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Barbecue festivals | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle – Apr 16, 2008
231 and head south to the Ohio River. In early June mix a little more music with your food at the W. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival —.
Houston musicians frolic at festivals this weekend and next
Houston Chronicle – Apr 16, 2008
If you’ve been to a festival in Houston before and think you haven’t seen them you’re probably wrong. Earl Gilliam: Blues pianist invited to this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival.
Chocolate Drops’ string music also a history lesson | Chron.com -…
Houston Chronicle – Apr 16, 2008
write(“flashcontent1507702908″); Dom Flemons a black man who plays old-time string music on guitar and banjo is always looking ahead even when he’s rooting around songs and styles nearly 100 years old. Flemons 25 is one-third of the Carolina Chocolate Drops an exciting and imaginative North Carolina-based trio that performs string-band music. He’ll gladly talk about long-dead performers like a veteran folklorist but making music that is compelling today is his job. The band has been drawing a lot of attention partially because it seems strange in 2008 to see a black man playing a banjo. Like musician Otis Taylor the Carolina Chocolate Drops are correcting some cultural perceptions about the instrument… He knows the songs and more helpful his technique has been a guide. Flemons suggests that being open-minded and inquisitive helps the band better understand the music. The conversation didn’t go any deeper about Cannon which Flemons thought was a missed opportunity. “Sometimes these older performers say something absolutely relevant but the interviewer or whoever isn’t looking for it” he says. When Thompson once complained about the cost of rosin for his fiddle Flemons asked what he used growing up. He got a lecture on the process for turning tree sap into rosin.
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Naples Daily News – Naples Daily News – Apr 16, 2008
• Mameli: live music 6 p. Yabo 16681 McGreggor Blvd.