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"...rollicking, narrative-driven sound... 'Skid Row' acts as an ode to a LA honky tonk. High-flying fiddle, jangly piano, harmonica, pedal steel, and more paint a perfectly pleasing throwback performance from the artist, her honey-toned vocals acting as the centerpiece." - PopMatters

Fort Worth, Texas’ John Pops Dennie cut his musical teeth hanging and working with legendary musicians like Red Young, keyboardist with Eric Burdon and the Animals; world renowned bassist Chuck Rainey of Steely Dan fame; and Buddy Whittington, guitar player for John Mayal and the Bluesbreakers. “John’s music is an authentic reflection of the fertile North Texas environment where he was raised. He follows a long line of gifted songwriters and singers from Texas. Rest assured there will be more to come from him,” says Warren Ham, Fort Worth native and member of Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band.

Coming out Oct. 16; this is their 3rd album. Leader Jessica Dobson was guitarist for Beck and The Shins

Sam Morrow will release his new album Gettin' By on Gettin' Down October 30th via Forty Below Records. It’s a modern album that revisits — and reshapes — the primordial sounds of hip-shaking rock & roll. These nine songs are rooted in grease, grit, and groove, from the swampy soul of "Round 'N Round" to the funky syncopation of "Rosarita" to the hook-laden rock of "Money Ain't a Thing." There's hardly an acoustic guitar in sight; instead, amplifiers and guitar pedals rule the roost, with everything driven forward by percussive rhythms that owe as much to R&B as country music. Written and recorded in the wake of the tour for Morrow’s breakout record Concrete & Mud, Gettin' By on Gettin' Down doubles down on the electrified fire and fury of Morrow's live shows, with a road-ready band joining him on every song.

The Allisons were an English pop duo consisting of Bob Day (born Bernard Colin Day; 2 February 1941 – 25 November 2013) and John Alford (born Brian Henry John Alford, 31 December 1939).They were marketed as being brothers, using the surname of Allison. wiki

Coming out Sept. 25. Album was inspired by all the mysterious characters from the history of New Orleans jazz music. Jimbo Mathis rules.

Toots Hibbert, on of the all-time reggae greats. Still going strong at 77.

To be released on Oct. 2. 18th album by this talented guitarist, bluesman, interpreter.

Coming out Oct. 2. Sophomore effort by these folks.

written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and originally released by the Rolling Stones as a double A-sided single together with "Ruby Tuesday" in January 1967. It also appears as the opening track on the American version of their album Between the Buttons. The song has been covered by various artists, including David Bowie in 1973. On The Ed Sullivan Show, the band was initially refused permission to perform the number. Sullivan himself even told Jagger, "Either the song goes or you go".[7] A compromise was reached to substitute the words "let's spend some time together" in place of "let's spend the night together"; Jagger agreed to change the lyrics but ostentatiously rolled his eyes at the TV camera while singing them, as did Bill Wyman. Wiki

Between the Buttons is the fifth British and seventh American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 20 January 1967 in the UK and 11 February 1967 in the US as the follow-up to Aftermath. It reflected the Stones' brief foray into psychedelia and baroque pop balladry during the era. As with prior albums, the American and British versions contained slightly different track listings. The American version of Between the Buttons, which includes "Let's Spend the Night Together" and "Ruby Tuesday", is on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Between the Buttons reached number 3 on the British album charts and number 2 on the US Billboard Top LPs chart. Wiki

Did the Rolling Stones intend Their Satanic Majesties Request to be a spoof of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band or was it a sincere attempt to siphon some of the magic of the Beatles’ masterpiece? This question has hung over Satanic Majesties ever since its release in late 1967, perhaps due to the persistence of the perception that the two groups are locked in a deathless rivalry, or maybe just because their album artwork is so similar—not entirely surprising, considering how both ornate cover images are based on photographs snapped by Michael Cooper. Pitchfork

These Austin lads just released this deluxe edition of their self-titled release.

Robert Plant is to release a solo anthology later this year titled Digging Deep: Subterranea. The two-disc collection will bring together 30 tracks from the former Led Zeppelin frontman’s solo career, and will include three previously untitled tracks: Nothing Takes The Place Of You, Charlie Patton Highway (Turn It Up - Part 1) and Too Much Alike, which features Patty Griffin. Digging Deep: Subterranea will launch on 2CD and on digital and streaming platforms on October 2 through Plant’s Es Paranza label. The collection will span tracks from all 11 of Plant’s solo albums and include songs he recorded with Jimmy Page, Buddy Miller, Phil Collins, Nigel Kennedy, Richard Thompson and Strange Sensation/The Sensational Space Shifters. louder sound.com

11th solo release by the Led Zepplin frontman

Corb Lund has received multiple CCMA, Juno, and international award nominations and wins. Agricultural Tragic, his first album of original material in five years came out June 26th. Met with acclaim, No Depression state, “Eloquent and plainspoken, the excellent Agricultural Tragic finds the affable country rocker exploring his roots as a rancher and rodeo rider while striving to adapt this traditional identity to the challenging modern world… Corb Lund radiates authenticity from first note to last.” American Songwriter says, “The songs on Agricultural Tragic sparkle with a kind of authenticity that only someone who lives that life can project” while The Associated Press state, “The result is a distinctive sound — call it Country & Northwestern — that romances the region from which Lund hails.” Agricultural Tragic is a highlight in Lund’s long and successful career. corblund.com

