PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
A searing collection of studio sessions and one live track that takes the former Paul Butterfield Blues Band guitarist all the way back to his roots.
Fl color promo a img fl color promo (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
Com unveils new services, pushes its cloud. N Dale Jantzen hosts karaoke, p. Is the Election Day party with red drink specials. Veteran musician Slais has played with Elvin Bishop, Starship and Cold Blood. Everyone plays a part, including inspired guests like Estelle and Busta Rhymes, but the real star is McCoy, who [...]
The News Blimp (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
Frequent fliers on The Blimp will recall the crew’s recent disdain for AC/DC’s decision to limit sales of it’s first new music in eight years to retail behemoth and employee rights trampler, Wal-Mart. The new CD Black Ice hit the racks Monday. Listen, AC/DC and Sam Walton’s heirs will rake in plenty off [...]
Popdose (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008
The Brighton Port Authority - Toe Jam (feat. David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal) from Unreleased (2008) Yo-Yo Ma - Here Comes The Sun (featuring James Taylor) from Songs of Joy & Peace (2008) Bruce Willis - Soul Shake (featuring Merry Clayton) from If It Don’t Kill You, It Just Makes You Stronger (1989) Steve Lukather - I Am [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/15/2008
COACHELLA, Calif., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Mickey Thomas is back! One of the most recognizable voices in the music industry is back with Starship, back on tour and is coming to the Coachella Valley in a classic rock concert for the ages! Mickey Thomas and Starship will appear November 1 at Spotlight 29 Casino with special guests Elvin Bishop and the Elvin Bishop Band. (Logo: ) Thomas has one of...
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
What makes this new Elvin Bishop amazing are the special guests he has been able to assemble for this new release. This lineup shows just want a revered & respected guitarist Elvin is with his peers. The guests on this album are as follows B.B. King, George Thorogood, James Cotton, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, Kim Wilson, Tommy Castro, Ronnie Baker Brooks, John Nemeth, Angela Strehli, Homemade Jamz...
Crave RSS (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
The blues is many things in the year 2008--and many of them are represented on Elvin Bishop's new gathering of talent, "The Blues Rolls On." The roiling licks of Trucks, the gutty crossover rock of Thorogood, the classic panache of B.B. King, and even some dashing newcomer riffs ... Originally posted at Crossfade
PSoTD (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
I heard an Elvin Bishop song the other night on the radio and thought, I haven't listened to him in forever. Saw him (with Mickey Thomas, yearrgh) at the Sac State...
Some Velvet Blog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Anybody out there remember the classic "Fooled Around And Fell In Love" by Elvin Bishop ? In 1976 "Fooled Around" was the number three song in the country. The song was sung by Mickey Thomas (who went on to join Jefferson Starship) but it was Bishop who penned the song. Since his days as a member of the Paul Buttefield Blues Band in the 60's, Bishop has had an excellent albeit underrated career. After...
Guest Music Bloggers (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Elvin Bishop is struttin’ his stuff again just as he has for a long time now. It was 1975 when the album Struttin’ My Stuff came out and suddenly it seems (in reference to musical output) that 2008 came very fast indeed. Bishop is still crankin’ out the blues on The Blues Rolls On. Bishop is [...]
Twangville (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Old Crow playing an upbeat version of Caroline at Merlefest. OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW, Tennessee Pusher (Nettwerk) Official Site | MySpace | Samples (imeem) Known for their live shows and throwback sound, Nashville’s Old Crow Medicine Show delivers their third album on Nettwerk Records. If Bob Dylan were ever holed up deep in the hills [...]
TheCelebrityCafe.com (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
- Elvin Bishop, with the album, The Blues Rolls On, makes this squeaker of a genre continue its tradition in time by swinging it with his hips and adding a lot to the pot. Blues is certainly not mainstream, but from listening to The Blues Rolls On, you would think it is. It’s an impressive display that provides a fresh, updated taste of the genre formerly known as a means of justification of self expression....
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
At this time of year, blues guitarist Elvin Bishop stays busy canning. Every inch of his 3/4-acre backyard in western Marin County is covered with vegetable beds and fruit trees, and, before winter he will have put up hundreds of cans of fruit and vegetables...
Billboard (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Nearly 40 years after it closed for good, famed San Francisco concert venue the Fillmore West will be back in the spotlight this fall via the documentary "Fillmore: The Last Days."
Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Blues legend Elvin Bishop, who will headline the fourth annual B-Town Blues Fest Saturday at the CSUB Amphitheater, is happy to be returning to Bakersfield.
