Select from 206 artists in the BBS calendar:
| Dennis Brennan | Atwoods Tavern Cambridge, MA | |
| The Chicken Slacks | Cantab Lounge Cambridge, MA | |
| Monster Mike Welch | Bailey Pub Marshfield, MA | |
| Roberto Morbioli | Birch Street Bistro Roslindale, MA | |
| Walter Trout | StageOne Theatre Fairfield, CT |
Sadly 2012 has started just like 2011 left off, and we have lost another gifted musician. RIP Jeff Norwood. The BBS will continue the Occupy Blues Club mission to make sure all the BBS continues to call attention to great blues talent.
Georgetown Fats starts the newsletter off with “Rest Up Easy, Trouble No More - a tribute to Jeff Norwood”
Mark your calendars
Boston Blues Society presents "Ladies of the Blues 2012" on Saturday, May 19, 2012, 8:00 pm at The Bull Run.
For ticket info check out Ladies of the Blues 2012
The Undaunted Professor Harp will be at the Black Sheep Tavern, Route 12, Sterling, as part of a BBS membership drive on May 5 at 8 p.m. Stop by our table and check it out.. Great pizza, too.
Tribute To Mike Bloomfield featuring Al Kooper and Jimmy Vivino May 31 at Berklee Performance Center and June 1 at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, NH.
The Legendary "Superharp", James Cotton is back live at Showcase Live on 6/3/12
For the reviews
Tony Del Rey review the latest from Nathan James and The Rhythm Scratcher’s
What you make of it
Georgetown Fats goes to the movie and reviews We Juke Up in Here
The latest Eric Bibb release, Deeper in The Well is review by David Wilson
Lady K reviews Wanna Feel Something by Mary Bridgette Davies
Tony Del Rey does double duty with a review of Through the Rain by Alastair Greene
Closing out the newsletter Lady K is back with a review of Microwave Dave and The Nuke’s Last Time I Saw You
And on on The Boston Blues Blog
There is a review of Husky Burnette’s Facedown in the Dirt by Jay Scheffler
"Rest Up Easy, Trouble No More - a tribute to Jeff Norwood" by Big Jon Short
A live review from Lady K who checked out Johnny Winter - Live at Jonathan’s Restaurant
Lady K feels like she has heard this particular sound before while checking out Joel DaSilva’s The Midnight Howl
A.J. Wachtel chimes in with a live review of The Brooks Young Band at The Liberty Hotel in Boston, MA
A.J. Wachtel also provides a review of The Duke Robillard Band’s The Low Down and Tore Up
The Bluebird offers up a review of Bob Corritore and The Taildraggers Longtime Friends in The Blues
A.J. Wachtel also interviews Fred Taylor - Entrepreneur Extrordinaire
BBS Alumnus Elliott Morehardt offers up another heartfelt tribute to Jeff Norwood with "Art Comes At a Price"
and A.J. Wachtel takes an opportunity to review James ‘Superharp’ Cotton with "Sitting in with Superharp"
Join & Collaborate
The Boston Blues Society keeps expanding its coverage of events and its participation in the scene. In order for us to keep on this trajectory and truly support local music, we need your help.
Join & Collaborate
The Boston Blues Society keeps expanding its coverage of events and its participation in the scene. In order for us to keep on this trajectory and truly support local music, we need your help.
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