "... But then I got the call to be in the Thunderbirds - Kim Wilson called and asked me - and that was one of those things that I knew that if I didn't do it I'd regret it forever."
Wade Schuman - Hazmat Modine
"Nothing you have heard before can prepare for Hazmat Modine" writes Garth Cartwright for BBC Radio 3, and he might have a point. You could do worse than start with this interview though...
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
Our man David Atkinson has been down in the tube station at midnight (or actually at pre-booked times of the day) busking. Here's his first instalment from behind the yellow line...
May Reviews
The Experimental Tropic Blues Band, The Black Keys, Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs, KC McKanzie, Mama Rosin, 2007 Blues Music Awards DVD >>
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