The News Review:
- Blues Legend BB King 82 Says His Mind Is ‘Sort of Like a…
- A Touch of Blues-Rock From a Son of the South
- Grub Scout: Delightful dinner selections drown out foul fellas
- Fisk researchers’ roles in legendary field recordings revived…
- Hans Theessink at Perth Blues Club
Blues Legend BB King 82 Says His Mind Is ‘Sort of Like a…
Washington Post – Feb 29, 2008
org or the box office. The Download: For a sampling of B.
A Touch of Blues-Rock From a Son of the South
New York Times – Feb 28, 2008
He recently made a documentary for the BBC “Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus” about the rural South and he now lives in Georgia. The music on his new album “Transnormal Skiperoo” (Luaka Bop) leans mostly toward folksy country. At Joe’s Pub on Tuesday he also played older songs that touched on blues-rock and reggae. His band had an easygoing twang but the music wasn’t old-fashioned. A drum machine supplied the beat and every so often Mr. White made a repeating loop of his voice for added texture. While his tunes are down-home his words are restless and uncertain.
Grub Scout: Delightful dinner selections drown out foul fellas
Knoxville News Sentinel – Feb 29, 2008
Semi-slumped over the bar they seemed content to nurse their beers while lip-reading the muted ESPN on one of the bar’s flat-panel TV screens. Gritty blues music filled in as the room’s soundtrack. I started the evening off with a Scrimshaw pilsner just to say I sampled something from the bar’s generous selection of beers wines and spirits. It was then that several loud disembodied voices began to drift in from the adjacent bar and it was soon evidenced by the high profanity ratio that these fellas were well past their first bottle of the evening. I’m not overly sensitive to others’ foul mouths and I know that when a nightspot is packed to the gills that’s just par for the course.
Fisk researchers’ roles in legendary field recordings revived…
International Herald Tribune – Feb 29, 2008
Work who died in 1967 at age 65 had a gift for finding and collecting black folk music. He traveled the South recording blues singers work songs ballads church choirs dance tunes whatever struck him as showing the evolution of black music. And yet what might be his greatest achievement went largely unnoticed for 60 years stashed in a file cabinet at Hunter College in New York. Now with the opening of a new exhibit on Work's life at Fisk University and a companion CD some say Work is finally getting his due. “He was seeking out music that many African-American academics at the time had no use for” said Evan Hatch a professional folklorist who helped compile the Fisk exhibit “The Beautiful Music that Surrounds You” which runs through May 11.
Hans Theessink at Perth Blues Club
NEWS.com.au – Feb 28, 2008
Banjoman the tribute project to Derroll Adams that Hans produced with Arlo Guthrie was recently nominated for a Grammy. In 2004 Hans got the Austrian Amadeus award for Songs from the Southland a tribute to the music of the American South – a constant source of inspiration and companion on his musical journey. A Danish Music Award for best blues album followed in 2005. Hans’ latest work is the DVD Live in Concert – A Blues & Roots Revue – captures the magic of the Hans Theessink Band in action. Through his unmistakable guitar-work sonorous baritone voice and stage presence Hans has attained a status which is unique for a European. He has performed at many of the most prominent North American music festivals such as the New rleans Jazz & Heritage Festival the Chicago Blues Festival the Kerville Folk Festival the Toronto Soul & Blues Festival the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival the Edmonton Folk Festival the St.