7.62mm Justice (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
Lost yesterday among all the major news of financial meltdowns of banks, insurance agencies and financial institutions, and the rising fever of the political situation was the notice of the passing of another musician. Richard Wright passed away yesterday after a short battle with cancer. He was 65. The name Richard Wright may not mean much in [...]
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Joe Lee “Big Joe” Williams did things his own way. Specializing in rough-edged, raw blues in the old-school Delta style, he was an...
Fl color promo a img fl color promo (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
Judge calls bin Laden driver small player following light sentence. OK, this is it, Clicked is officially moving to. A guitar player will only use musical Andrew labour regan referred to as tabs. Click on text link above to vi. Then select a very basic song that you know well and start to [...]
merinews (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Just released! Featuring 16 songs taught and performed in 40 video segments with notation, text comments, interactive power tab, looping, frame advance, zoom, and other useful controls. Works on PC or Mac also includes access to Truefire TV
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
by Damian Bradley The great thing about Seattle is that great musicians grace our presence every day. Last night, blues legend and historian John Hammond (son of the also legendary John Hammond, Sr.) opened a two night run at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, taking the crowd on a musical journey through the history of American blues. [...]
Popdose (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
I am an unabashed fan of Cephas & Wiggins, who bring a modern take on traditional folk blues. In interviews, they’re gentlemen, who love telling their stories and giving thoughtful takes on where blues has come from, where it’s going, and what they’re doing. Guitarist John Cephas is 78, while harmonica player Phil Wiggins is nearly [...]
gmtPlus9 (-15) (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Blind Boy Fuller... Weeping Willow (1937, .mp3 audio 03:09).
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 18/05/2008
Unlike blues artists like Big Bill or Memphis Minnie who recorded extensively over three or four decades, Blind Boy Fuller recorded his substantial body of work over a short, six-year span. Neverthless, he was one of the most recorded artists of his time and by far the most popular and influential Piedmont blues player of all time. Fuller could play in multiple styles: slide, ragtime, pop, and blues...
FolkRadio.co.uk (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
A great classic in from next week…All of the 14 tracks were recorded between 1935 and 1938 and capture Blind Boy Fuller at his peak.
Wonkette (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
newVideoPlayer("the_spitz.flv", 463, 387,""); Here is America's First Whoremonger Governor gesturing broadly toward resigning but not really saying anything of import. Now we must turn our...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 24/02/2008
David Dimbleby, one of the BBC's most senior presenters, has urged colleagues not to launch public attacks on the broadcaster.
Havering On (Free subscription) | 23/02/2008
When Blind Boy Fuller recorded Get Your Yas Yas Out on a Saturday in late Autumn 1938 he could have had no idea that 32 years later people would be walking into there local record stores and asking for it. Well, not quite true, they were really asking for a new live album by the Rolling Stones, which they had named after Fuller’s recording. Born Fulton Allen in Wadesboro, North Carolina in 1908, he...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 03/08/2007
Fuller was born in July 10, 1907 in Wadesboro, North Carolina. As a boy Fuller learned to play the guitar and also learned from older singers the field hollers, country rags, and traditional songs and blues popular in poor, rural areas. He played at informal gatherings and turned to whatever sources of employment he could find as a singer and entertainer. His notoriety improved, and he received an...
