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- Spotlight: Sounds of Blue | Inland News | PE.com | Southern California…
- Fusion of sounds
- Welcome to AJC! | ajc.com
- Reinventing the blues in Beaver Creek
- Andy Bey: A Risk-Taking Virtuoso
- Music Review | Rascal Flatts
Spotlight: Sounds of Blue | Inland News | PE.com | Southern California…
Press-Enterprise – Jan 21, 2008
Pradd 39 started performing jazz in Copenhagen by playing the electric bass but soon transitioned into singing. She said she loves performing jazz because of the freedom of expression. In Denmark many of her friends and mentors participated in the summer programs at the Berklee College of Music in Boston which she calls a “blueprint for blues music. ” Berklee alumni include Melissa Etheridge and John Mayer. In 1994 she received a scholarship to attend the Berklee summer program. “It was the best summer I've ever had” she said. Story continues below.
Fusion of sounds
Malaysia Star – Jan 21, 2008
Singer-guitarist Martin Zamigano may have been based in Hong Kong for 14 years but he has not forgotten his Malaysian roots. His affection for everything Malaysian comes through in his debut Tamil fusion album Kanmani which combines contemporary music genres (R&B blues funk jazz reggae and joget) with a combination of Malaysian instruments. Indian fusion music was created in India and Europe many years ago. Closer to home Louis Pragasam and his band Asiabeat also fused ethnic Asian instruments with different music styles. “As a singer I have used my vocal talents to create Tamil fusion music with a semi-classic feel. Although it may sound rojak Malaysians can still relate to it as it intertwines local instruments and melodies in a local album” said Zamigano in an interview recently.
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Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscripti… – Jan 21, 2008
“He was a little slick and kept it a secret. ”‘Jeopardy’ fan not singing the bluesLilburn’s Nick Rolader who started watching “Jeopardy” in elementary school is into modern and classic rock. As luck would have it when the University of Georgia junior made it onto the television quiz show the hardest questions came from the blues music category. “That tripped me up the most” said Rolader 21. The 2005 Brookwood graduate taped the show in ctober and it aired last week. “I had a bunch of friends over [to watch the show]. It was a blast” said Rolader who is studying history and sociology and does a little part-time catering on the side.
Reinventing the blues in Beaver Creek
Vail Daily News – Jan 21, 2008
“He has an amazing rich deep blues sound and his blues guitar chops place him at the top of the genre” Vilar marketing manager Sarah Dixon said. Keb’ Mo’ (slang for his real name Kevin Moore) grew up in Los Angeles a world away from the blues’ rural origins. But his family had roots in the South and he was exposed to blues and gospel music at a young age. Inspired by blues legend Robert Johnson Keb’ Mo’ has cobbled together a unique sound that borrows from pop rock folk and jazz. His breakthrough album “Keb’ Mo’” burst on the scene in 1994 with a focus on “acoustic country-style blues and gospel” according to “Putumayo Presents the Blues. “He has since picked up Grammy awards for “Just Like You” “Slow Down” and “Keep It Simple. ” Most recently Moore plays a blues musician in “Honeydripper” a film scheduled for wide release in February.
Andy Bey: A Risk-Taking Virtuoso
NPR – Jan 21, 2008
There were people like Louis Jordan on the radio and Ella Fitzgerald. I kind of liked boogie-woogie and ‘Caledonia’ and all that stuff. “At the age of 68 Bey has been developing his sound since he was a boy singing the blues in 1953. By 25 he was harmonizing with more sophistication in the family group Andy and The Bey Sisters. By 1974 Bey was singing funky. Then he says “I didn’t get any record date for the next 22 years. ” In the music world it’s called woodshedding: the time a musician spends away from performing finding and perfecting his sound.
Music Review | Rascal Flatts
New York Times – Jan 21, 2008
The top band in 21st-century country music with four multimillion-selling albums and a fifth that has sold a million copies since September Rascal Flatts is fearlessly contented and relentlessly inoffensive. Skip to next paragraph… It’s a proficient band. Rooney has a whole arena-rock guitar vocabulary at his fingertips from crunchy blues-rock riffs to commanding leads. As if insisting that the band isn’t led by its main frontman Mr. LeVox the other two founders had their own indulgent solo segments.