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Michael Powers
Awards
5x Memphis Blues Music Award Nominee Inductee: New York Blues Hall of Fame PRODIGAL SON : pre-Grammy Nomination consideration Tribute Shows now worldwide reknown: http://www.michaelpowers.com/tributeshows.htm
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FENDER electric GIBSON acoustic DOBRO steel GUITAR RESEARCH Eddie Durham Hollow-body electric
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Michael Powers: Prodigal Son
by Jim Santella
Blues rocker Michael Powers unleashes a big sound on Prodigal Son, the followup to his 2004 recording debut, delivering a wide array of blues textures. Deep roots show through just about every piece as the singer/guitarist covers Sonny Boy Williamson, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Reed, Rev. Gary Davis, Arthur Lee and Tiny Bradshaw, plus a half dozen original songs.
Powers grew up on the East Coast. His songs paint a picture of life up and down I-95, hitting the ...
read moreMichael Powers Frequency, Slavic Soul Featured at 10th Annual Free Summer on the Hudson
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Reva Cooper
Michael Powers Frequency and the Slavic Soul Party are among the attractions this summer on the Acoustic Sundays series of the 10th annual free Summer On the Hudson festival, Pier I at Riverside Park South. For more information on all events, please call 311 or (212) 408-0219, or visit nyc.gov/parks/soh or riversideparkfund.org Summer On the Hudson (SOH), one of New York City's largest free summer festivals, opens its Tenth Anniversary Season Sunday, May 2, at Riverside Park South with the ...
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Jim Santella ALL ABOUT JAZZ Prodigal Son CD www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=23311&recommended=1 Review of 2007 PRODIGAL SON CD by singer, songwriter, guitarist MICHAEL POWERS in New York (Baryon Records)
musicspectrum.org/2011/10/21/everyone-in-the-same-room-the- spirit-showing-up-as-michael-powers-looks-for-the-truth/ In December, Powers will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame as part of the Local Blues Talent of New York. Such an induction recognizes the 40 years that Powers has contributed his talents to the blues world. Being first influenced by the porch blues of the South, but then later lapping up all of the British blues rock bands, Powers brings his wide-ranging talents to two New York City residencies: an acoustic show each Mondays and a full-on electric band show on Fridays. That is, when Powers isn???t traveling to blues festivals and shows around the globe... Benjamin C. Squires