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NorthernBlues Music
NorthernBlues Music is a Canadian independent record label, which specializes in blues music. The label was established in 2001, and a number of its artists and albums have since been nominated for and won Blues Music Awards. President Fred Litwin founded the company to "add substantially to the blues repertoire" with interesting, original music. Artists *Carlos del Junco * Doug Cox *Eddie Turner *Homemade Jamz Blues Band * JW-Jones Blues Band *Mem Shannon *Moreland and Arbuckle *Paul Reddick *Samuel James *The Twisters *Watermelon Slim *Zac Harmon Releases See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, b ... References External links NorthernBlues Music Official Site {{DEFAULTSORT:Northernblues Music Canadian independent record labels Blues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moreland And Arbuckle
Moreland & Arbuckle (guitarist Aaron Moreland, vocalist/ blues harp Dustin Arbuckle, and drummer Kendall Newby) was an American electric blues/ roots rock trio. Moreland described their music as "gritty blues and roots rock from the heartland."Moreland & Arbuckle Biography ''Morelandandarbuckle.com''. Retrieved 17 February 2016 After six previous releases, the band signed with Alligator Records in 2015. The label debut, ''Promised Land Or Bust'', was released on May 6, 2016 and was produced by Matt Bayles. In April 2017, the band announced their break-up. Biography Aaron Moreland was born December 16, 1974. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Independent Record Labels
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Record Labels
File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, by genre, by company and by location. Alphabetical * List of record labels: 0–9 * List of record labels: A–H * List of record labels: I–Q * List of record labels: R–Z By genre *Bing Crosby's record labels after 1955 * List of Christian record labels * List of electronic music record labels *List of hip hop record labels * List of tango music labels By company *List of EMI labels * List of Kakao M labels * Record labels owned by Sony BMG * List of Sony Music labels * List of Universal Music Group labels * List of Warner Music Group labels By location * List of Bangladeshi record labels * List of record labels from Bristol * List of New Zealand record labels * List of Quebec record labels *List of West Coast hip hop record labels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugarbird (Paul Reddick Album)
''Sugarbird'' is Paul Reddick's second solo album. Reddick previously recorded four albums with The Sidemen, a blues band based out of Toronto. Track listing Musicians Tracks 5, 6 & 7 * Paul Reddick: Vocal, Harmonica *Colin Linden: Guitars * John Whynot: Piano *Hutch Hutchinson: Bass *Stephen Hodges: Drums, Percussion, Tubular Bells * Darrell Leonard: Trumpet/Horn Arrangements *Joe Sublette: Saxophone *Jim McMillen: Saxophone *Jim Thompson: Trombone Tracks 3, 4 & 12 *Paul Reddick: Vocal, Harmonica *Colin Linden: Guitars, Banjo, Electric Bass, Baritone Guitar *Bryan Owings: Drums *Dave Roe: Upright Bass (Tracks 3 & 12) * Chris Carmichael: Strings (Track 4) Tracks 1, 8 & 10 *Paul Reddick: Vocal, Harmonica *Colin Linden: 12-String Guitar, National Steel Guitar * Garth Hudson: Accordion Tracks 2, 9 & 11 *Paul Reddick: Vocal, Harmonica *Colin Linden: Guitars, Harmonies *John Dymond: Bass *Gary Craig: Drums *Chris Carmichael: Strings (Track 11) *Bryan Owings: Drums (Track 2) Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Beard (singer)
Chris Beard (born August 29, 1957) is an American electric blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He has released five albums to date, the first of which was nominated for a Blues Music Award. He is dubbed 'Prince of the Blues'. Life and career Beard was born in Rochester, New York, United States, the son of Joe Beard, a local blues musician. Inspired by Buddy Guy and Matt Murphy, Beard quickly graduated from learning to play the guitar to performing with a local rhythm and blues group by his mid-teens. He played alongside his father before forming his own group after his graduation. Beard played in the blues clubs around his home state for almost twenty years. Beard's debut album was ''Barwalkin, issued by JSP in June 1997. Produced by Johnny Rawls, it garnered Beard a nomination for a Blues Music Award for 'Best New Blues Artist'. In 1999, ''Blues Beat'' magazine gave Beard the Muddy Waters Award as the 'New Talent of the Year'. A further album, ''Born to Play the Blues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janiva Magness
Janiva Magness (born January 30, 1957) is an American Grammy Award nominated blues, soul, and Americana singer, songwriter, and author. To date she has released 16 albums. The Blues Foundation named Magness the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year in 2009, becoming only the second woman, after Koko Taylor, to be so honored. The award was presented by B.B. King himself and Bonnie Raitt. In 2014 she released her second album of all originals entitled ''Original'' which earned her the award for Song of the Year. Magness has earned seven Blues Music Awards with 29 similar nominations. ''USA Today'' stated, "Magness is a blues star." In 2019, Magness published her memoir "Weeds Like Us" and the audiobook version was released in 2022. "We get to relive her career with her, as she discovers her own talents, right up to her work with the great Dave Darling over the past decade. It's a ride that is both thrilling and heart-breaking. But the spoiler is, we know-how it ends because we kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Edwards
