Archive for March, 2008
Squeeze My Lemon blog has a funny mash-up video this week that speaks for itself.
SqueezeMyLemon: Harmonica Day 5 – Friday Funny Darth Vader Blues
Blues Dal Mondo blog features a brief profile of British label Ruf Records’ latest addition, female singer Dani Wilde, who to my ears seems to mine the same turf as many of the latest crop of female guitarist/singers (for my money I’d prefer the work of Dona Oxford, which is grittier than what’s showcased in [...]
An interesting overview of Bessie Smith’s significance in blues history, with an astounding video clip included this week at New Zealand blog, The Inquiring Mind. There’s a fair amount of music posts, with an emphasis on “classic” songs. Good to see that a blues icon made it into the catalog.
Classic Blues 1 – [...]
The Beale Street Music Festival has announced its 2008 lineup. Blues acts include 2008 Blues Music Award nominees Lurrie Bell, Bettye LaVette, Hubert Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins with the Billy Gibson Band, Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials, Magic Slim & the Teardrops, Nick Moss & the Fliptops, Watermelon Slim, as well as Charlie Musselwhite, [...]
The always-terrific Richard Marcus reviews the latest from our Chicago pal Eddy Clearwater on Blogcritics.com; Marcus has a very nice body of blues review work, and thankfully avoids the cliches we’ve all come to expect from blues music reviewers.
Music Review: Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater – West Side Strut
The Blue Shoe Times intereviews Jefferey and Michael Dyson, who produced the Grammy Award winning CD, “Last of the Great Mississippi Bluesmen Live in Dallas“. The CD includes performances by the still-spry Pinetop Perkins, as well as my old friend Honeyboy Edwards and the late Robert Junior Lockwood. They seem to have an [...]
Blues down under is alive and well, as this review of the Australian West Coast Blues N Roots Festival shows. Included are reviews of Cat Power and John Fogerty as well as other lesser-known artists.
Perth Music » Blog Archive » 2008 West Coast Blues ‘N’ Roots Festival – Day 2 Review
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Maybe it’s just my blues-attuned ear, but more and more I’m hearing a blues revival buried in the depths of new music everywhere. Seems like I can’t go to an open mike these days without some skinny dude playing slide guitar and harmonica. Then I see this Pop Matters review from SXSW, which [...]
Just another sign that you can find blues all over the world: a report from Shanghai on a refurbished jazz and blues club, with a virtual tour of the remodeling.
shanghai jazz scene .com » Blog Archive » The new House of Blues and Jazz: sneak peek
