Seth Rosenbloom: The Future of Blues Guitar

Seth Rosenbloom is a rising star in the Blues genre, who has been hailed as “a searing blues-rock guitarist” and “the future of blues guitar” by critics and fans alike. Seth Rosenbloom is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Waltham, Massachusetts, who has been playing the blues since he was a kid. He was inspired by legends like B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Eric Clapton, and developed his own style of expressive, soulful, and fiery guitar playing.

He recently released his second full-length album, As The Crow Flies, in January 2023, which features 10 original songs that showcase his growth as a songwriter and musician. The album has been described as “the first great blues album of 2023” by Blues Matters Magazine, and “a masterclass in blues guitar” by Blues Rock Review.

If you want to catch Seth Rosenbloom live, you are in luck. He has announced a series of tour dates for 2024. You can find the full list of his upcoming shows on his official website or on Bandsintown, where you can also follow him and get alerts about his concerts near you. Don’t miss this opportunity to see one of the most exciting and talented blues guitarists of our time. Here are his upcoming shows:

• January 5, 2024: The Burren, Somerville, MA
• January 6, 2024: City Winery New York, New York City, NY
• January 21, 2024: Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club, Portsmouth, NH
• January 28, 2024: Malainey’s Grill, Long Beach, CA
• January 29, 2024: Maui Sugar Mill Saloon, Tarzana, CA

Tinsley Ellis Interviews with Blues Rock Review

Blues Rock Review - June 15, 2016


When you think of bluesmen Tinsley Ellis immediately comes to mind. He’s as prolific as they come in the genre. Ellis has been performing for over 40 years and is in the midst of touring his brand new album, Red Clay Soul. Blues Rock Review caught up with Ellis to discuss the new album and more.

What inspired you to make a soul album?

I listen to a lot of music by folks like Al Green, Sam and Dave, Howard Tate, and other Soul artists. It was my concept on Red Clay Soul to infuse Blues guitar playing over those type of songs. BB, Albert and Freddie King style guitar playing fits all styles of music, especially Soul music. Stevie Ray Vaughan proved that on David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” album over 30 years ago.

You’ve continued to be very prolific releasing albums. How do you continue to find inspiration?

I have a home studio in my basement, so if I have a song idea while I’m off the road, I can go down there and lay it down. If I have a song idea while I’m traveling, I just sing and play it into the record function on my cell phone. These past few years, I’ve been writing more and more, which is good.

Kevin McKendree is someone you’ve collaborated with a lot in the past and he co-produced Red Clay Soul. What was it like working with him on the album?

Kevin has played on every studio album that I’ve done since 1997’s Fire It Up album, which was produced by the great Tom Dowd. His keyboard playing fits me like a glove. We have recorded the the past four albums in his home studio in Franklin, Tennessee. He also engineers and mixes the albums. On Red Clay Soul we recorded live in the studio for the first time in years. I love the results of recording live. There are very few overdubs on Red Clay Soul. What we played is what you get.

Once again, this album has been released on your own label, Heartfixer. What’s been the most challenging aspect of releasing albums on your own label and what’s been the most rewarding aspect? 

Having a record company is extremely time consuming. Just yesterday I made several trip to the post office, did a few interviews and put out business fires all day. It’s cut into my time as a songwriter, which is what I really want to be doing now. But the rewards are that I can make the type of albums I want to make and put them out as often as I want to. I love the artistic freedom that having my own record label affords.



Over your career you’ve accomplished a lot. What are some goals or things you’d still like to accomplish in your career? 

I’ve played all over the world but never in Asia. I hope to do that soon. Also it would be nice to have more artists cover my songs. I got a taste of that when Jonny Lang covered “A Quitter Never Wins” on his major label debut in 1997. That song has sold close to 2 million copies at this point.

You’re in the midst of another tour. Do you have a preference in terms of venues that you prefer whether that be theaters, clubs, festivals, etc.? 

The best tours are ones that include a variety of types of venues. In the Blues world, we find ourselves at a festival one night, at a Blues or Jazz club the next night, and a theater the next. The good thing is that the Blues works great in all these type venues. We even played a Blues festival once at a “clothing optional resort” (a.k.a. nudist colony). When the sun went down, it got chilly and we sold every t-shirt we brought!

