Robert Cray News

"This Time," the new CD by the Robert Cray Band, will feel as comfortable as an old sweater to fans who have followed Cray over the course of his three-decade career.

Bill Homans, professionally known as "Watermelon Slim", plays both guitar and harmonica.

When Corey Harris opens for Robert Cray Friday night at The Egg, he'll be carrying much more than his Taylor guitar.

After his opening slots for blues legends B.B. King and Robert Cray, fans might not think that local all-star guitarist Eli Cook would have a pop-rock record up his sleeve.

For tri-state Blues-lovers, bergenPAC is the place to be when Grammy Winners, Jonny Lang takes the stage with Robert Cray on Wednesday November 11th at 8 p.m. Lang made his bones as one of the hot, young blues guitar slingers of the '90s, playing alongside such legends as Buddy Guy and B.B. King.

On Sunday night at Jefferson Center, about midway through his set, Robert Cray picked out a familiar country-blues melody -- Robert Johnson 's "Come On In My Kitchen." At least, that's what I was hearing, because I'm a big Johnson fan.

Attempts to pin a single label on guitarist and singer Robert Cray are pointless.

Robert Cray is a seasoned guitarist of many styles. Time breaks some. It seasons others.

Tin-eared critics have frequently damned him as a yuppie blues wannabe whose slickly soulful offerings bear scant resemblance to the real down-home item.

I don't have a video lined up for today's edition of Saturday Evening Blues . Fortunately, two of my blogging buddies have come through with some good ones.

A lot has changed since Joan Osborne imagined God as an everyday person in her 1995 hit, "One of Us." The 47-year-old rock singer with roots in blues, gospel and soul appeared in the 2002 documentary "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," released six more albums, toured with the Dixie Chicks, sung with the Grateful Dead and became a mom.

Over the past couple of years, the Laurie Morvan Band has begun to make a name for itself with constant touring and three increasingly-impressive album releases.

This is the one to start with if you are new to Ronnie Earl. He has been getting love from critics and fans for decades, but so much of his work, like that Duke Robillard or Robert Cray, has seemed to belong to a too-slick, session-man makes good blues that is high on chops but low on passion.

NEW YORK - Though music has taken a digital turn, Robert Cray didn't recently get his first computer to keep up with industry trends.

The Robert Cray outdoors concert in the Tri-Cities last weekend drew about 1,800 fans to Columbia Park.

Photo by Erika Goldring How cool is Robert Cray? He can communicate with his all-star band without speaking while his guitar whispers to the audience.

Madonna joined the Israeli prime minister and his family Friday in the traditional ritual welcoming the Jewish Sabbath A statement from from the prime minister's office says the singer spent two hours with Bejamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at their home lighting candles and reciting a blessing together.

Though music has taken a digital turn, Robert Cray didn't recently get his first computer to keep up with industry trends.

It's tempting to see Robert Cray as the husband in Chicken, the leadoff track on his new CD.

"Reunion" would have been a good name for the 20th annual Roots Festival on the Paola Park Square as several local youths who grew up watching the show made their debuts on stage in front of family and friends, and the Blue Moon All-Stars came back for another jam session memorial tribute to Peter Hasselquist.