Junkhouse was a noted Canadian alternative rock band of the 1990s. Formed in 1989 in Hamilton, Ontario, the band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Tom Wilson,[1] guitarist Dan Achen, bassist Russ Wilson and drummer Ray Farrugia. In Sept. of 1993 they released their official debut, Strays, and promoted the album by touring as an opening act for The Waltons and Soul Asylum. That album was produced by Malcolm Burn, and produced radio hits for the band with "Out of My Head", "Prayin' for the Rain" and "Big Brown Turtle". In 1997 Colin Cripps joined the band and they released their final album, Fuzz which was primarily written by Wilson and Cripps. Following that album, the band members went their separate ways. Bandsintown.com

In Sutton's obituary The Guardian's Peter Vacher noted "In 1979, in an inspired move, he teamed up with keyboard veteran Jay McShann as The Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players, the two men producing some of the most rumbustious and lively music on the planetLast of the Whorehouse Piano Players, subtitled The Original Sessions is an album by pianists Ralph Sutton and Jay McShann that was recorded in 1979 and originally released by the Chaz Jazz label as two LPs (subtitled Two Pianos Vol. I & II) before being reissued with two additional unreleased tracks by the Chiaroscuro label in 1992. Wiki

Professor Longhair, byname of Roy Byrd, original name in full Henry Roeland Byrd, (born December 19, 1918, Bogalusa, Louisiana, U.S.—died January 30, 1980, New Orleans), American singer and pianist who helped shape the sound of New Orleans rhythm and blues from the mid-1940s. While he enjoyed only limited popularity during his career, his signature piano style, characterized by a rollicking boogie-woogie bass and engaging syncopation, can be heard in the music of such influential figures as Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint—who called Professor Longhair the “Bach of Rock and Roll”—and Dr. John (Mac Rebennack). Still, Professor Longhair’s compositions “Tipitina,” “Go to the Mardi Gras,” “Big Chief,” and “Mardi Gras in New Orleans” became and have remained anthems on the Mississippi River delta during Mardi Gras.

American musical legend Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. (November 14, 1947 – September 24, 2016) —along with his band, Buckwheat Zydeco—was the preeminent ambassador of Louisiana zydeco music. The New York Times said, “Stanley ‘Buckwheat’ Dural leads one of the best bands in America…a down-home and high-powered celebration, meaty and muscular with a fine-tuned sense of dynamics…propulsive rhythms, incendiary performances.” alligator.com

The Wild Magnolias are a Mardi Gras Indian tribe who also record and play as a funk musical act from New Orleans, Louisiana. A group calling itself the Wild Magnolias, participating in the local "Indian masking" traditions and performing New Orleans Mardi Gras music, extends at least back into the 1950s. The group's lead member was called the Big Chief, and at least three Big Chiefs are known to have headed the band for short stints prior to 1964: Leon, Flap, and Joe Lee Davis. In 1964, Bo Dollis became Big Chief of the group, having previously participated in other Mardi Gras tribes such as the White Eagles and the Golden Arrows. Wiki

Smiley Lewis was a big-voiced New Orleans guitarist who put out some great R&B records in the early 50s that sold well for him, but went on to provide worldwide hits for other artists. Forming a trio with Tuts and drummer Herman Seals, Smiley played the bars of Bourbon Street where he was picked up by DeLuxe Records, who released ‘Here Comes Smiley’ in 1947. Smiley’s early records were popular on juke boxes in his home-town and, in 1950, Dave Bartholemew took him to Cosimo Matassa‘s little J&M studio to record ‘Tee Nah Nah’ which sold pretty well locally. Two years later, Smiley’s own song ‘The Bells are Ringing’ on Imperial was a national hit, closely followed by ‘Lillie Mae’, ‘Gumbo Blues’ and ‘Playgirl’. allaboutbluesmusic.com

If you like New Orleans music, you surely owe something to The Meters. If you enjoy funk music, you undoubtedly owe a lot to The Meters. And if you revel in New Orleans funk music, well, you pretty much owe it all to The Meters. This is the unrivaled Crescent City quartet that started it all, the godfathers of the genre, the founding fathers of funk. They were made up of the incomparable George Porter, Jr. playing pulsating bass lines, master syncopater Zigaboo Modeliste (what a name!) on drums, scratching harmonic rhythms by Leo Nocentelli on guitar, and eldest Neville brother, Art Neville riffing on keyboards. Together they created tight, melodic, off-beat grooves that no one in New Orleans, or anyplace else, had ever heard before. somuschgreatmusuic.com

The down-and-dirty New Orleans rock band the Radiators has been entertaining audiences with its Little Feat- and Allman Brothers-style funky extended improvisations since its formation in 1978. The Radiators got started on January 28, 1978, during a rehearsal in the garage of one of the bandmembers; by the late '80s, they had become one of New Orleans' most popular rock & roll bands, serving up a smorgasbord of musical styles that included blues, R&B, funk, and rootsy rock & roll. Founding members keyboardist/vocalist Ed Volker and guitarist/vocalist Camile Baudoin began playing together in the 1960s. all music.com

New Orleans Piano Player Dr. John, born Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr., Dr John is a singer, songwriter, actor, piano player and guitarist, born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. John the Nite Tripper, the famed New Orleans Piano Player, singer, songwriter, actor, and guitarist was so influential, he had a Muppet made after him, wrote the Popeye’s Chicken theme, and so much more. Find ten facts about Dr. John, born Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr. raised in the city of music, New Orleans, Louisiana. americanbluesscene.com

“Sharing New Orleans with the world is my calling,” says pianist and organist John “Papa” Gros (pronounced grow). “That’s what I have been doing and that’s what I’ll do the rest of my life.” For over three decades, Gros has brought his city’s celebratory culture to listeners around the globe. Gros mixes all the sounds of New Orleans – funk, trad jazz, brass band, blues – and makes it his own signature gumbo. His new solo album Central City, shows Gros capturing New Orleans’ distinct feel-good charm with help from some of its’ most renowned players.