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- Native son Duke Robillard honored
- London blues for Finn
- Bluesman Bonamassa returns to music festival with new cuts and old…
Native son Duke Robillard honored
Providence Journal – May 27, 2007
“Doing this album makes a complete circle back to when I started recording and when I started my first well-known band” Robillard says. “Kind of a tribute to that kind of music that I was inspired by to start my professional career. ” “It’s just a period of music that I love” he says of jump blues whose heyday was a brief one in the late ’40s through the mid-’50s. “It combines jazz and blues into popular music with fun lyrics. ”In the ’90s Robillard married and moved to Kentucky but said “I really missed Rhode Island and I’m really glad to be back… “Kind of a tribute to that kind of music that I was inspired by to start my professional career. ” “It’s just a period of music that I love” he says of jump blues whose heyday was a brief one in the late ’40s through the mid-’50s. “It combines jazz and blues into popular music with fun lyrics. ”In the ’90s Robillard married and moved to Kentucky but said “I really missed Rhode Island and I’m really glad to be back.
London blues for Finn
NEWS.com.au – May 27, 2007
At the end the band was losing money and for the first time ever Finn’s heart wasn’t in it. "If I was going to do new songs my way I could get that feeling and that sparkle in my eye about it" he says. "That’s really what music is about — making sure the band is happy and your friendships are still good. You’ve got to follow your heart. " Last month Finn’s ticker took him to Los Angeles. He played guitar and did backing vocals in Neil’s band Crowded House at the Coachella festival. But Liam is unsure whether he can commit to a Crowded House world tour.
Bluesman Bonamassa returns to music festival with new cuts and old…
Hagerstown Morning Herald – May 27, 2007
Recently Bonamassa has been preparing for his next project “Sloe Gin” an acoustic album he hopes to release in August. Bonamassa said the next album will be more song-based and melodic than “You & Me. “Music and video clips of Bonamassa’sprior albums are available at his Web site.