Articles Archive for February 2008
Posted in Shows on 23 February 2008
The Roadhouse takes a twisy road this week. It’s one of those editions where I started screening music and just let it lead wherever. Ivory Joe Hunter, Curtis Salgado, Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra, Ian Siegal and Matt Schofield, and Joe Louis Walker take the driver’s seat to no place in particular. Destination or not, the [...]
Posted in Blues Video on 18 February 2008
Janiva Magness does an amazing take on a classic blues song, J.B. Lenoir’s “Mojo Boogie.” She did this about halfway through her show on Friday night at the Riverside Casino, complete with the Madonna-esque washboard.
This video really shows off the tightness of her band, too. It’s a pretty amazing group of musicians onstage during a [...]
Posted in Odds And Ends on 18 February 2008
I’ve updated The Roadhouse Store to better display the nice selection of Roadhouse Swag available at CafePress. Show your inimitable tastes in music, podcasts and clothing by making a purchase from The Roadhouse Store in the far right tab above.
Posted in Shows on 16 February 2008
The Roadhouse 157 is chock full of new music, catching up on new releases from the past few months. Taking us deep into the Roadhouse atmosphere, Smokin’ Joe Kubek and Bnois King, Ian Siegal, Honeyboy Edwards, Rick Holmstrom, and Charlie Musselwhite encourage plenty of chair-dancing. It’s the first edition of the fourth year of [...]
Posted in Shows on 9 February 2008
The 156th edition of The Roadhouse celebrates three years of the finest blues you’ve never heard. The focus is on artists you probably heard first in The Roadhouse; some great music from Garageband.com, some artists who have taken the blues world by storm in the past three years, and some who had a great reputation [...]
Posted in Blues Links on 6 February 2008
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Homepage for Alligator artists Eric Lindell.
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Brad will give you a bit of background and information on the blues, then jump right in by teaching you the 12 bar blues, 8 bar blues, the blues shuffle as well as the first position in the Blues scale. After that is done he will cover some chord and scal
[...]Posted in Blues Links on 4 February 2008
Vintage footage of Skip James, “Devil Got My Woman.”
Vintage B.B.Posted in Blues Video, Featured on 3 February 2008
While surfing YouTube for B.B. videos to soothe the pain of missing the show, I came across this vintage B.B. clip.
Posted in Shows on 2 February 2008
923 miles straight south of Iowa City lies the biggest party in the country this week. We’re heading to Mardi Gras in New Orleans for a celebration of all things zydeco, cajun, swamp, and boogie. Beau Jocque, Katie Webster, Clifton Chenier, Professor Longhair, and James Booker are part of the revelry of Fat Tuesday in [...]
