Threetime grammy winner and visionary rootsmusic storyteller, keb mo, embarks on a new chapter in his career with the release of blues americana. Pfcf provides free music education to children in nine countries, including brazil. A previous album title blues americana, he says almost sums up his style of music. At the 39th annual blues music awards, keb mo, alongside blues hall of famer. Keb mos jingle bell jamboree tickets, mon, dec 16, 2019. Kebmo perfoms a song from his new album bluesamericana. Im more interested in pleasing myself, and making records that make me feel proud and make me feel like ive done my best. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. American blues musician keb mo performs onstage at eric claptons crossroads guitar. He first started recording in the early 1970s with jefferson airplane violinist papa john creach.
Anyone who has followed him this far into his career knows that keb mo is not the type to. Listen to your favorite songs from live that hot pink blues album clean by keb mo now. Get all the lyrics to songs on bluesamericana and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. This fall, keb mo will embark on a holiday tour, jingle bell jamboree, which will feature the fourtime grammyaward winning contemporary blues and americana artist performing songs off of moonlight, mistletoe, and you. He did record rainmaker, but it didnt make the new live album. Wall street journals speakeasy premiered the first single, the old me better, which gets its crescent city sound from guest artists the california feetwarmers. Tell everybody i know, she just wants to dance, and city boy. Keb mo move bluesamericana 2014 i do not own anything all rights reserved to keb mo. You will get 2 track for free after confirming your account. If you are a fan of the releases keb mo, keep it simple and slow down you will love this cd. On june 14, 2019 mo released the song oklahoma as a promotional single, as well as a lyric video to accompany it. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. As the record rolls through its ten tracks, it amiably.
Records, winning him a 2020 grammy award for best americana album. He has been described as a living link to the seminal delta blues that travelled up the mississippi river and across the expanse of america. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4. Keb mos critically acclaimed album oklahoma has won the grammy for best americana album, listen now. An evening with keb mo seated show belly up tavern. Playing for changesongs around the world keb mo, pfc world ensemble. Keb mo is the second studio album by delta blues artist keb mo.
Keb mo guitars, vocal michael hicks keyboards les falconer drums vail johnson bass guitar track list. I dig this blues interpretation of the johnny cash signature tune, folsom prison blues by keb mo keb mos latest album blues americana is awesome. On bluesamericana he gets back to the classic keb sound that was perhaps a bit diluted by the guest artists on the reflection. Blues americana is composed of a series of songs that open a real conversation with keb mo who sings about life and the street wisdom that transcends time and evolution. I couldnt let 2016 slip by without a shout out to keb mo and his that hot pink blues album, released april 15, 2016 on the record label, kind of blue music the way to experience keb mo, if you havent already, is to see him live, which i did in march of this year at. Keb mo is less a blues singer than a performer who works from that conceptual base, not in the way taj mahal does, knowingly carrying a tradition forward, half teacher and wise elder, but more as a populist, the james taylor of blues, say, or a less recalcitrant j. Keb mo started came into prominence by writing songs for artists such as jefferson airplane. There are three tracks from that first keb mo album on his new live album. It was released on april 22, 2014, through the kind of blue music label. Creach hired him when moore was just twentyone years old. It earned a grammy nomination for best americana album track listing the worst is yet to come heather donovankevin moorepete sallis 3. Album after album, 14 in total, he has garnered 5 grammy awards, including his most recent 2019 release, oklahoma, which won in the best americana album category. The pairing of keb mo and mason jennings showcases the guitar in two of its most basic states. It earned a grammy nomination for best americana album.
Check out bluesamericana by keb mo on amazon music. Buy a cd or vinyl record and get 90 days free amazon music unlimited with the purchase of. Bluesamericana is the twelfth studio album by keb mo. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. I only make albums when im inspired to, and these 10 songs. Oklahoma won the grammy award for best americana album at. Keb mo, who got the name from friends as a breakdown of his birth name of kevin moore, is just a brilliant musical artist. Kebs sense of humor remains undiminished, notably in the new orleansstyle strut with rousing clarinet and burping tuba parts framing the comical reflections of a reformed hedonist lamenting the passing of his dissolute self in old me better and especially in the worst is yet to come, wherein banjo, harmonica, b3, and a distaff. Its clear keb mo has a broad view of the blues, seeing it as the backbone of american music, a generous definition he makes plain on bluesamericana.
Bass, guitar keb mo drums keio stroud organ, piano tim lauer pedal steel guitar paul franklin writtenby heather donavon, kevin moore 4, victoria shaw 7 thats alright. Vinyl lp free album download with exclusive bonus track poster fold out selections. Blues meets jazz in bluesamericana by belinda ware, published on august 30, 2015 at all about jazz. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from keb mo at the discogs marketplace. Guitaristvocalist keb mo draws heavily on the oldfashioned country blues style of robert johnson while keeping his sound contemporary. Keb mos lesson is aimed at players who want to get comfortable with the basics of traditional country blues and then go on to more contemporary bluesbased tunes. To criticize him for not being skip james or robert johnson sort of misses the point of what keb mo. Keb mos selftitled release under his coined keb mo moniker, reached its quarter century milestone in 2019, and over the years, keb has proven that he is a musical force that defies typical genre labels. Some things remain the same in life and kebmo is the storyteller of the hour who brings it all in focus in blues americana. Keb mobluesamericanavinyl lp with damaged coveracoustic. Since the release of his selftitled debut in 1994, blues guitarist keb mo born kevin moore has been one of the most successful musicians in the genre. Keb mo accepts the best americana album award for oklahoma onstage during the 62nd. The title is a tipoff that after the soul excursion of the reflection, keb mo is getting back to the blues, but also that hes concerned with not limiting himself to just that genre. Keb mo tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including perpetual blues machine, you can love yourself, life is beautiful, hand it over, anyway.
Kevin moores 11th full length album released under the name of keb mo. His twelfth fulllength marks the 20th anniversary of his debut keb mo, but, more important, the album is a signpost of artistic and personal growth. Includes album download w bonus track and poster foldout. He is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, living in nashville, tennessee. Keb mo oklahoma album among winners at grammy awards. The blues musician is a singer, songwriter, and guitar player. Commonly thought of as his debut, the artist previously released an album in 1980, rainmaker, under his birth name kevin moore. Working in the key of e, keb shows how turnarounds and harmonized scale passages can be the basis for developing fluid phrases in a robert johnson style blues tune. Threetime grammy winner and visionary rootsmusic storyteller keb mo embarks on a new chapter in his career with the release of bluesamericana via kind of blue music. Over the past two decades, keb has cultivated a reputation as a modern master of american roots music through the understated excellence of his live and studio performances. The album featured come on in my kitchen and kind hearted woman blues, both covers of legendary bluesman robert. Keb mo in concert on xpn live fridays 05192006 toggle.
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