We live in a world where streaming is king and platforms like Spotify rule the day, but is that a good thing for musicians? In an interview with Blues Rock Review, Joe Bonamassa said, “I know musicians, songwriters in Nashville that have had 25, 30 million spins on Spotify or Pandora or where ever they […]
Joe Bonamassa is a torch bearer for modern day blues and blues rock. Bonamassa has 21 #1 albums on the Billboard blues chart and is considered to a be model for the independent artist on how to be successful in today’s music industry. Blues Rock Review Editor-in-Chief Pete Francis sat down with Bonamassa to discuss […]
A fifth Black Country Communion album is in the works. Joe Bonamassa told Blues Rock Review in an interview prior to his show in Lincoln, Nebraska that the band hopes to do a new record next year in 2020. A Twitter exchange between Bonamassa and keyboard player Derek Sherinian teased a new album back in June.
Joe Bonamassa has announced new tour dates for the spring of 2020. The United States tour will focus on the Midwest and the East Coast. Bonamassa is coming off his 21st #1 album on the Billboard Blues Chart with Redemption.
Fifty-three years after releasing his first album with the Bluesbreakers, John Mayall is back with his latest studio album Nobody Told Me, a 10-track collection released in late February that sounds as fresh and energetic as any of the albums he’s recorded in the last half-century. It’s the fourth album Mayall has recorded while signed […]
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No Comments » Two-time GRAMMY-nominated blues-rock titan Joe Bonamassa announces tour dates for summer 2019 in support of his all-original studio album Redemption (J&R Adventures), which was released last September. New tour dates will go on sale Friday March 15th and will be available at www.jbonamassa.com/tour-dates.The tour follows an astounding 30+ shows already this year and will be capped off with Joe’s inaugural Keeping the Blues […]
SiriusXM announced today that world renowned two-time GRAMMY-nominated blues artist Joe Bonamassa will host a new weekly show, Different Shades of Blue with Joe Bonamassa, on SiriusXM’s B.B. King’s Bluesville channel.
2018 was an absolute banner year for blues rock that saw several fantastic releases. Once again, the staff of Blues Rock Review cast their votes along with a record turnout from our readers to determine the year’s best blues rock albums from an extremely competitive field. Here are the top 20 albums of 2018.
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