Italian-born student researches assists Alabama Blues Project
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- Italian-born student researches assists Alabama Blues Project
- Steve Earle has the stuff legends are made of
- Koko Taylor dies at 80; singer was Chicago blues icon
- Music still a love supreme for Derek Trucks
- Many shades at BBQ Brews and Blues Fest
- True blues: Boulder’s tis Taylor releasing 10th CD
Italian-born student researches assists Alabama Blues Project
Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
Not the likeliest blues fan Silvia Serrotti grew up in Tuscany Italy but has found her way to Alabama and the Alabama Blues Project as she pursues a doctoral degree in anthropology. art_main_pic { width:250px; float:left; clear:left; }’My dissertation is about the blues today in Alabama. I chose to follow the Alabama Blues Project because they keep blues music alive’ she said. Serrotti 27 has had an interest in the blues since she was young. Mississippi Fred McDowell’s ‘You Got to Move’ sparked her interest in the genre at an early age. ‘I like the fact that blues music is real’ she said.
Steve Earle has the stuff legends are made of
Montgomery County Courier
R&B jazz and blues music begins. Adult beverages (beer and wine) will be sold at this time. This celebration goes on until 9 p.
Koko Taylor dies at 80; singer was Chicago blues icon
Los Angeles Times
‘By Greg Kot June 4 2009Koko Taylor a Chicago musical icon who became one of the most revered female blues vocalists of her time with signature hits such as “Wang Dang Doodle” “I’m a Woman” and “Hey Bartender” died Wednesday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago of complications from gastrointestinal surgery. Her death came less than four weeks after her last performance at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis where she collected her record 29th Blues Music Award. She had surgery May 19 and appeared to be recovering until taking a turn Wednesday morning and was with friends and family when she died.
Music still a love supreme for Derek Trucks
Canada.com
Today his sextet still sports several original members and has eight records to their credit with a track record of up to 300 shows a year at their height. But if the list of Trucks’ accomplishments seems to run on too long for someone his age it’s also the stylistic qualities of the music he makes that has garnered notice from many different parts of the music world. To his roots in blues and rock you can add a fascination with jazz Latin and classical Indian music. "When I met up with other musicians over the years I would always ask ‘what are the records that changed your life musically?’ and I got some pretty wild responses. When I was about 13 a bassist turned me on to qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and a lot of Indian classical stuff. Around the same time someone told me about John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme and bought me my first Sun Ra record. I was really discovering a lot of stuff especially the great jazz recordings from the late ’50s to the late ’60s.
Many shades at BBQ Brews and Blues Fest
Sacramento Bee
“I’ll have the first three songs pretty well set but beyond that I don’t go with a set list at all. I’ll play whatever I think that particular crowd wants to hear. “Dwight also will play music from his two new CDs on his new label Vizztone. “Plays the Blues” is exactly what it sounds like all original blues music live performances mixed with some new studio cuts. “Gimme Back My Money” a great title for a Reno crowd is a mix of roots rock and contemporary rock. The annual festival the first of the Reno street season has grown each year. There are more food booths more vendors more participating microbreweries and more entertainers.
True blues: Boulder’s tis Taylor releasing 10th CD
Colorado Daily
I think it’s something that both the blues world and the jazz world hasn’t seen yet. That unique sound has reaped many awards. Down Beat a leading jazz magazine has named three of his albums Blues CD of the Year most recently in 2008 and in May he won a Blues Music Award for his banjo playing. Guitar Player magazine described Taylor as “arguably the most relevant blues artist of our time. The tributes also have come in the form of gear. The Santa Cruz Guitar Company created an tis Taylor Signature Model that retails for around $7000 and in 2007 Boulder-based ME Banjos introduced the “TIS” a banjo designed for Taylor that sells for more than $2000. “The ‘TIS’ banjo is basically designed with the mind of being closer to how the early American banjos sounded” says Tanya gsbury who handles sales and artist relations for ME.
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