Interview by Pete Francis

Tinsley Ellis May Dates for "Tough Love Tour" 2015

Upcoming "Tough Love Tour" Shows:

5/02 Martin's Lounge Jackson MS

5/03 Beale Street Music Festival Memphis TN
5/06 Blues Alley Washington DC
5/07 Ballroom @ The Outer Space Hamden CT
5/08 Hugh's Room Toronto, Ontario CAN
5/10 Daryl's House Pawling NY
5/11 The Iridium New York NY
5/12 Westcott Theatre Syracuse NY
5/13 Sellersville Theater 1894 Sellersville PA
5/14 Bull Run Shirley MA
5/15 Narrows Center for the Arts Fall River MA
5/16 World Cafe Live Wilmington DE

Tinsley Ellis ranks among the top blues/rock guitarists working today. Ellis sings and plays with the energy and soul of all the great Southern musicians who have come before him. He attacks his music with rock power and blues feeling.

www.tinsleyellis.com

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Tinsley Ellis releases "Tough Love" his 18th release and receiving fantastic reviews...

Listen To "tough love" CLICK HERE

Review by Thom Jurek -allmusic.com

When it comes to modern electric blues, Tinsley Ellis has always been the exception to the rule. He has always understood that the music's roots are more about feel than chops (though he is rightfully celebrated for them). Musically, he displays that different genre bends -- blues, country, jazz, soul, R&B, and of course rock & roll -- are part of an inseparable American musical heritage. Tough Love is Ellis' third set for his own Heartfixer label. He penned all ten tracks and produced the date with engineering and mixing help from keyboardist Kevin McKendree. Drummer Lynn Williams remains, but bassist Ted Pecchio has been replaced by Steve Mackey. Though Ellis has cut many different kinds of records, this is the first to display his considerable abilities as a singer. Things get off to a choogling start with "Seven Years," a minor-key, midtempo heartbreak groover that contains plenty of stinging lead fills, with McKendree's electric piano and B-3 fueling the rhythm section. It's followed by "Midnight Ride," a dirty-ass, good-time boogie. "Give It Away" is a soulful, Americana blues ballad with Ellis playing an acoustic National Steel. And this is the gift of the album in three tracks: he delivers three variants on the blues, in as many vocal approaches -- all of them excellent. Each song has its merits in craft and execution -- these days he's not writing any substandard ones -- but there are other clear highlights. "All in the Name of Love," another minor-key, midtempo slider, showcases electric piano and B-3 as Ellis' voice evokes the soul-blues. (Think Solomon Burke.) His guitar eventually catches up with ringing, emotive fills. A horn section punctuates the margins and it works so well, it makes one wish he'd used it more than on just this one tune. "Should I Have Lied" is a stone-electric blues ballad that crosses Albert King with T-Bone Walker, all in Ellis' phrasing. Leave Me" is a strutting blues rocker, while "The King Must Die" is a dark, brooding, swampy jam that showcases the band at their intuitive best under his six-string storm. Closer "In from the Cold" (on which McKendree plays a Mellotron) is a steamy, emotionally wrought blues. It rumbles from the depths, its emotion wrenching and desperate; Ellis' playing is lyric and forceful, it bites, snarls, and cuts. While he has issued plenty of fine records, he's never revealed himself as such an axe slinger, singer, and songwriter with this magnitude and abundance. Tough Love is a tough record to beat.

Thank You Thom Jurek for the Great Review

Staff writer Thom Jurek was born in 1958 and grew up in and around Detroit. He has been writing about music since he was 15. His reviews, interviews, and articles have appeared in magazines and journals including Rolling Stone, Creem, Musician, Spin, American Songwriter, Paste, Interview, The Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory, and Rock and Rap Confidential. Jurek has also written liner notes for a variety of albums. He is the author of two poetry collections: DUB (In Camera, 1986), and Memory Bags, with French artist Jacques Karamanoukian (Ridgeway, 1995). His fiction has been anthologized in Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook on Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction (Duke University Press) and elsewhere. Jurek served as senior editor for Detroit's Metro Times from 1990-1996; he has been affiliated with All Music Guide since 1999.

American Songwriter Premiers Riley Etheridge, Jr’s New Single and Video for “Another Time, Another Place

New Album The Straight and Narrow Way

Out Now - via Rock Ridge Music

  

Touring with LEON RUSSELL April – May

Southern bred and now NY-based Riley Etheridge, Jr. is thrilled to partner with revered music journal AMERICAN SONGWRITER to premiere the video for his new single “Another Time, Another Place,” which features a haunting vocal duet with Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek. The track perfectly blends the heartache of a love affair that for a myriad of reasons cannot be fulfilled, and the longing of what could have been if only the timing were right. A universal theme no doubt, but in Riley's talented hands sounds both heartbreakingly honest - yet hopeful - that someday.…

Guest musician, and roots rock icon, drummer Jim Keltner summed up the album perfectly when he described it as sounding like, “Steely Dan lost on a bender over a long weekend in New Orleans.”

