Coldwater barn shaking with primal groove of master jammer
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- Coldwater barn shaking with primal groove of master jammer
- ‘The Wanderer’ Has Got the Blues
- Grass greener on every side
Coldwater barn shaking with primal groove of master jammer
commercialappeal.com (subscription) – Dec 29, 2007
Bottles of beer and a pint of corn liquor are passed around. Faded riental rugs on the floor provide a makeshift dance floor as Houston’s equipment captures every sound. There has been blues music in the North Mississippi hill country for generations. It developed in slavery. In hamlets like Chulahoma Como Senatobia and Gravel Springs it evolved into a timeless sound a primitive force released through guitar chords or fife blasts into the atmosphere. In the 1940s musicologist Alan Lomax uncovered the secrets of the hill country while on assignment for the Library of Congress. "It was music harsh and crude and vital and as rank as milkweed a tune such as the African Pygmies have played from time immemorial" Lomax wrote in "The Land Where the Blues Began" published in 1993… Give him a groove and he’ll keep it going for 20 minutes. And the way he plays his guitar he gets that kind of out-there-ness that translates into an almost world music style. ""People around the world love hill country blues music because it’s such a unique thing" Dickinson says. "It’s based on these musical families who are keeping the tradition going. I’m glad it’s still alive and growing because the more Starbucks and McDonald’s there are in the world the more valuable regional music like this becomes.
‘The Wanderer’ Has Got the Blues
NPR – Dec 29, 2007
DiMucci says he met the blues legend at the Newport Folk Festival and they became friends. He says that using James’ name in the title of his record represented a kind of mission statement for the project. According to DiMucci covering the blues songs on Son of Skip James was an act of reverence for him. He calls the writers and original performers of these songs “backwoods genius poets” and defines their brilliance as “the distance between what they were doing and what everyone else was doing. ” Related NPR StoriesMay.
Grass greener on every side
The Australian – Dec 29, 2007
Perhaps you are one of them. Indeed it would be difficult to find a weekend during the summer and autumn months where there isn't a large-scale music festival taking place in Australia. Live outdoor music is a greater part of Australian culture than ever and in 2007-08 itseems our thirst for such gatherings knows nobounds… Indeed it would be difficult to find a weekend during the summer and autumn months where there isn’t a large-scale music festival taking place in Australia. Live outdoor music is a greater part of Australian culture than ever and in 2007-08 itseems our thirst for such gatherings knows nobounds. New rock folk and blues events are springing up from east to west while the well-established ones such as the Big Day ut Falls Festival and the International Blues and Roots festival sell out each year long before they happen. n Thursday the Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland began its six-day run during which a total of 130000 people will pass through its gates many of whom will be camping nearby for the duration. In Lorne Victoria and Marion Bay in Tasmania the Falls Festival a relatively low-key rock affair that nevertheless has been a sell-out since its inception in 1993 runs from today until Monday. In NSW Sarah Blasko De La Soul and the Audreys were among the 400 acts scheduled to appear during the next four days at the Peats Ridge Sustainable Arts and Music Festival in Glenworth Valley. Unfortunately heavy rainfall this month forced the cancellation of the event.
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