Essential Mac music
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- Essential Mac music
- Blues for a new generation
- Women’s Herstory looks at first women to record blues music
- U2’s ‘No Line on the Horizon’: First impressions
Essential Mac music
Chicago Tribune United States -
“Bare Trees” (1972): Transition from blues to burnished singer-songwriter pop with strong songs from Christine McVie Bob Welch and Danny Kirwan. “Rumours” (1977): A chronicle of real-life romantic travail and virtually every song a hit.
Blues for a new generation
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal MS -
Following appearances on NPR "The Today Show" and CBS' "Sunday Morning" as well the band's first international tour last year Homemade Jamz is more popular than ever. Things are only getting better. Homemade Jamz was pumped to learn the band was nominated for a best new artist Blues Music Award. "I really wasn't expecting it" Perry said. "But to be nominated already (in our career) it's awesome. "The Perrys are in talks with TV personality Al Roker's production team to possibly star in their own reality show.
Women’s Herstory looks at first women to record blues music
The Advocate R -
’ It used to be a compliment. " According to Flower when she taught guitar students would ask her to play the song "Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and ut" by Eric Clapton but this song is originally a Bessie Smith song. Flower continued playing songs recorded by women who were recording during the early years of blues such as "Black Rat" a song by Memphis Minnie about "one of her many ex-husbands" and a medley of songs by Elizabeth Cotton. Cotton had her own style of guitar playing which is called cotton-picking. Cotton-picking is a self-taught upside down left-handed two-finger-picking style. Flower said that Cotton’s songs are "so beautiful and so simple. " Bessie Smith was a big influence on Flower who even wrote a song titled "Bessie Blues.
U2’s ‘No Line on the Horizon’: First impressions
Chicago Tribune United States -
Breathe: All coiled tension relieved by some guitar power chords. Another would-be stadium-rocker with the ham-fisted Lillywhite at the producer?s wheel. Edge gets bombastic on guitar tries to play the blues and sounds clumsy doing it. Bono tries to channel Patti Smith and babbles on about ?JuJu men. ? Cedars of Lebanon: Ending with a whimper.
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