Jeron "Blind Boy" Paxton

A real, live, Honest To Goodness Bluesman? TODAY? Yep.

I love acoustic blues. And this guy is the real stuff. "Broke and Hungry Blues". And one of the more unique harmonica solos you'll ever see.

More information.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerron_%22Blind_Boy%22_Paxton

Lorez Alexandria SWINGS!

For some reason my brain generally doesn't wrap itself around Jazz. I appreciate it, and enjoy seeing it played live but a lot of music that I should love in principle just hasn't stuck with me. But over the years a few artists have gotten through and made me sit up and take notice.This week I'll be posting some of my favorites.

Only in the last two hours have I discovered the first artist I am going to feature today, Lorez Alexandria. How I have never heard of this amazing singer before now is beyond me, but WOW can this lady SING! She seems to be almost criminally obscure. Using Google Play Music as an example, out of 20 albums released over a 36 year career they have a total of only 5! 

This is curl up and mellow out music, emotional and definitely intended for internal consumption. She seems to concentrate on standards and "Torch Songs" but her phrasing and the quality of her voice are both dead on.

This seems to be a good place to start.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK4_-zMIGCo&list=PLFj4nHM46kU03xsRf2kmXau0VWTFkzXVd