In addition to the honor of joining hero and rock ’n’ roll legend LEON RUSSELL on tour this April, Riley had his album, The Straight and Narrow Way, tapped by the caffeinated tastemakers at Starbucks Coffee House to be added into heavy in-store rotation. The single has also been chosen for the current installment of Crate & Barrel “Get The Download” offer. His song “Another Time, Another Place,” is available via free download from Crate & Barrel; the offer will be presented on in-store cards later this spring (while supplies last) as well as online at the Crate & Barrel website and in Crate & Barrel catalogs.  The promotion runs through June of this year.

The Straight And Narrow Way was born from freewheeling recording sessions in Los Angeles, Nashville, and New Orleans. Its loose and vibey feel is a testament to the folks Etheridge had the good taste to invite to the party.  The album features impressive collaborators, special guests such as: the aforementioned Watkins, Joe Sample vocalist Erica Falls, former Allman Brother Johnny Neel, Dan Dugmore (Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor), and legendary drummer Jim Keltner  (Traveling Wilburys, Bob Dylan, Elvis, John Lennon).

Click here to view “Another Time, Another Place”:

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/04/video-premiere-riley-etheridge-jr-another-time-another-place/

Riley Etheridge Jr. On Tour - Supporting Leon Russell:

Wed/Apr-23       Ithaca, NY @ Hangar Theatre

Thu/Apr-24         Buffalo, NY @ Iron Works

Fri/Apr-25           Rochester, NY @ Armory

Sun/Apr-27         Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom

Mon/Apr-28       Bloomington, IL @ Castle Theatre

Tue/Apr-29         Chicago, IL @ Mayne Stage

Wed/Apr-30       Chicago, IL @ Mayne Stage

Fri/May-02          Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater

Sat/May-03        Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center

Sun/May-04       La Crosse,WI @ The Cavalier Theater

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Tinsley Ellis Midnight Blue Tour Dates, iTunes Blues Feature!

Tinsley Ellis,s "Midnight Blue" is available now on all digital retail outlets.Congratulations to Tinsley on his Blues Genre feature on iTunes! Tinsley Ellis is currently on tour in support of his latest release "Midnight Blue". Look for a performance near you.                                                                                        

2/6 - Moondog's Blawnox PA

2/7 - The Phoenix Cincinnatti OH

2/8 - Callahan's Auburn Hills MI

2/9 - Fat Fish Blue Toledo OH

2/14 - Riverwalk Blues Fest Ft Lauderdale FL

2/15 - Skippers Smokehouse Tampa FL  

2/20 -Melting Point Athens GA

2/21 - Double Door Inn Charlotte NC

2/22 -The Ellington Lynchburg VA

2/28 -Turning Point Piermont NY 

3/1- Black Eyed Sally's Hartford CT  

3/2- Narrows Center Fall River MA

3/3- Time Out Pub Rockland ME 

3/4- Iron Horse Springfield MA

3/5- Skullers Boston MA          

3/7- Ephrata Main Theatre Ephrata PA

3/8- Musikfest Cafe Bethlehem PA

3/14- Variety Playhouse Atlanta GA 

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Landslide Records Celebrates their 32nd Anninersary

♫ Landslide Records celebrates their 32nd Anniversary with a retrospective playlist featuring Sean Costello, Col. Bruce Hampton, Derek Trucks, Widespread Panic and more - Click on link to subscribe now! Landslide Records 32nd Anniversary


Landslide Records was established in 1981 with the now rare "Outside Looking Out" by The Late Bronze Age, a group led by Atlanta legend Colonel Bruce Hampton. The label released debut albums in the 80's by The Bluesbusters, Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks and Widespread Panic plus critically acclaimed blues by Tinsley Ellis and The Heartfixers and Nappy Brown. Throughout the 1990's to present, Landslide has released a wealth of great Southern roots music, including The Derek Trucks Band's first album, new Webb Wilder sounds on CD and DVD, diverse Americana projects by ex-BR-549 leader Gary Bennett, folk Singer/Songwriter Jan Smith, and Bluegrass hybrids Blueground Undergrass. Newest releases include Toe tapping Blues/Jazz/Soul wonders Scrapomatic, featuring Mike Mattison, and Carolina favorites, Jim Quick & Coastline.

