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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
There are many who believe the blues is dying, a feeling reinforced by the fact that many of the major icons in this genre are over 80, like {{B.B. King = 8365}}, Pinetop Perkins and David "Honeyboy" Edwards. However, there is youth in the blues, like Homemade Jamz and now, Michaela Rae Knox. This 14-year-old Colorado guitarist has been playing for 10 years. During her development, she has...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Lonnie Johnson, president and CEO of Excellatron Solid State LLC, Atlanta, joined about 30 leading battery experts at an historic U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) workshop this month to gather data for potential federal funding of electric car battery research and development./I/P PAtlan...
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | yesterday
Eric Clapton: Chapter 26.
bestshill | yesterday
Bob Dylan once said "If I made records for my own pleasure, I would record only Charley Patton songs." For someone of his writing skills, that is a considerable proclamation and one I do not doubt. Gospel, Blues, Proto-Blues, Gut whoops and hollers, slide-finished words, gruff "voice masking" as old as Africa. Patton was so fugging good he could play 4 characters in one three minute
Alternate Brain (Free subscription) | yesterday
Big Bill Broonzy ~ Guitar Shuffle Thanks to Nagi40 , Brazil.
Don Surber (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chris Matthews of MSNBC chastised Barack Obama for dithering on Afghanistan. Dick Cheney has succeeded in labeling Obama as a ditherer. As for Matthews, well, B.B. King said it best…
illRoots (Free subscription) | yesterday
Our family K-Salaam was spinning at this event last night and thankfully I found this video over at my homie Eskay’s house this morning, Rakim’s one of the best. After the jump catch more footage from Geohvision.
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | yesterday
Festival 8 (more pictures by Fresh Bread) Dead heads and pot heads take note. While the straight economy goes up in smoke with double digit unemployment, job prospects for hippies are booming -- and not just for boomers. At the...
Nah Right (Free subscription) | yesterday
Above, Technician the DJ does his thing and then Ra jumps on the turntables himself. More performance footage after the jump. Props to Geohvision
Thumbrella - Words To A Void (Free subscription) | yesterday
Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Get Out Of My Life Woman Ben Robinson – The Easy Part’s Over Seth Walker – 2’ Left To The Ceiling Duster Bennett – It’s A Man Down There Doc Oakroot – Bust Through The Fence Gypsy Dave Smith - Milwaukee Blues Janiva Magness - That's What Love Will Make You Do Stephen Luke – Long Way From Home Leslie West – Boom...
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Pistol Slapper Blues" written by Blind Boy Fuller was recorded in New York City on April 05 1938 with Blind Boy Fuller doing the vocals and Sonny Terry on harmonica.
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Taylor Swift has locked up the title of “next big thing” in country music, but the award for “next long-term career” appears to be going elsewhere — the Zac Brown Band. Imagine an act whose style is so crossover it implies and recalls everyone from Kenny Chesney and Toby Keith to the Dave Matthews Band, the Allman Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, the Band, Commander Cody and...
Visions of Dylan (Free subscription) | yesterday
Check out a review Art On Art for the new/latest book on Dylan. This time it’s graphic interpretations of the songs, such as Blind Willie McTell, Lay Lady Lay and Knockin On Heaven’s Door.
POPSURFING.COM (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here's the playlist for my latest Popsurfing radio show. It airs weekly on WEFT Champaign 90.1 fm on Thursday night/Friday morning from 1 am to 3 am. You can stream it live online at weft.org. You can download the episode on iTunes. Enjoy! Wanna make a request? Here are some potential themes for upcoming shows. Feel free to email me with a request for one of your favorite songs that fits the theme...
RochesterConservative.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
From wikipedia – Elmore James (January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, song writer and band leader. He was known as The King of the Slide Guitar and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice. Here’s his signature song, “Dust My [...]
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bestshill | yesterday
Bob Dylan once said "If I made records for my own pleasure, I would record only Charley Patton songs." For someone of his writing skills, that is a considerable proclamation and one I do not doubt. Gospel, Blues, Proto-Blues, Gut whoops and hollers, slide-finished words, gruff "voice masking" as old as Africa. Patton was so fugging good he could play 4 characters in one three minute song, make them
ifp | 17/06/2009
We have made a selection of the best music and cultural festivals in France this summer. SOUTH: * Vence, Côte d'Azur, Les Nuits du Sud, 10th July to 8th August - The 12th edition of this "Music of the World" festival with exhibitions, activities and free concerts on the 16th and 23rd of July and 5th of August. Artists include Gilberto Gil, Grand Corps Malade, Pascale Picard, Amadou et Mariam, Khaled,
kellya | 03/10/2008
He attributed his skill to his early experience as a dancer which, he said, gave him ‘an understanding of rhythmic time’ As the drummer on early hits by the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard, Earl Palmer helped to invent the backbeat that came to define the sound of rock ’n’ roll. Yet the propulsive rhythm he provided on such seminal 1950s recordings as Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally was merely
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