Blues music and artists continue to evolve
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- Blues music and artists continue to evolve
- Mississippi Blues Trail honors Highway 61 South
- Sweetness and the Blues
- North Florida & the Panhandle Travel Calendar for April
- 10 QUESTINS for a club owner
- Singer now of her own songs
Blues music and artists continue to evolve
Timmins Daily Press
In 2009 it seems to be hitting a new stride. That’s a good thing. As a reviewer I have noticed this shift more and more and now we seem to be headed towards the most diverse year yet for blues music. I can tell you record labels are expanding their palette.
Mississippi Blues Trail honors Highway 61 South
Hattiesburg American
King to rock icon Bob Dylan. “Like Route 66 in the Western United States the iconic U. 61 is so strongly identified with blues music that it is also known as the Blues Highway. Many Southerners traveled north along the highway to promote their music. The rise of the automobile and the development of a national highway system in the 1920s and ’30s coincided with the initial boom of blues jazz and spiritual recordings.
Sweetness and the Blues
New York Times
I’d say there was a sweetness in his music if “sweet” weren’t such a devalued word. The sweetness I’m thinking of is closer to whatever it is that provokes and prolongs happiness. Skip to next paragraph Related.
North Florida & the Panhandle Travel Calendar for April
Sun-Sentinel.com
3-5: George’s Music Springing the Blues Jacksonville Beach. Bring the entire family to celebrate blues music and the arts at this three-day oceanfront event. It features a number of renowned blues performers as well as numerous displays and activities geared for the entire family. At Sea Walk Pavilion.
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10 QUESTINS for a club owner
Geneva Sun
And in March of ‘98 he wanted out so I just took over his half of the partnership. Why a blues club? What got you into blues music in the first place? I’ve been a live music junkie my whole life. Growing up here there was a ton of music out here. I mean Cheap Trick was a bar band. The music scene not only in Chicago but in the western ‘burbs was pretty happening.
Singer now of her own songs
Philadelphia Inquirer
"I think this record has really given her the confidence to dedicate herself to exploring songwriting in a committed way. " Musically Peyroux says she’s working with the same palette as on her previous three albums – a blend of jazz Americana roots music and especially the blues all filtered through a contemporary prism. Although she’s not singing any Bessie or Billie songs Peyroux says black American female blues singers still help shape her identity. She dedicated the album’s one entirely self-penned song "I Must Be Saved" to her "spiritual grandmother" detta who died in December. She toured with her in 2006. "The song really reminds me a lot of my own life" said Peyroux. "It doesn’t matter somehow we always get through we lose and then we continue.
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