mapsadaisical (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Finally it has arrived: that other great Revenant box set. I baulked at paying £100 for this on release in 2004 but found myself unable to resist when Cargo dropped the price to a mere £40 last month. The Charley Patton box arrived within a couple of days, but the ten discs and [...]
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Bukka White goes down in history as having hits both musically as a bluesman and as a pitcher in the Negro Leagues. He met and studied under Delta blues legend Charley Patton as a young man and later recorded tracks for Alan Lomax and the Library of Congress. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, White relocated to Memphis, TN where he lived with – and mentored – younger cousin Riley...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Al Jones was a stalwart of the British acoustic blues and folk scenes in the 1960s who never went on to achieve commercial success but enjoyed a cult following that recently led to the reissue of his back catalogue on CD.
MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
by Kurt Loder It seems a little odd to pick up a compilation of vintage blues tracks and find Erykah Badu’s name snuggled in among the credits. The album, due out next Tuesday, is called A Brief History of the Blues — a collection of classic performances by such masters as Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Bessie [...]
merinews - citizen powered media (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 Daily Docket (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
Willie Dixon certainly wrote some epic blues for Chester Burnett, the Howlin' Wolf, after he moved on up to Chicago; and many of those songs went on to be covered by the greatest rock stars the world has ever known. But when I walked into Sam Phillips' wake, someone (his sons Knox or Jerry, most likely) had this one playing, because their dad recorded it on him, "Moanin' At Midnight": The
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Brook Benton took the folksy “The Boll Weevil Song” to number two on the pop charts in 1961, thanks to a silky and laconic vocal tracked over vaguely Caribbean rhythm guitars, stuttering drums, and a hypnotic piano line that echoed relentlessly through the song. Although the tune was credited to Benton and Clyde Otis as [...]
mapsadaisical (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Fragrant mother of jebus! Cargo have reduced the price of this gorgeous, award-hooverin, behemoth of a box set to £39.99. 7 CDs. A paperback book by John Fahey. 127 pages of biography, lyrics and sheet music. Um, some stickers. Do I need to say more? If, like me, you didn’t buy this first time around [...]
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
in post Charley Patton, Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues (Revenant) from mapsadaisical .
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
in post Charley Patton, Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues (Revenant) from mapsadaisical .
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Bob Dylan is set to release the eighth and latest volume of his acclaimed Bootleg Series of unreleased, archived recordings this October it was announced earlier today via press release and on the legendary singer-songwriter's official website. Tell Tale Signs , a three disc collection will be released on Columbia records Tuesday, October 7th
CB Music (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Bob Dylan is set to release the eighth and latest volume of his acclaimed Bootleg Series of unreleased, archived recordings this October, it was announced earlier today via press release and on the legendary singer-songwriter's official website. Tell Tale Signs , a three disc collection will be released on Columbia records Tuesday, October 7th
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
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IckMusic (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Dylan fans, mark October 7th on your music calendar. The latest installment of Dylan’s Bootleg series will be released on that Tuesday. This one (the 8th in the series) is full of unreleased and alternate tracks from some of his greatest albums over the last couple of decades: Time Out of Mind , “Love and [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Bob Dylan will release the eighth installment of his Bootleg Series on October 7th. Tell Tale Signs features unreleased recordings and alternate versions of studio sessions from the last two decades, sessions that ultimately resulted in albums like Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft and Modern Times. The two-disc set will also feature rare [...]