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Landslide Records to release new Sean Costello CD - "At His Best-Live" out November 15th

16-SONG COMPILATION FEATURES ALL PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE MATERIAL RECORDED IN THE US & EUROPE FROM

2000-2007

ATLANTA, GA – Landslide Records announces a November 15 release date for Sean Costello: At His Best – Live, a special album of live performances recorded by the late blues guitarist/singer, featuring 16 tracks of all previously unreleased live material recorded in the US and Europe from 2000-2007. This first ever completely live album of Sean Costello performances includes 11 songs not on any prior Costello release. At His Best – Live was mastered by acclaimed producer/engineer Rodney Mills (Gregg Allman, Atlanta Rhythm Section) and represents the essence of Sean Costello’s unique artistry and total devotion to the genre.

Landslide Records is distributed nationally in the U.S. by Select-O-Hits. A portion of the royalties from the sale of the album will benefit the Sean Costello Memorial Fund for Bi-Polar Research (http://www.seancostellofund.org).

Throughout At His Best – Live, Costello demonstrates why he was tagged as a blues artist of immense talent and potential at the age of 16, and how he continued to deliver on that promise up until his tragic death in April, 2008, just one day shy of his 29^th birthday.

It also documents the strong overall musicianship Sean surrounded himself with throughout his career. In September of 2009, Landslide Records released Sean’s Blues, a 20-track memorial retrospective collection culled from his three commercial album releases from 1996 through 2001, as well as previously unreleased tracks, which garnered rave reviews from fans and critics alike.

Now, on At His Best – Live, blues fans who never got to see Costello perform will hear what all the excitement was about; and for those fortunate enough to have experienced a Sean Costello show in-person, the new CD will bring back vivid memories of the energy force that drew audiences from all over the world to this incredibly talented musician.

“This CD release intends to share the incomparable power and magic of Sean Costello’s shows,” writes blues writer Tom Hyslop in the album’s liner notes. “Drawing from clean soundboard recordings and warts-and-all, you-are-there audience tapes alike, it offers a fair representation of Costello’s ever-evolving musical reach, including serious blues, sultry soul and R&B, and rock ’n’ roll.

“When performing songs from his albums, Sean generally hewed closely to the reference versions. We have tried here to present rare performances in which Costello shook off those bonds and took artistic flight. More difficult was selecting the “best” takes of blues that Sean had not recorded, and therefore approached with complete liberty and palpable joy. On these favorites, his improvisations were reliably staggering, displaying his playful sense of humor, impeccable groove, chops, and attitude. It was a rare night that went by without Costello pulling down stars from the sky. Like his hero Johnnie Taylor, he was just doing his own thing. And how.”

At His Best – Live showcases that special gift Sean Costello had to interpret songs and truly make them his own. The track list for the album highlights his mastery of Chicago blues, swing/jazz, funk, rhythm and blues, soul and rock. Highlights abound throughout the CD: witness his amazing take on Freddy King’s “San-Ho-Zay”, Lloyd Glenn’s “Blue Shadows,” Magic Sam’s “All Your Love,” Lowell Fulson’s “Reconsider Baby” and Johnny “Guitar Watson’s “Motor Head Baby” (wherein Sean ascends to interplanetary heights with his guitar work). On songs such as “T-Bone Boogie” and “The Hucklebuck,” Costello exhibits a deft touch within the swing/jazz idiom with some amazing fretwork and interplay with standout keyboard player Matt Wauchope; and on such killer soul/rhythm & blues tracks as “I Get a Feeling,” “Check It Out,” “Can I Change My Mind” and “Doing My Own Thing,” his soulful vocals and guitar work get inside the songs themselves. Closing out the set is Sean’s version of Little Richard’s classic, “Lucille,” which shows that he could also rock out with the best of them.     

Sean Costello: At His Best – Live - Track Listing

1.   Introduction 

2.   San-Ho-Zay

3.   Blue Shadows

4.   T-Bone Boogie

5.   All Your Love

6.   I Get A Feeling

7.   Check It Out

8.   Can I Change My Mind

9.   You’re Killing My Love

10. Reconsider Baby

11. Doing My Own Thing

12. The Hucklebuck

13. Motor Head Baby                       

14. Hold On This Time

15. The Battle Is Over But The War Goes On

16.  Peace Of Mind

17.  Lucille

Sean Costello - The Battle Is Over But The War Goes On by digitalmusicmarketing

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