Black Snake Moan
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Black Snake Moan
DVDTWN.com – Jul 23, 2007
Jackson) is an overly religious and angry man who is recovering from terrible emotional pain after his wife left him for his younger brother. Lazarus operates his farm by his lonesome and has given up playing his guitar and his beloved blues music due to his emotional struggling and difficulty in dealing with his new lot on life. ne morning Rae is raped beaten and left along the roadside near Lazarus´ farm. He finds the barely clothed girl and sees she has been badly beaten. Lazarus brings Rae in and treats her wounds but quickly finds she has a disease that will not be easy to treat. He sees her sexual torment and hopes to clean her of what is forcing her into a lifestyle that is below that of what she deserves.
Pittsburgh Blues Festival: Sunday Edition
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Jul 23, 2007
Eric Lindell is a California bluesman who transplanted himself to New rleans and seems to have combined the best of the laid-back Left Coast lifestyle with the Big Easy vibe and produces great soulful music that’s as much R&B as it is straight blues. There were funky rhythms James Brown-like riffs Neville Brothers crooning — and Lindell seemed to be enjoying himself as much as the audience did. And I’ve never seen a tough young blues guy do chorus-line dance kicks with his bass player before. Actually except for the tattoos he wasn’t a tough young blues guy at all — he looked more like a ’60s hipster a throwback to when the band partied with the audience… ne thing that comes across more strongly with Karp in person is his strong guitar playing. He whipped out a slide and delivered a completely personal dramatic revision of Robert Johnson’s “Stones in My Passway” paying homage to both Johnson and his musical heir Robert Lockwood Jr. But the best thing about Karp’s music I think is his intelligent lyrics. From “The Grave” to “Arson’s Match” to “Shadows and Cracks” they’re smartly written and wrapped in excellent rootsy bluesy music. I hope you were all paying attention to the lyrics. Unfortunately Karp’s set was slightly abbreviated by scheduling issues.
n food music & the afterlife
Canada.com – Jul 23, 2007
It brilliantly managed to move between a little girl’s fantasy world and the brutal reality of the Spanish Civil War. The last good CD? There’s a group from Mali called Tinariwen that NJ’s co-leader Paul Neufeld introduced me to. Their new CD is called Aman Iman — Water is Life — and it’s African music driven by some gritty blues guitar. It’s not quite the same as Ali Farke Toure’s stuff but anyone who knows his work (and if you don’t G GET IT!) would like Tinariwen. What’s your favourite TV show? I tend to watch only late-night TV because I usually can’t go straight to bed after a gig. nce I’ve given up looking for a good movie to watch it’s usually a toss up between The Daily Show with Jon Stewart CBC’s The Hour or one of the many good HB dramas that show up on the Movie channels that I can order on demand (my favourite of which was Six Feet Under). Tell us about your last great meal.
Musician sings the blues at the library
Nashua Telegraph – Jul 23, 2007
ver the past 40 years Geremia has built a reputation as a first-rate bluesman and songwriter. ne of the best country blues fingerpickers his tools include six- and 12-string guitars harmonica piano and a husky soulful voice. With an innate sense of the humor as well as the drama of the music he keeps traditional blues fresh and alive. Combining his interpretation of the earlier music of Blind Lemon Jefferson Robert Johnson Blind Willie McTell Scrapper Blackwell and Blind Blake with his original compositions he has created a style very much his own and received accolades too numerous to mention. During the 1960s and 1970s Geremia opened for early blues legends like Babe Stovall Yank Rachel Son House Skip James Howlin’ Wolf and Pink Anderson whose career he helped revitalize. Geremia has recorded 10 solo albums and has appeared on numerous anthologies and compilation recordings. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs and a picnic.
We read the morning paper for you!
eJazzNews – Jul 23, 2007
She never had a hit coming closest perhaps with "I’m n My Way" from 1960. Dane was always politically active in the civil rights movement fighting against racism. The blues spoke to her in terms of women she says. She studied the classic female blues singers and realized that blues is some kind of survival music. She sang folk and blues and Louis Armstrong invited her to come with him for a European tour. But the tour never came off and Dane speculates that perhaps the state department which sponsored the tour was put off by her political activism. Despite all the social injustice she battled with all her life Dane feels no frustration over the state of the world.
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