ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER AWARD NOMINATION FOR BLUES QUEEN SHEMEKIA COPELAND On the heels of the announcement that 331/3, her current release, is up for a Grammy (Best Blues Album), comes word that she’s received a Blues Music Award nomination as Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist. ..And “Lemon Pie,” the lead track …
(Milwaukee) – Blues/soul band Altered Five presents a CD Release Party for their new album “Gotta Earn It” (Conclave/Cold Wind Records) at the Milwaukee Ale House, 233 N. Water St., Friday, December 14. 9:30 p.m. $5. Info: (414) 276-2337 or www.ale-house.com.
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This is a unique collection of performances done by extraordinary artists in their prime. There are times in a recording studio when the players are somewhat constrained and what one gets are the varnished equivalent of brand new shoes.
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Harper’s First Solo Acoustic Tour Includes Dates in North America, New Zealand and Australia
GRAMMY(R)-winning musician and songwriter Ben Harper has selected his favorite ballads for a career-spanning retrospective titled By My Side, to be released October 16 by Virgin/EMI.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Rdio (www.rdio.com), the digital music service started by the creators of Skype, today announced two landmark music deals with CD Baby and TuneCore, the largest aggregators of independent music, bringing Rdio’s catalog to over 18 million songs.
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Multiple
Grammy and Blues Music Award nominee John Lee Hooker, Jr. announces a
September 18 release date for his exciting new CD, All Hooked Up, on his
own Steppin’ Stone Records, with national distribution by INgrooves
Fontana. The new CD was produced by renowned writer/producer Larry
Batiste, recorded at Pajama Recording Studios in Oakland, California,
and features special guests Lucky Peterson on guitar and “The Cleanup
Woman” herself, Betty Wright, who duets with John Lee on the sizzling
and soulful track, “I Surrender.”
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In a span of less than two decades, Shemekia Copeland has evolved from teenage upstart to one of the most prominent voices in the blues. She’s currently the most feted woman in the blues world and actually had a coronation where she was crowned and declared “Queen of the Blues” at the Chicago Blues Festival in 2011. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Johnnie Bassett, the celebrated Detroit blues guitarist and vocalist, died from complications of liver cancer on Saturday, August 4 at Saint John Hospital in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He was 76 years old.
Gretchen Valade, owner of Mack Avenue Records, reflects, “Johnnie Bassett was a wonderful musician and a good friend. Whenever I walked into a room where he was playing, he would start singing ‘Georgia,’ my all time favorite. To continue, please click “MORE”!
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At the hands of virtuoso guitarist Melvin Taylor, The Star Spangled Blues takes us
on a kinetic musical journey, blasting through existing musical genres and creating something unique – something never heard before. Taylor’s blazing guitar work is accompanied by the magnetic performance of Reverend Xavier Chance whose unique spoken words re-conceive the words of Francis Scott Key as they were originally posed – as a question.
The accompanying music film takes us on a journey through space and time rewinding American history putting the choice of citizenship back in the hands of the individual. To continue, please click “MORE”!
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