ROBERT MUGGE’S FILM ‘DEEP SEA BLUES,’ A TWO-HOUR PORTRAIT OF THE LEGENDARY RHYTHM & BLUES CRUISE, DUE OUT OCTOBER 6 ON DVD The blues isn’t dead . . . it’s simply on vacation! Seven-day Caribbean cruise featured Bobby Rush, Buckwheat Zydeco, Otis Clay, Taj Mahal, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Commander Cody, Lil’ …
JOHNNIE BASSETT“THE GENTLEMAN IS BACK”FIRST ALBUM IN NINE YEARS SET FOR JUNE 30 RELEASE ON SLY DOG RECORDS “Hey fellas, I got a message for ya. Listen up…” That’s the first thing Johnnie Bassett has to say on The Gentleman Is Back, the legendary Detroit guitarist and singer’s …
Bluesman John Lee Hooker, Jr. Continues to Garner Nods for “All Odds Against Me” CD “Blues Ain’t Nothin’ But A Pimp” Video Selected as Official Honoree by The 13th Annual Webby Awards and John Lee Hooker Jr. is Nominated by Jus` Blues Music Foundation for Recognition When bluesman John Lee Hooker, Jr. …
Zakiya Hooker, Daughter of Blues Legend John Lee Hooker, Is “Keeping It Real” with New CD Release San Francisco, CA – When your daddy is blues icon, the late great, four-time Grammy winner, John Lee Hooker, what’s a blues sangin’ sista to do? When posed with that dilemma, Zakiya Hooker has only one …
28 ALBUMS FROM RAY CHARLES’ ICONIC CATALOG TO BE RELEASED DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON APRIL 7 Classics “Georgia On My Mind”, “I Can’t Stop Loving You” & “Crying Time” among many others finally available via digital outlets LOS ANGELES, Calif. – One of the most anticipated song …
Oliver Wood Is “Taking Shemekia Copeland Out Of Her Blues Box” “She has a big bright voice with a switchblade rasp.” -NY Times, 8.22.05 “Copeland is a strong voice with an even stronger will.” -Heart & Soul, Feb/March 2009 For her new record ‘Never Going Back’ (out 2.24 on Telarc), …
Nordstrom Celebrates Black History Month Nordstrom Incorporated logo. (PRNewsFoto) SEATTLE, WA USA Exclusive Blues CD Highlighting Black Female Singers Will Benefit Charity SEATTLE, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — In celebration of February’s Black History Month, Nordstrom will offer customers a new, exclusive CD entitled The Royal Blues …
Never Going Back / Shemekia Copeland For more than a decade, Shemekia Copeland has been paving a road that will inevitably lead to her reign as Queen of the Blues. By some standards numerous blues awards in the U.S. and elsewhere, a GRAMMY nomination, a resume that includes work …
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