Rising Blues Artist Shane Dwight Makes National Recording Debut
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- Rising Blues Artist Shane Dwight Makes National Recording Debut
- AMP partners with motorcycle rally for rock ‘n’ roll concerts
- We’ll Never Lose the Blues
- The Rev. Jimmie Bratcher To Perform at Popular Texas Blues Concert …
- Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials to jam in Minot
- Afro-Rican Ensemble jazzes up downtown
- Music Calendar updated july 30
Rising Blues Artist Shane Dwight Makes National Recording Debut
Voice of America
But ask him about his favorite subject playing guitar and he will give you all the time in the world. Shane says his introduction to music began at home in a small town just south of San Jose California. “Early on my family just loved a bunch of music” he explains. “My dad really listened to a lot of blues and old early country Hank Williams. My grandfather loved a lot of really old ragtime and country and I listened to a lot of that when I was a kid. My grandmother was in love with Elvis. She always played Elvis Presley and he [my grandfather] would always play Johnny Cash.
AMP partners with motorcycle rally for rock ‘n’ roll concerts
Northwest Arkansas Times
Pepper and Snapple Tuesday at George’s after Crowne and Nelson Driver executive director of Bikes Blues & BBQ announced the AMP and the bike rally will team up to host this year’s big music acts at the AMP located at the Northwest Arkansas Mall parking lot. The 10th annual Bikes Blues & BBQ festival will begin Sept. 23 and will bring in music acts like Blackfoot and Molly Hatchet. The AMP is hosting Blackfoot and Molly Hatchet on Sept. 24 a Thursday in its covered outdoor facility at the Northwest Arkansas Mall.
We’ll Never Lose the Blues
Wall Street Journal
Despite ample evidence of talent vitality and originality in blues music today rumors have persisted that the genre is on life support. Taj Mahal is not surprised. “There was a point where everybody was saying that the blues was dead so everybody believed it” the veteran musical innovator and blues-and-roots authority told me in Memphis. (It was just before the 30th annual Blues Music Awards in May; he’d been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame the night before along with New rleans soul queen Irma Thomas. ) But he added “that only meant it wasn’t going to do as much for the larger music industry.
The Rev. Jimmie Bratcher To Perform at Popular Texas Blues Concert …
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what hooked me was the stingin’ full-bodied guitar riffs his very souful voice and the songwriting elements that give a positive message about life in general” comments Chris Maley Program Manager at KMBH Radio and Entertainment Coordinator of the Blues on the Hill concert series. Pastor evangelist author singer songwriter and guitarist “The Rev” preaches in churches every Sunday but on Saturday nights you’ll find him sharing his amazing testimony and blistering guitar licks onstage in blues clubs and at music festivals prisons and even biker rallies. Bratcher’s brand of the blues has been embraced by the Christian market and the mainstream blues industry alike allowing him to play at both Christian music festivals such as Creation East Creation West Coast and Rock the Light and at blues festivals such as Simply the Blues Festival and Boxcar Full of Blues. He has appeared at venues along with Christian artists including Mercy Me Newsboys and Third Day and with blues greats including Grammy winner and NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award winner David “Honeyboy” Edwards Blues Music Award winners Zac Harmon and tis Taylor and Livin’ Blues Gold Award winner Hubert Sumlin one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. According to Blues Revue Magazine Bratcher’s upcoming release The Electric Rev “.
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Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials to jam in Minot
Minot Daily News
with guest opener The Morning Red. Lil’ Ed and The Blues Imperials named the 2009 Blues Music Awards Band of the Year are touring in support of their CD release “Full Tilt” listed as one of Amazon’s top 10 blues releases for 2008. Tickets $12 each are available at the ak Park Theater Budget Music and Jacobsen Music. For more information call promotion team J&S Productions at 839-8007.
Afro-Rican Ensemble jazzes up downtown
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
The Hoovers fans of jazz and blues music said they enjoyed the Afro-Rican Ensemble performance and look forward to Arnett Howard’s Friday night performance too. Tom and Diane Stuckey who sits on The Lancaster Festival Board stopped by the Madison Bar and Grill vendor area for some fish Wednesday. Tom Stuckey said he enjoys the “laid-back attitude” of jazz music and neither were put off by the wet conditions. “We just knew it’d be a good show” Diane Stuckey said.
Music Calendar updated july 30
TCPalm
21 House of Blues rlando. Poison the Well: 7:30 p.
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