Vizztone

Heather Newman turned a lot of heads as the striking singer/bass player in the Nick Schnebelen Bands 2016 VizzTone release, LIVE AT KNUCKLEHEADS, VOL. 1. Now Heather is stepping out front with her own songs and her own soulful blues band with a new release, BURN ME ALIVE. This album features Heathers Kansas City band Keith Ladd on guitar, Ryan Flemmer on keys, and Cole Dillingham on drums plus guest appearances by Nick Schnebelen and Michael Lefever. It includes a whole new set of Heathers original songs about her journey as well as some of the people she has had the pleasure of traveling with along the way. From love to loneliness, traveling through the mountains and playing in clubs by the tracks, Heathers sultry vocals will paint you a picture of what the blues means to her.

For his sixteenth recording Price teamed with guitarist/producer Kid Andersen and recorded at Andersen’s Greaseland Studio in San Jose, California. Anderson and drummer Alex Pettersen are both members of Rick Estrin and The Nighcats recently voted The Band of The Year at the 2018 Blues Music Awards. Andersen assembled the remaining cast of musicians including legendary bassist Jerry Jemmott who has worked with King Curtis, Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles; Jim Pugh former keyboard player with Robert Cray; and the horn section of Johnny Bones, saxophones, and Konstantins Jemeljanovs, trumpet. The fantastic horn arrangements are by Andersen.

This EP builds on Bob Margolin's current success with all acoustic music. 2019's 'This Guitar and Tonight' won a Blues Music Award for Best Acoustic Album. The new all-original songs take on the Coronavirus, isolation, and the halt of live music. He shares missing shows and friends, fear for the world, outrage, grief, new coping skills and new ways to present his music. He plays slide guitar on a 1930s Gibson and one on a National steel guitar. He embraces both traditional styles and new explorations, home recorded direct and again, no sugar added.

To say Bob Corritore has friends is understating reality by quite a bit. Recorded over three years, from a total of eight different recording sessions, this collection features close to forty musical acquaintances along with Corritore, who is at the center of everything as usual, blowing fine harmonica accompaniment at every turn. Something of a blues renaissance man, Corritore has a long-running radio program, is a noted producer, and runs the Rhythm Room, a notable blues club in Phoenix, Arizona. Listeners can count on any project he spearheads to be loaded with sounds from some of the finest purveyors of the electric blues tradition.

Dynamic roots-rocking band Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers are releasing their first ever holiday album, THE CHRISTMAS SWING. Following up their acclaimed 2017 sophomore album, BIG ROAD, the new holiday album is a fun seasonal romp chock full of hooky blues-guitar-fueled gems. We had a lot of fun making this album. Its a holiday album for music fans that dont necessarily like Christmas music, declares Erin, its just good music, that will make your holidays more fun!