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Still rolling on the river
These days, Dar Lopez approaches the Riverwalk Blues and Music Festival with a degree of humility. It's rooted, perhaps, in the organizer's abiding respect for the event's late founder, Don Cohen, who inaugurated the all-day party in the parking lot of...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Music, Concerts, Bars and Clubs, Festive Events
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Preserve Muddy Waters house
Many thanks to the Chicago Tribune for bringing attention to the current plight of Muddy Waters' Kenwood home (“Vacant Muddy Waters house found to be ‘dangerous’ in city inspection”, News, Jan. 25). Waters, one of the greatest...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Kenwood
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Turn Muddy Waters house into blues museum
I read with concern the Chicago Tribune story about the precarious state of Muddy Waters' former longtime home in North Kenwood (“Vacant Muddy Waters house found to be ‘dangerous’ in city inspection, News, Jan. 25). I am confident...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Arts and Culture, Kenwood, Museums
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Mac Arnold: blues traveler
Mac Arnold sounds completely at home on his sweat-raising 2011 recording, "Blues Revival." Captured on-stage at the Grey Eagle club in Greenville, S.C. — about 15 miles from the rural hamlet of Pelzer, where he grew up and currently resides —...
Tags: Music, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, Entertainment
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Los Angeles bands swing into an old-school music revival
A nine-piece band replete with tuba, washboard, accordion, fiddle, mandolin, trumpet and guitar joyously pumped out early 20th century standards such as "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," Muddy Waters' deep blues and original tunes that would...
Tags: Music, Electronics, World War II (1939-1945), Concerts, Entertainment Events
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Kennedy Center Honors Letterman, Led Zeppelin
CNNWASHINGTON -- An array of talents was on display Sunday at the Kennedy Center Honors gala where President Barack Obama toasted the lifetime achievements of an iconic ballerina, a famed comedian, a timeless actor and two chart-topping musical acts. In the...Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Rock and Roll (genre), Lenny Kravitz, Meryl Streep, Music Industry
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UPDATE: Chicago guitarist announced to replace ailing headliner at Blast Furnace Blues fest
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGA Chicago blue guitarist who played Pennsylvania Blues Festival last year will replace an ailing headliner who canceled his appearance at this weekend’s Blast Furnace Blues Festival, officials have announced. Magic Slim & the Teardrops, who have won... -
Osborne mesmerizes at Musikfest Cafe
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGYeah, yeah, Joan is good. Sorry, just had to do that. Joan Osborne, the singer-songwriter who gained famed for 1995’s “One of Us,” her catchy, Quirky Eric Bazilian-penned song about God and faith (looping through my head), mesmerized her... -
Did Buddy Guy show his age in Bethlehem at '76 years young'?
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGBlues guitar legend Buddy Guy sang at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center on Friday night, "I'm 76 years young, there ain't nothing I haven't done." I believe it. Guy played with John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. He...... -
Bluesman James Cotton, after 60 years and health woes, says he plays better than ever
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGOver an almost unfathomable 60-year professional career, blues harmonica player James Cotton has played with many of the genre’s greatest names: Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters. He’s won a Grammy Award and been... -
Album review: Bob Dylan, 'Tempest'
3.5 stars (out of 4) It’s official. On his latest album, “Tempest” (Columbia), Bob Dylan has become Tommy Lee Jones in “No Country for Old Men.” Like Jones in the Coen brothers’ 2007 film adaptation of Cormac...
Tags: Music, Tommy Lee Jones, Bob Dylan, Ethan Coen, John Lennon
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Band Spotlight: Junior & The Igniters
The band: Junior Combs — lead guitar, vocals Jesse Lee Scutchfield — lead vocals, stand-up bass Mike McCalmet — drums How they started: Best friends Junior Combs and Jesse Lee Scutchfield had grown up in North Judson playing...
Tags: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lucinda Williams, Blues (genre), Harley-Davidson Inc.
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