The News Review:
- verDrive Signs Distribution Deal With Alligator Records
- Who gets to use the N word?
- National Conference of Black Mayors to Host 33rd Annual Convention in…
- Adding boogie to the blues
- Blues legend in Bridgwater
- Bluesy? Try taste of wine music.
verDrive Signs Distribution Deal With Alligator Records
Web Services Journal – Web Services Journal – Apr 25, 2007
A large list of blues artistswill soon be available for download to the network of library partners ofverDrive which includes more than 5000 libraries worldwide. Libraries in verDrive’s network will soon have access to music from AlbertCollins Buddy Guy Johnny Winter and other top blues artists availablethrough the Alligator Records label. The collection will add a largequality list of blues music titles to verDrive’s digital library of morethan 100000 video music eBook and audio book titles — the onlycollected works that library patrons can browse download and view orlisten to all on a single system. “Now anywhere and at anytime library patrons can hear the sounds ofChicago blues clubs with a Koko Taylor album and check out a video audiobook or eBook at the same time through a single system” Steve Potash CEof verDrive said. “We hope libraries will take this opportunity to sharethe blues — a truly American genre of music — with their patrons. “We at Alligator Records are very excited to be working with a companycommitted to bringing this rich musical culture to library patrons in acutting-edge form — as a digital download” Bruce Iglauer president ofAlligator Records said. “The partnership of verDrive and Alligator willmake our catalog of classic blues available to library patrons everywhere.
Who gets to use the N word?
salon.com – Apr 25, 2007
to Imus and set some boundaries for who can say it — and where. ne of the things I thought about while reading “The N-Word” was Ralph Ellison. In his review of Leroi Jones’ [Amiri Baraka] now classic “Blues People” Ellison quipped that the “tremendous burden of sociology that Jones would place upon the body of music is enough to give even the blues the blues. ” In that same vein the amount of historical research and literary history that you present throughout “The N-Word” fundamentally demystifies the word.
National Conference of Black Mayors to Host 33rd Annual Convention in…
UrbanMecca – Apr 25, 2007
“ur city has a diverse group of people who are working together to make this conference one of the most successful ever. ” In addition to the workshops and programs for mayors Mayor Holden will host NCBM attendees at the festive FestForAll utdoor Celebration featuring live blues music and Louisiana cuisine. Also the Convention will feature a daylong Youth Day on Saturday May 5 focusing on educating and empowering youth. com RS publisher: UrbanMecca.
Adding boogie to the blues
South African Star – The South African Star – Apr 25, 2007
There’s a coming together which adds both contemporary and nostalgic edge to familiar songs. The two musicians have chosen cunningly blending the old with the new but going for songs that are easy on the ear and will have you shuffling those feet… Afrikaans music is flourishing at the moment and to tap into that rich vein and still be authentic is quite an act. But this duo has done it brilliantly and although there’s nothing that beats the two boys live backed by a hot Mystic Boere rchestra that adds kick to the sound the album is a good one. Catch ‘n Man Wat Kan and Macsakkie to best see what they’re about. Both Viljoen and Swart add to the other’s music. There’s nothing like the melancholy sounds of an accordion to add to the mood of what might just have been another melody.
Blues legend in Bridgwater
Bridgwater Mercury – Apr 25, 2007
Little Toby Walker is a finger-style guitarist singer songwriter and storyteller whose music draws from traditional and contemporary blues roots western swing and ragtime. Playing an authentic 1930 National Steel Guitar he paints pictures of his travels to Mississippi Arkansas Virginia and North Carolina and tells of how he learned the blues at the feet of manyold time blues musicians. He has been warmly received at venues and festivals throughout the US France and England and has been featured in the New York Times Blues Revue 20th Century Guitar and Blues in Britain. Closely researched its roots by visiting the birthplaces of blues and roots music throughout America Toby learned from masters including Eugene Powell James Son Thomas Jack wens and EttaBaker. He has contributed articles to Blues Revue magazine and is well known as an instructor at the prestigious Acoustic Sessions School of Music headed by Woody Mann in Manhattan – Carnegie Hall isnow using Toby Walker to present an American Roots program in New York City area schools.
Bluesy? Try taste of wine music.
Free with registration – rlando Sentinel – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 25, 2007
Marc Clermont and Blues Train will entertain from 10 a. Saturday followed by Beautiful Bobby Blackmon and The B-3 Blues Band from 2 to 5 p.