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Gianni Tbay “The Blues Against Youth”

May 6, 2025 Andy Davidson 0
Azzurri blues. Gianni Tbay was mentioned recently in Rick Bayles’ Vox Continental feature, which reviewed Tbay’s sixth album, “As The Tide Gets High and Low” (2022) and says this new one is “also impressive, but with […]
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Vox Continental: March 2025

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Well, we’re up and running and this is the second article in the new Vox Continental column that will be appearing on the last Thursday of each month. The column aims to promote americana music happening […]
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The Blues Against Youth announces UK dates

November 2, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
The Turin-based country blues troubadour Gianni TBAY aka The Blues Against Youth Turin-based country blues troubadour has announced the return of his primitive-country-blues one-man show for a full-on UK tour from November 30th through December 10th. […]
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The Blues Against Youth “As the Tide Gets High and Low”

January 25, 2022 Rick Bayles 0
Modern Country Blues are alive and well and living in Turin, Italy. Every so often an album comes along that takes you by surprise and puts a smile on your face. “As the Tide Gets High […]

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This song was released for International Women’s Day (which was last Friday, if you need to be told), by a folk supergroup gathered under the I Am Proud Collective banner.  Featured on the song are Angeline […]
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Something for the weekend: Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel “Flying Things (Feat. The Secret Sisters)”

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