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Joanna Connor Honor Who You Are Blues Blast Magazine – Issue 15-27 Interview by Bucky O’Hare “What I loved about Blues was that every Blues artist you heard, whether it be on record or in person, the real founding mothers and fathers, you know who they are as soon as you hear them play. That’s …
How A Chicago Woman Is Keeping The Blues Alive With Help From Joe Bonamassa – Joanna Connor On New Album As indoor venues across the country begin the arduous task of safely reopening thanks to increasing vaccination rates in America, many musicians have been able to go back to work following a debilitating stretch spent …
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Joanna Connor 4801 South Indiana Avenue Album Review Quotes “A blistering romp through the Chicago Blues textbook.” Classic Rock, 8/10 “Blazing and screaming slide guitar with similarly delivered vocals on songs that drip with old-school authenticity.” Guitarist Magazine, 9/10 “This album absolutely sizzles with spellbindingly fast slide guitar played with super-charged energy.” Blues in Britain …
Chicago’s Renowned Queen of Guitar, Joanna Connor, announces innovative new studio album 4801 South Indiana Avenue Produced by #1 blues artist Joe Bonamassa Chicago-based slide guitar virtuoso and singer-songwriter, Joanna Connor, who is best known as one of the reigning Queens of blue rock guitar, releases her 14th album 4801 South Indiana Avenue on Joe …
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4801 South Indiana Avenue Music Videos “We chose the album title ‘4801 South Indiana Avenue’ because it was the actual street address of the hallowed funky blues sanctuary ‘Theresa’s Lounge.’ We want the listener to open that door, walk in and feel to their core some of the magic that a place like that brought …
Joanna and Joe Bonamassa talk about the making of her album ‘4801 South Indiana Avenue’. Check out all five episodes…
Live stream from Rosa’s Lounge Saturday March 21 Rosa’s Facebook Page HERE Hello everyone! First of all here’s a picture of Joe Bonamassa and I at one of his last shows on his spring tour. He gave me a beautiful cigar box guitar! Ah , the good old days of two weeks ago! I’m asking …
Her first Release in Three Years! East Coast Tour Starts Later This Month M.C. Records is thrilled to announce that we’re releasing The Queen of Blues/Rock Guitar, Joanna Connor’s third recording for the label, Rise on November 8th. It’s the follow up to Joanna’s highly successful 2016 comeback recording Six String Stories. The 12-song release …
‘Every Night Now Is A Treat’: Joanna Connor On 35 Years In Chicago Blues By Nereida Moreno, from NPR Station WBEZ91.5 Four weeks after moving to Chicago, a 22-year-old Joanna Connor approached blues giant Lonnie Brooks at a club on the North Side. That encounter kicked off her 35-year career as one of the most …
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Joanna Connor is featured in the June 2019 issue of Guitar Player Magazine. The Foley Files: Joanna Connor Sue Foley talks shop with Chicago blues legend Joanna Connor. Joanna Connor came up in the tough and competitive 1980s Chicago blues scene. Her 1989 debut album, Believe It, hit the community like a hurricane and quickly …
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