I only make albums when im inspired to, and these 10 songs. The blues musician is a singer, songwriter, and guitar player. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. 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. Mos new album, bluesamericana, is a collection of acoustic based blues songs. Some things remain the same in life and kebmo is the storyteller of the hour who brings it all in focus in blues americana. It earned a grammy nomination for best americana album track listing the worst is yet to come heather donovankevin moorepete sallis 3.
Creach hired him when moore was just twentyone years old. 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. 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. Keb mobluesamericanavinyl lp with damaged coveracoustic. He did record rainmaker, but it didnt make the new live album. Buy a cd or vinyl record and get 90 days free amazon music unlimited with the purchase of. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. 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. Npr hails keb mo as the modern ambassador for the blues. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Kebmo perfoms a song from his new album bluesamericana. There are three tracks from that first keb mo album on his new live album. Oklahoma won the grammy award for best americana album at.
If you are a fan of the releases keb mo, keep it simple and slow down you will love this cd. He first started recording in the early 1970s with jefferson airplane violinist papa john creach. 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. Anyone who has followed him this far into his career knows that keb mo is not the type to.
Playing for changesongs around the world keb mo, pfc world ensemble. 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. 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. It earned a grammy nomination for best americana album. Keb mos jingle bell jamboree tickets, mon, dec 16, 2019. It was released on april 22, 2014, through the kind of blue music label. 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.
Stream ad free with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Keb mo offers free download of america the beautiful in honor of. Vinyl lp free album download with exclusive bonus track poster fold out selections. 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. Folsom prison blues by keb mo americana music show. You will get 2 track for free after confirming your account.
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. Keb mo move bluesamericana 2014 i do not own anything all rights reserved to keb mo. Keb mo is giving you a free download of america the beautiful in. 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. The album featured come on in my kitchen and kind hearted woman blues, both covers of legendary bluesman robert. American blues musician keb mo performs onstage at eric claptons crossroads guitar. Tell everybody i know, she just wants to dance, and city boy. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from keb mo at the discogs marketplace. The pairing of keb mo and mason jennings showcases the guitar in two of its most basic states.
Check out bluesamericana by keb mo on amazon music. On june 14, 2019 mo released the song oklahoma as a promotional single, as well as a lyric video to accompany it. Bluesamericana is the twelfth studio album by keb mo. Keb mo oklahoma album among winners at grammy awards. Records, winning him a 2020 grammy award for best americana album. Blues meets jazz in bluesamericana by belinda ware, published on august 30, 2015 at all about jazz. 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 guitars, vocal michael hicks keyboards les falconer drums vail johnson bass guitar track list. At the 39th annual blues music awards, keb mo, alongside blues hall of famer. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Keb mo started came into prominence by writing songs for artists such as jefferson airplane. Im more interested in pleasing myself, and making records that make me feel proud and make me feel like ive done my best.
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. 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. Includes album download w bonus track and poster foldout. 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. Threetime grammy winner and visionary rootsmusic storyteller, keb mo, embarks on a new chapter in his career with the release of blues americana. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. 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. Listen to your favorite songs from live that hot pink blues album clean by keb mo now. Commonly thought of as his debut, the artist previously released an album in 1980, rainmaker, under his birth name kevin moore. Pfcf provides free music education to children in nine countries, including brazil. Keb mo accepts the best americana album award for oklahoma onstage during the 62nd. Keb mos critically acclaimed album oklahoma has won the grammy for best americana album, listen now. Keb mo is the second studio album by delta blues artist keb mo. Keb mo, who got the name from friends as a breakdown of his birth name of kevin moore, is just a brilliant musical artist.
Kevin roosevelt moore born october 3, 1951, known as keb mo, is an american blues musician and fivetime grammy award winner. Keb mo in concert on xpn live fridays 05192006 toggle. The record is described as having a mix of personal, raw honesty blended with folksy, upbeat roots rocktype material that is distinctly keb mo. Wall street journals speakeasy premiered the first single, the old me better, which gets its crescent city sound from guest artists the california feetwarmers. 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. An evening with keb mo seated show belly up tavern. To criticize him for not being skip james or robert johnson sort of misses the point of what keb mo.
As the record rolls through its ten tracks, it amiably. 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. He is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, living in nashville, tennessee. 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. Kevin moores 11th full length album released under the name of keb mo. Guitaristvocalist keb mo draws heavily on the oldfashioned country blues style of robert johnson while keeping his sound contemporary. Get all the lyrics to songs on bluesamericana and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Keb mo released his 12th studio album, titled bluesamericana, on. A previous album title blues americana, he says almost sums up his style of music. On bluesamericana he gets back to the classic keb sound that was perhaps a bit diluted by the guest artists on the reflection.
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