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  Evelyn Rubio is Crossing Borders - Musical and Otherwise

  June 2 at 4 a.m.

  In the Age of Coronavirus, musicians all over Houston (and the world) are understandably itchy to get back onstage—even under new rules and restrictions for live venues. And for artists who also happen to have new records to promote, there’s an extra twist of the metaphorical knife. That’s how Houston-based...

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  Sass Jordan and the Coronavirus Blues

  April 17 at 4 a.m.

  Screens and screens of digital ink have already been spilt opining about the fate, recovery, and dissolution of the music industry in the Age of Coronavirus. From clubs and concerts to record stores and touring, things look…not good. Like a lot of artists right now, Canadian blues rock singer Sass...

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  The Road of Southern Avenue Leads to Blues, Soul, and Funk

  February 25 at 4 a.m.

  When he landed in Memphis, Tennessee in 2013 to compete in the annual International Blues Challenge and represent his native Israel, it was a dream come true for guitarist Ori Naftaly. And while victory in his category eluded him, he quickly made some contacts, formed a band, and went on...

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  Coco Montoya's Hot New Record Sparks Houston Memories

  Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 5 a.m.

  It’s a common tale in the annals of contemporary music that a newly-minted blues fan first discovers the genre not from any of the African-American originators and descendants, but through the mutations played by white, younger, and often English blues rock acolytes. That’s was certainly the case for the Coco...

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  Tedeschi Trucks Band Play Powerful Fall Tour Opener in Houston

  Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 6:24 a.m.

  Tedeschi Trucks Band November 6, 2019 The Hobby Center In music journalism, terms like “spiritual” and “soulful” get thrown around quite a bit. A good chunk of bands have neither evident in their music. Some of have one. Fewer have both. And still less have both in abundance. Count the...

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  Michael Bloomfield: The Forgotten Guitarist of Blues Rock

  Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 5 a.m.

  Guitar King: Michael Bloomfield’s Life in the Blues By David Dann 736 pp. $39.95 University of Texas Press At one point in the mid/late ‘60s, Michael Bloomfield was considered by many as the country’s premiere blues-rock guitarist, seamlessly meshing the traditions of the genre’s past with the louder inclinations of...