Tag: blues
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November 26, 2007 03:49 PM EST --
I was never a fan of the blues. Just the term "blues" conjures sadness, weariness, desperation, despair, and loneliness, and it seems life hands us more than enough of that. Why go out to . . .
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June 28, 2009 06:30 PM EDT --
This video was shot on June 11th when I appeared @ a Berkeley "Open Mike". I'm singing my "ode to garlic",
"Papa Pesto Blues" and playing some pretty tasty "Delta Blues" bottleneck . . .
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April 25, 2008 02:06 PM EDT --
The legendary singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood will release his highly-anticipated new major label album, "Nine Lives" , on Tuesday, April 29.
"Nine Lives" . . .
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April 29, 2009 10:13 PM EDT --
If you haven't heard of Marc Broussard---please check him out. He's an amazing artist from Lousiana. He has an incredibly soulful voice and he's amazingly talented. I've had the pleasure . . .
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March 01, 2008 11:49 PM EST --
Just watched an excellent concert on PBS - "The Moody Blues".
The Moody Blues perform in a May 2000 concert from London's Royal Albert Hall, accompanied by the World Festival Orchestra. . . .
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July 29, 2009 04:37 PM EDT --
I'm looking for some new music to add to my MP3 player. I've really been into alternative, jazz, blues, folk, and acoustic lately. Any recommendations would be wonderful. I've just been . . .
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August 12, 2009 03:47 PM EDT --
Another Old Song for a New Depression. Josh White was one of the first professional folk singers. He settled in New York in the 1930s and by the '40s he was an established night club performer . . .
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July 14, 2007 02:42 PM EDT --
Thursday night I had the distinct pleasure to attend a concert at the Harbor, on Lake Ray Hubbard, in Rockwall, Texas. The featured artist was young, extremely talented bluesman by the name of Shawn . . .
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March 20, 2007 06:46 AM EDT --
Live by the Nils Lofgren Band is a hard CD to track down. I suggest you make the effort to do so. Yes, Nils is of Swedish decent, but that is not the only reason I like this CD. The guy can sang, I tell . . .
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August 07, 2006 11:31 PM EDT --
Thanks to Gather, Lillie's been dancing more than usual lately. What?? I know. She dances all the time! Gather sent us a new cd to review, and it has been in almost constant play in our house . . .
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March 20, 2007 08:11 PM EDT --
There's a somewhat valid tendency to dismiss groups that have had wild success. Fleetwood Mac is no exception. In order to sell millions of records you need to tap into a lot of different people's . . .
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December 12, 2008 07:05 PM EST --
Here is a relatively lo-fi recording of a beautiful "seasonal" song by the great Charles Brown, who's recordings influenced both Ray Charles and Nat "King" Cole. . . .
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December 30, 2008 01:00 PM EST --
My brother Dan and I have been working on an acoustic blues act. Dan sings and plays harp. I sing and play guitar. We recorded a four song demo we're going to force on local clubs . . .
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August 12, 2006 02:34 PM EDT --
Gather recently gave me the opportunity to review a musical cd. I've been quite busy these days and haven't been publishing much but since music is such and influence in my life I just couldn't . . .
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January 29, 2007 09:39 PM EST --
Harry Connick Jr.’s ‘Oh, My Nola’ on Columbia (Sony BMG Music and Entertainment)
Let me preface this with a disclaimer… I am not a musician and don’t . . .
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April 28, 2009 09:00 PM EDT --
Anyone ever heard of John Mayer Trio that John Mayer formed a few years back? The Trio consists of John Mayer (of course), Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino. This group has a more bluesy rock . . .
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August 07, 2009 11:48 AM EDT --
Bukka White called Memphis Minnie “about the best thing goin' in the woman line.” In the 1930s and '40s she was one of the top blues recording artists. A powerful singer and skilled songwriter . . .
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March 13, 2007 05:21 PM EDT --
Hello to all,
How much background must I give on the Beastie Boys? Does anyone need to be reminded of their "white boy rap" on such gems as Licensed to Ill, Hello Nasty, Check Your Head and . . .
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February 02, 2009 07:13 PM EST --
I have collected records all my life and I have accumulated around 1100 78 rpm records along with a couple of hundred LPs and maybe 100 45s. Hell, I've even got a few 16 2/3 rpm "talking . . .
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December 22, 2008 06:36 PM EST --
My favorite hokum group was the Harlem Hamfats, a creation of Chicago trumpeter Herb Morand. It was a loose knit group often fronted by blues singer Johnnie Temple, author of the infamous "Lead . . .
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