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384 - Janiva Magness - Original
September 25, 2014

This weeks interview is with multi blues award winner Janiva Magness. Her new CD Original in my opinion is the best CD she has ever made.  Janiva co-wrote most of the songs on this CD and sings them with the passion of an artist that really believes in w

383 - Davina & The Vagabonds - Sunshine
September 18, 2014

This weeks interview is with Davina from the band Davina & The Vagabonds.  This is a band with an old time sound that I can never get enough of.  Their new CD Sunshine is the best one so for. It's a little more upbeat and more like the outstanding conce

382 - Alastair Greene - Trouble At Your Door
September 11, 2014

This weeks interview is with Alastair Greene, a new artist on the Delta Groove sister label Eclecto Groove. A label that brought us Jason Ricci, Ana Popovic, Nick Curran and Mike Zito. Yes this is a guy to keep your eyes on. Alastair will be talking about

381 - Nighthawks - 444
September 04, 2014

This weeks interview is with founding member of The Nighthawks, Mark Wenner, who does vocals and plays harmonica for the band.  Their new CD 444 is a really cool CD with a variety of style to please everyone.  Besides some really good songs like “Honk

380 - Dave Fields - All In
August 28, 2014

I’m very happy to do another interview with Dave Fields. In 2012 I named his last CD Detonation as best Blues Rock CD of that year.  His new CD All In has a lot of great guitar playing with well-crafted songs. Some of the more impressive songs you’ll

379 - Mannish Boys - Wrapped Up and Ready
August 21, 2014

This weeks interview is with Randy Chortkoff of The Mannish Boys who is also the President of Delta Groove Music.  As always The Mannish Boys have put out another great CD this time with 16 songs and quite a few original songs.  Randy will be talking ab

378 - Selwyn Birchwood - Don’t Call No Ambulance
August 14, 2014

This weeks interview is with Selwyn (Sell-Win) Birchwood who is a new member of Alligator Records.  His new CD is upbeat with a lot of great guitar playing.  I’ve woken up several times with his song “She Loves Me Not” playing in my head. Despite

377 - Giles Corey - Stoned Soul
August 08, 2014

This weeks interview is with the new Delmark recording artists Giles Corey.  Giles is a young man but has been on the Chicago Blues scene for over 20 years. He’s been in the bands of Billy Branch and Otis Rush and the band Mississippi Heat among others

376 - David Vest - Roadhouse Revelation
July 31, 2014

This weeks interview is with David Vest about his new CD Roadhouse Revelation. We’ll also talk about him playing with Big Joe Turner and Roy Orbison. David is a piano player, vocalist and song writer that you will like the very first time you hear his c

375 - Josh Hoyer & the Shodowboxers - Josh Hoyer & the Shodowboxers
July 25, 2014

This weeks interview is with Josh Hoyer of the band Josh Hoyer & the Shodowboxers.  Josh wrote all the songs, plays all the keyboards a little saxophone and all the vocals.  This is a very powerful CD that is very upbeat with a lot of surprises along th