Mardi Gras in Portland
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- Mardi Gras in Portland
- Akron native sings the blues in comedy act
- Breathing the Delta Blues
- What the Folk is Going n?
- House of Blues offers authentic Southern cuisine and music
- ‘Let Freedom Sing’: 70 years and 58 songs of civil rights
- John Németh’s Blues Explosion
Mardi Gras in Portland
Examiner.com -
Just $2 at the door! This sounds like a steal if you like quality blues music. -Cronin Tierney–At.
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Akron native sings the blues in comedy act
Youngstown Vindicator H -
They?re always saying something funny so I just take the humorous parts and make it into a routine. I?m also a harmonica player so I put that into my act. It?s like 50 minutes of comedy and about 10 minutes of music. ?What I do is take some blues music and put some funny lyrics to it. ne song which is a call back to a joke I do in my act is ?The You Stole My Wife to Make Me Take Care of Your Kids Blues. ?? Considering his blue-collar slant King said that over the years he?s enjoyed quite a following in the Youngstown area.
Breathing the Delta Blues
Jakarta Globe Indonesia -
In his music Adrian says “I want to tease the cliche of the blues. ” And what exactly is a blues cliche? “Being a powerful and intense music for me I find it somewhat superficial when people consider it macho music for jeans TV commercials or something. Blues matters when you’re feeling something that you can’t escape. ” It takes a while to get used to hearing Indonesian lyrics on top of blues music but it’s not long until the anguish of the lyrics comes through. As Adrian became a fixture in the small but tight local blues scene as well as the local indie scene invitations to perform piled up. In July last year he provided the soundtrack for a local independent movie called “The Ribbon” which was made by young Indonesian director Pandu Birantoro for a film festival in Canada.
What the Folk is Going n?
American Songwriter TN -
americansongwriter. Tony Russell the author of Blacks Whites and Blues timidly moderated and seemed to bring up the important point that the segregation of the black and white string band music was a construct of the record companies marketing efforts not so much of the musicians themselves. The other panelists concurred and Prince had some wonderful apocryphal stories including on the origin of the song “Dixie” which may have been written by one of the daughters of the influential 19th century black musical family the Snowdens. americansongwriter.
House of Blues offers authentic Southern cuisine and music
Examiner.com -
Photo by Heather Leigh Landon. Listen to live music as slow-cooked baby back ribs shrimp Creole jambalaya and crawfish satisfy your taste buds. Grab a napkin because your mouth will water at the sight of the homemade banana bread.
‘Let Freedom Sing’: 70 years and 58 songs of civil rights
USA Today -
King and Marvin Gaye were making hit records reflective of the era. There also were songs by gospel folk and blues artists that offered hope and called for action. Protest music is still made today but doesn’t receive the same kind of exposure Chuck D says. nce the staple of independent black radio stations such songs no longer get record industry push or commercial radio airplay. He points to Syl Johnson’s searing 1969 tune Is It Because I’m Black remade this year by R&B singer Syleena Johnson with her father’s help. The new version is unlikely to make many urban radio playlists which favor more pop-oriented fare.
John Németh’s Blues Explosion
East Bay Express CA -
His careerkicked into high gear with the January 27 release of the follow-upLove Me Tonight. The disc debuted at No. 10 onBillboard’s blues chart earlier this month and two weeks agoshot to the top of Roots Music Report’s blues airplay chartahead of such established artists as Guy Davis Ruthie Foster Saffirethe Uppity Blues Women and the Derek Trucks Band. “The guy’s got a voice that just knocks you out” said Blind Pigboss Edward Chmelewski. “It’s rare to hear a white guy that can singlike that. While white jazz and country vocalists have long included blues intheir repertoires going back to Jack Teagarden and singing brakemanJimmie Rodgers white musicians had little impact on blues per se untilthe British invasion and psychedelic revolution of the ’60s. Instrumental not vocal prowess was paramount to the newnon-African-American blues audiences.
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