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Available now… new Fiona Boyes CD!
Now Available! Blues For Hard Times is the latest Blue Empress/VizzTone release from internationally acclaimed blues artist FIONA BOYES. This new recording is a stripped-back, traditional album featuring a mixture of acoustic and electric small ensemble performances and 6 solo tracks. Produced by Kaz Kazanoff, featuring guests Bob Margolin, Derek O’Brien, Jimi Bott and [...]
Mac Arnold’s Blues Revival!
VizzTone is proud to announce the release of MAC ARNOLD’S BLUES REVIVAL – a great live recording of Mac and his band with special guests Kim Wilson, Bob Margolin and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith. MAC ARNOLD has had an amazing career. Starting out in South Carolina in a band that sometimes included James Brown, he [...]
Addicted to Gina Sicilia!
More and more people are getting “addicted” to Gina Sicilia — she’s keeping up a whirlwind pace, but still finding time to sign a young fan’s shirt! Among other things… • She’s going to be releasing a Chirstmas single this holiday season. A large percentage of sales are going to benefit the St. Judes Children’s [...]
Matt Hill recording new CD, channeling Howlin’ Wolf…
2011 Best New Artist BMA winner Matt Hill has been busy, hitting the road and getting set to record his new CD with his road band in Chicago. Matt consistently drives ‘em crazy, regardless of the size of the crowd. Check out Matt channeling the Wolf in an intimate auditorium at the Howlin’ Wolf Festival… [...]
Bob Margolin’s VizzTone Blues Revue gets wild headlining festivals!
BOB MARGOLIN’S VIZZTONE BLUES REVUE is getting wild headlining festivals! Here they are at the Wheeling, VA Heritage Music BluesFest — Bob and Matt Hill entering full obedience mode as Mac Arnold plays bass and Candye Kane and Gaye Adegbalola show us how to walk the dog! (Read Jim White’s festival review HERE.) August 26 [...]
SIX-TME BMA NOMINEE EG KIGHT SETS OUT ON THE “LIPSTICK TOUR”
EG Kight is now touring in support of her brand new album – LIP SERVICE. And this weekend she’s bringing her show to Montgomery, AL. Then it’s on to the Hot Springs Blues Festival in, several venues in OH; and a brand new festival in Powell, TN. In October she makes her fifth tour of [...]
Bob’s VizzTone Blues Revue rocks Greensboro festival
On Saturday, May 7, a gang of friends with CDs released by the VizzTone Label Group, was featured at the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society’s Silver Anniversary Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina. Bob Margolin led this VizzTone Blues Revue which showcased all the players: Gina Sicilia and Dave Gross were our special guests and rocked it [...]
VizzTone toasts the BMA’s Big Time!!!
Sure, a traditional label might have rented a ballroom or hosted a dinner, but it takes a REALLY classy operation to drink six bottles of cheap champagne from plastic cups in the lobby of the Memphis Marriott without getting thrown out! This is definitely the beginning of an annual tradition – the pre-BMA VizzTone Brown-Bag [...]
Peter Parcek offers name-your-own-price download of Bob Dylan songs
A special 4-song EP of Redstar/VizzTone Blues Music Award Nominee Peter Parcek‘s salute to Bob Dylan, Pledging My Time, is now available to music fans as a name-your-own-price download on Peter’s website. The four songs were selected by Peter Parcek, himself, and represent some of his personal Dylan favorites: “She Belongs to Me;” “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box [...]
Debbie Davies is back in action!
Great to see Debbie Davies back in action after recuperating from her broken arm! Here she is at a special gig at Rosa’s Lounge in Chicago, celebrating Amy Brat’s birthday with notable guests Bob Stroger and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith! Share