The News Review:
- N SALE THIS WEEK
- Bringing back the true blues
- Q&A | BB King The thrill goes on for giant of blues
- Immigrant songs
- Man of the blues
- Bolt from the blues? Lightning strikes a chord
- Pop and Rock Listings
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WFAA – Nov 30, 2007
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Bringing back the true blues
Belfast Telegraph – Nov 30, 2007
Four years ago unable to get gigs for his previous band rton started promoting his own club night at The Windmill in south London which he called Not The Same ld Blues Crap. The club quickly became bigger than the band and rton has since become a key mover and shaker on the new blues scene. As far as rton is concerned blues was the original punk music a realisation that came to him when he saw the Gun Club led by the late Jeffrey Lee Pierce playing in the early 1980s. What grabbed his attention was the way in which Pierce refashioned old Robert Johnson songs along punk-rock lines a methodology that rton believes is more in keeping with the original spirit of the blues. "We call it Not The Same ld Blues Crap but in no way is it against old blues" rton says. "n the contrary we love old blues. Robert Johnson Charlie Patton all those original country blues players are incredible… But then it became that in order to play punk you had to be unlearned. But I’m not so sure about that. Because there are certain things in blues music that you are only going to get through spending time with the instrument and I don’t know that that’s a bad thing. I think you just have to have a balance. You want to hone your craft. But you don’t want to polish out all the bits that are exciting. I’m not going to pretend I can’t play.
Q&A | BB King The thrill goes on for giant of blues
Columbus Dispatch – Nov 30, 2007
King a performer for six decades will play Saturday in the Palace Theatre. Recently King who is on tour interrupted an afternoon nap in a Peoria Ill. hotel room to talk to The Dispatch.
Immigrant songs
The Age – Nov 30, 2007
“How do you think we’d get on at Byron Bay Blues Festival?” heinquires conspiratorially. Well sir you’d kill. Roots music fans know her as theGrammy-scooping queen of “newgrass” — and aren’t you thaticonic singer guy from the most electrifying blues juggernaut thatever rocked the planet?There’s the problem. What he really wants to know is would heand Krauss be free to pursue the superbly muted harmony of theirnew album Raising Sand an eerie distillation of ancientblues country folk and early rock’n'roll or would theirreception be compromised by the monumental shadow of Zeppelin?”You see I know how it is in Australia and I know how it’sbeen” Plant says. Again this is code: something aboutclassic-rock radio and the arrested development of the bogangroundswell. “But maybe it would work” he muses teasingly. Plant has made his arm’s-length relationship with his pastabundantly clear since Zeppelin died along with drummer JohnBonham in September 1980.
Man of the blues
Malaysia Star – Nov 30, 2007
Guitarist Paul Ponnudurai has certainly earned his stripes. Ponnudurai probably didn’t have any ambitions to eclipse Ukulele Ike when he picked up the stringed instrument at age four but the guitar allowed him to aspire to greater things. And greater things he certainly has achieved from starting a professional music career at 17 right up to his current stint at Harry’s (restaurant and pub) in Singapore.
Bolt from the blues? Lightning strikes a chord
Times nline – Nov 30, 2007
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Pop and Rock Listings
New York Times – Nov 30, 2007
King Blues Club & Grill 237 West 42nd Street Manhattan (212) 997-4144. 50 in advance $45 at the door. (Jon Pareles)BRAND NEW THRICE (Tuesday) Not all emo goes the way of smirky punk-pop or sentimental singalongs… Leo has made an admirable career matching the musical fury of Clash-like punk with impassioned social commentary. With Kristeen Young. Music Hall of Williamsburg 66 North Sixth Street Brooklyn (212) 260-4700. com; Wednesday at 7 p.