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Road trip with All-American musical theme
Head to Mississippi for a road trip through countryside that gave birth to the bluesIt’s always time for a road trip getaway, and a good road trip always needs music. So gas up your car (before the prices rise again) and get your ears …
This Trout swims upstream
Blues veteran likes his music diverse, and he has no use for holier-than-thou puristsWalter Trout always draws a big crowd when he visits Vegas as part of Station Casinos’ Blues Series.He returns next week and in March for …
Cajun, jazz singers perform at Jazz Fest, Day 3
Earth, Wind & Fire, Etta James and Dave Matthews Band close out first weekend of Jazz FestCajun singer Wayne Toups and his Zydecajun band picked their accordions and guitars while thousands enthusiastically stomped, clapped, swayed and danced – some doing the Cajun two-step at the New …
Taj Mahal to be inducted into Blues Hall of Fame
Taj Mahal, worldly blues legend, to be inducted into Blues Hall of Fame in Memphis, Tenn.Taj Mahal, the blues legend whose vibrant, worldly music encompassed African-rooted sounds of all kinds, will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. …
Blue not the only color in Montoya’s box of crayons
Coco Montoya even listens to the Bee Gees.The left-handed blues guitarist listens to doo-wop, Latin, old rock ’n’ roll, country and big band, which explains his eclectic style.“If you don’t use all the experience of the things you hear …
Playlist: Mick Fleetwood
Mick Fleetwood is about to hit the road with the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band, returning to the music he made during 1967-1970. “It’s the first time I’ve revisited this period,” he says. “It’s my boot camp, my training ground really …
Only a Hobo
We haven’t been driving around the outskirts of Memphis for too long before Seasick Steve spots a neighbourhood he thinks he recognises. Something about the weather-beaten houses set back off the dusty road is tugging at his memory.’Most everything has changed round these parts but this …
Unbridled talent
Although I spend my time working with counterpoint, and know jazz is as capable as any other sort of music at yielding the greatest delight in it, how jazz musicians organise their ‘compositions’ remains a complete mystery to me. I could more easily write a symphony than join in with a jam session. Are …
Museum is a tribute to a King
B.B. King Museum to honor bluesman as a gem in poverty-stricken Mississippi DeltaTranslucent images of long ago, of black men and women, backs bent, picking cotton under an unforgiving sun, are artistically displayed on standing glass panels in a museum carved out of an …
Delta museum is a tribute to bluesman B.B. King
B.B. King Museum to honor bluesman as a gem in poverty-stricken Mississippi DeltaTranslucent images of long ago, of black men and women, backs bent, picking cotton under an unforgiving sun, are artistically displayed on standing glass panels in a museum carved out of an …






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