I’ve been listening to Live @ Eddies attic, selections from the the Ryan Montbleau Band and I just kept getting different vibes, soulful, rootsy, funky. They bring it from all directions, sometime within the same song. There is no neat little A&R box you can tuck this band away in, they easily gravitate from “Already [...]

I was tuned into Wil Blades last year around August or September. He played a gig at the Green Mill here in Chicago. The Green Mill if you don’t know has a very colorful history. Besides being quite possibly the oldest bar in Chicago; It was, I’m sure a speakeasy during prohibition and at one [...]

The image most associated with pedal steel guitar is country music. But there has been a long tradition of African-American Gospel music, that relies on this instrument as well.”Sacred steel is a musical style and African-American gospel tradition that developed in House of God churches in the 1930s. Members and nonmembers refer to the [...]

I was on campus a few weeks ago and someone was giving out CD singles. You don’t have to say free music to me twice so I grabbed one of the offerings. I was pleasantly surprised when I played it and quickly purchased the whole CD. The artist is James Morrison..and I did what I [...]

When you hear James Hunter you will immediately hear the influence of Sam Cooke in his vocal style. His band consists of two horn players, Hunter on guitar a Bassist and Drummer.