VIDEO: JOHN BLUES BOYD INTERVIEW
Check out this interview with John Blues Boyd!
VIDEO: AIREENE ESPIRITU “DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE”
Check out this video of Aireene Espiritu performing Down By The Riverside.
VIDEO: MARIACHI MESTIZO (JUVINAL) MARCH 2016
Watch a video of Mariachi Mestizo from March 2016.
NEWSLETTER: MARCH 2016
Mariachi Mestizo From Delano, Ca. If you live in California you drive a lot. I drive a lot. On a noticeably warm Sunday afternoon this past fall I pointed the car inland towards Visalia, driving up 101 past Templeton, over the hill at Paso Robles and then right at Fresno down to Visalia. Woodlake actually. You probably haven’t [...]
THE BLUES MOBILE: Elwood’s Blues Breaker Wee Willie Walker
William Walker, known as Wee Willie Walker, was a member of the gospel group, the Redemption Harmonizers when they traveled from Memphis to Minneapolis in 1960. When the group left, he stayed. His voice has been featured on many soul and gospel tracks over the years. But he never had much luck in the recognition [...]
NO DEPRESSION: A Voice that Finally Gets to Shine; Wee Willie Walker
Serendipity played a huge part in this disc and it seems to simply grow from there. Rick Estrin was introduced to this singer’s music by Walker’s manager, he loved and recognized the voice from his days as a youngster growing up and getting interested in music. He fell in love with what he was hearing, [...]
BMA ANNOUNCED! WEE WILLIE WALKER NOMINATED 3X!!!
Wee Willie Walker Nominated 3x For The Blues Music Awards!!! The Blues Foundation Mission To preserve blues heritage, celebrate blues recording and performance, expand worldwide awareness of the blues, and ensure the future of this uniquely American art form December 2015 Newsletter The Blues Foundation Announces 2016 Blues Music Awards Nominees Acoustic Album Doug MacLeod [...]
VIDEO: WEE WILLIE WALKER AND CURTIS SALGADO “HELP!”
Wee Willie Walker and Curtis Salgado reprising their epiphanic version of The Beatles, HELP! at Little Village Foundation segment of The Waterfront Blues Festival 7.5.2015