Tupelo Music Hall

James Cotton
At his high-energy, 1970s peak as a bandleader, James Cotton was a bouncing, sweaty, whirling dervish of a bluesman, roaring his vocals and all but sucking the reeds right out of his defenseless little harmonicas with his prodigious lung power....

Southside Johnny
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes were the second band after Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band to emerge from the New Jersey shore scene, and though they carried over a significant influence (and some key personnel) from their predecessors, they were a more generic white R&B horn band in the Memphis Stax Records tradition....

Howie Day
Like Patty Griffin before him, singer/songwriter Howie Day emerged from the country quietude of Bangor, Maine, and entered both Boston's coffeehouse scene and the world of folk music. Unlike Griffin, however, Day stretched the boundaries of acoustic music from the very start, often using loop pedals in concert to create lush, layered sounds with a single guitar....

James Hunter
Upon first listen, one might think James Hunter is some sort of lost American soul talent from long ago time resurrected for a new generation of collectors and hepcats. In fact, he is a former train conductor born in Colchester, England, who, since the late 1990s, has created several albums' worth of impeccably composed retro soul and R&B in the style of Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, and the 5 Royales....

Luna Negra