After decades of stardom in soul, blues, and rock n roll, as well as several GRAMMY wins with the Blues Brothers, Booker T. and the M.G, and as a songwriter and producer, Steve Cropper has earned his first GRAMMY nomination as an individual musician for ‘Fire It Up,’ his latest full-length release.
Jeremiah Johnson Band Jeremiah Johnson is a singer, song writer, and guitarist. He mixes blues, southern rock and a little bit of country with his band of talented musicians to give you a sound that you wont want to miss. His 2016 album release, Blues Heart Attack, reached No. 5 in the Billboard Blues Albums Chart!
The first-ever blues album from Gov’t Mule, Heavy Load Blues, has officially debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart, marking the renowned quartet’s third album in their storied career to enter the Billboard charts at the top spot.
Kickin Child, which was originally recorded for Columbia Records but left unreleased until now.
In 2016, Dion released his critically acclaimed album,
New York Is My Home. The collection, which was produced by
Conan bandleader
Jimmy Vivino, features a duet with Paul Simon on the album s title track. Plans are currently in the works for a jukebox musical based on his life.
Dion told us that the deeper he got into discovering music as a kid, the more similarities he found there to be among various genres:
“Country music, it s American music. Blues people must ve heard country, country heard blues and putting those two together, that s what we called rock n roll in the 50s. It just seems that country music was in a major key and blues was in a minor key. Pretty much the same three chords, but only major and minor.”
Albert Castiglia
Englewoods on Dearborn, another local restaurant and venue featuring acclaimed blues artists, is scheduled to host Albert Castiglia as part of this week s lineup. The South Florida guitarist and singer-songwriter played in legendary bluesman Junior Wells’ band before starting a solo career, most recently releasing last year s “Wild and Free,” which won a Blues Blast Music Award for Live Blues Album and was recorded at Boca Raton’s The Funky Biscuit. Castiglia previously put out 2019 s Masterpiece,” which earned him a Blues Music Award for Blues Rock Album last year. 7 p.m. today; Englewoods on Dearborn, 362 W. Dearborn St., Englewood; $7; 941-475-7501; englewoodsondearborn.com