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The Rats bite back after 36 years. Citizens of Boomtown will be released on 13 March 2020! Hmmm… that’s quite a long time to wait though, so for some affirmative action, you can pre-order it, along with a host of wordy bits, special editions and audio formats. Pre-orders available right now. Many aeons ago, the […]

Blind Faith were an English blues rock supergroup composed of Steve Winwood (lead vocals, keyboard, guitar), Eric Clapton (guitar, vocals), Ginger Baker (drums, percussion) and Rick Grech (bass and violin) active in 1969.  The band was eagerly anticipated by the music press and audiences as a continuation of Clapton and Baker’s former group Cream and […]

Buffalo Springfield were a Canadian-American rock band active from 1966 to 1968 whose most prominent members were Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay.  Combining elements of folk and country music with British invasion and psychedelic-rock influences, Buffalo Springfield along with the Byrds were early purveyors in the development of folk rock.  Buffalo Springfield was […]

Bad Company are an English hard rock supergroup formed in Westminster, London in 1973 by two former Free members – singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell.  Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant managed Bad Company until 1982. Bad Company enjoyed […]

Boz Scaggs and Bonnie Raitt William Royce “Boz” Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He gained fame in the 1960s as a guitarist and one-time lead singer with the Steve Miller Band, and in the 1970s with several solo Top 20 hit singles in the United States, including the […]

The Black Keys are an American rock duo formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. The group consists of Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums). The duo began as an independent act, recording music in basements and self-producing their records, before they eventually emerged as one of the most popular garage rock artists during […]

Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970), known by the stage name Beck, is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his lo-fi, sonically experimental style, and he became well known for creating musical collages of a wide range of styles. His later recordings […]

Courtney Melba Barnett (born 3 November 1987) is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist from Melbourne. Known for her witty, rambling lyrics and deadpan singing style, she attracted attention from the North American and UK music press in October 2013 with the release of two EPs and well-received performances at the CMJ Music Marathon. At the […]

The Batture Boys also known as longtime collaborators Tommy Malone(The subdudes) and Ray Ganucheau(The Continental Drifters) are now officially working as a duo. First track off of the debut album is “A Mighty Flood.” Written by Malone, the Katrina-themed song is a gritty blues shuffle that calls up some bad memories (“Called up the office […]

Joe Bonamassa, a young player with the childhood dream of playing music similar to legends like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix, was 22 when he inked a deal with Epic Records. Hailing from Utica, New York, Bonamassa could play the blues before he could drive a car. He first heard Stevie Ray […]