Archie L. Edwards (September 4, 1918 – June 18, 1998) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, who in a sporadic career spanning several decades worked with Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, and John Jackson. His best-known recordings are "Saturday Night Hop", "The Road Is Rough and Rocky", and "I Called My Baby Long Distance". In the late 1950s he owned a barbershop that attracted blues musicians who helped to start his musical career. Describing his musical style, Edwards said, "I play what they call the old Piedmont style, but I call it East Virginia blues 'cause that's where I learned it". Biography Edwards was born on a farm near Union Hall, Virginia. His early work left some time to engage with local musicians, but he had to share his first guitar with his two brothers. Inspired by recordings of Blind Boy Fuller and Blind Lemon Jefferson, he played locally and found employment in a sawmill. In 1937, he relocated to New Jersey, where he worked as a chauffeur, He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zac Harmon
William Zach "Zac" Harmon is an American blues musician from Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Harmon was signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music until 2015, when he announced his signing to San Francisco–based Blind Pig Records. Biography While in high school and college, Harmon played guitar for blues musicians Z. Z. Hill, Dorothy Moore and Sam Myers. He moved to Los Angeles in the 1980s in the pursuit of a career in the music industry. He worked as a studio musician, and later, built himself to become a writer/producer. Harmon produced tracks for Black Uhuru's album ''The Mystical Truth'', which also received a Grammy nomination in 1994, as well as crafting songs for The O'Jays, The Whispers, Karyn White, and Alexander O'Neal. Compelled by his dream of recording his own blues record, he created his first solo work, ''Live at Babe and Ricky's Inn'', in 2002. Harmon (and the Mid South Blues Revue) won the 2004 International Blues Challenge for Best Unsigned Blues Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watermelon Slim
William P. Homans III, (born 1949) professionally known as "Watermelon Slim", is an American blues musician. He plays both guitar and harmonica. He is currently signed to NorthernBlues Music, based in Toronto, Ontario. Homans has also earned bachelor's and master's degrees from University of Oregon and Oklahoma State University. Biography Homans was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, but has said that he was raised in North Carolina, where he was first exposed to blues music from about the time he was five years old. During childhood, he sang in choirs and glee clubs."Watermelon Slim - Biography." October 13, 2015. Mymusicbase.com, Accessed June 16, 2018. Homans later explained that he first played music in 1958, on a set of bongo drums. A year later, he acquired a |
The Twisters
The Twisters were a blues band from North Vancouver, British Columbia. They are signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music. History The Twisters was formed by harmonica player David "Hurricane" Hoerl and drummer Sandy Smith (aka "Sandy Bone") in 1994, and included Pete Turland on bass and Greg "Junior" Demchuk on guitar, both as recommended by Smith. Smith had previously co-founded the Back Alley John Revue in Ottawa, and later joined Back Alley John in Calgary, where the two continued to play and record. Smith had known Demchuk from Smith's time playing in Calgary, and persuaded Demchuk to move to Vancouver to join the band. Brandon Isaak joined the band on guitar in 1999, while James "JT" Taylor joined the band on bass in 2001. In 2003 The Twisters released an album ''Long Hard Road''. They were nominated for a 2003 Juno Award, and winner of 'Best Blues Album of the Year' at the Canadian Independent Music Awards for this album. In 2004, tendonitis forced Smith had to le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Reddick
Paul Reddick is a Canadian blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player. He was the founder of the group The Sidemen, active from 1990 until the early 2000s. History Born in Toronto, Ontario,Larry LeblancProfile of Paul ReddickBlues Art Journal, May 2007; Blueslife.at. Reddick began playing the harmonica at the age of 12. In 1990, he formed The Sidemen, a blues band based out of Toronto, which toured and recorded until the early 2000s. The Sidemen's album ''Rattlebag'' (2001) was nominated for a Juno, as well as a W.C. Handy Award. In 2002, The Sidemen also won three Maple Blues Awards, including Album of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year. Reddick was also the 2008 Maple Blues Award winner as Songwriter of the Year. Reddick was also nominated as Harmonica Player of The Year, losing to Steve Marriner. Reddick's songs have been used in such feature films as '' Two If by Sea'', ''Triggermen'', '' Niagara Motel'' and ''The Evel Knievel Story'', in addition to the televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
