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Blues guitar great who played at ArtsQuest festival in September dies
Lehigh Valley MusicA blues guitar great who was perhaps the highlight of ArtsQuest's first Blast Furnace Blues Festival just three months ago has died. Blues guitarist extraordinaire Hubert Sumlin, who was a longtime collaborator of Howlin’ Wolf and influenced... -
Nick Moss brings big Chicago blues sounds to Bethlehem
Lehigh Valley Music"If you feel like shakin’ it, we sure wish you would,” said Nick Moss to introduce himself to a packed house Friday night at the annual Toys for Tots benefit at 2nd Story Blues in Fountain Hill. Nearly all of Moss’ hour and 45-minute... -
Joe Louis Walker an original electric bluesman
Lehigh Valley MusicOn Dec. 16, Joe Louis Walker, with opening act Midnight Shift, will perform at the Gander Room on Bethlehem's South Side to celebrate the Lehigh Valley Blues Network’s 20th anniversary.... -
Bronze Radio Return hits static for Musikfest Cafe show
Lehigh Valley MusicMaybe the attention to Mumford & Sons and Avett Brothers have set the bar too high for acts that do Americana/folk/roots rock. Or maybe Bronze Radio Return was lagged by having just returned from a cruise, as vocalist Chris Henderson...... -
Guitarist who played with icons, Hall of Famer, Chicago singer to highlight 2nd Pa. Blues Fest
Lehigh Valley MusicAn electric guitarist who played with the great bluesmen and rockers of our time, a Chicago blues singer and harmonica player and a legacy guitarist/vocalist will headline the second Pennsylvania Blues Festival at Blue Mountain Ski Area near Palmerton... -
Album review: Jack White's 'Blunderbuss'
Pop & HissJack White, formerly of the White Stripes, has released his first solo album, called "Blunderbuss," and Times pop music critic Randall Roberts says it's fantastic.... -
FROM THE EDITOR
Just some random observations on a Monday morning ... - Mr. Yuk: His face says it all. He's putrid green with his tongue sticking out. It can only mean "Mr. Yuk" has found something unsafe for human consumption. Some enterprising "artist" used Mr. Yuk...Tags: Native Americans, Ike Turner, Tourism and Leisure, Travel, South Dakota
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David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
DAVID 'HONEYBOY' EDWARDS, 96 Delta blues singer, guitarist David "Honeyboy" Edwards, the once-itinerant Delta blues singer and guitarist who late in life won two Grammy Awards, died Monday of congestive heart failure. Such was his longevity that, as a...Tags: David "Honeyboy" Edwards, The Washington Post, Blues (genre), Mississippi, Grammy Awards
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'House' star Hugh Laurie explores New Orleans' blues tradition
Zap2ItHugh Laurie's got the blues -- and he wouldn't have it any other way. The British-born actor may be best known to millions in the title role of the hit Fox medical drama "House," but Laurie fans have known for years that he has formidable musical chops...Tags: Arts, Irma Thomas, Music Industry, PBS (tv network), Fine Arts
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CORNERED: Blue by Nature
During the 1990s, Karen Lawrence was a member of a Southern California blues and R&B band called Blue By Nature. Lawrence, who moved from Venice Beach, Calif., to Redfield in 2009, has resurrected the group with the help of Aberdeen musician Boyce Wahlen....Tags: Facebook, Arts, Nat King Cole, Music Industry, Arts and Culture
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Van Hunt turns major-label rejection into musical triumph
Van Hunt, who is back with a terrific new album that he will showcase Friday at Schubas, is trying to be philosophical about one of the worst periods of his life. In 2008, the acclaimed, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter was preparing to release his...Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Genres, Fine Arts, Chet Atkins
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Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith dies at 75; blues musician
![At 17, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith left the Arkansas farm where he was raised to travel to Chicago, where he first heard Muddy Waters when his mother took him to a club.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/65143158-30234210-187105.jpg "At 17, Willie "Big Eyes\" Smith left the Arkansas farm where he was raised to travel to Chicago, where he first heard Muddy Waters when his mother took him to a club.")
At 17, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith left the Arkansas farm where he was raised to travel to Chicago, where he first heard Muddy Waters when his mother took him to a club.
Inspired by the great bluesman, Smith never went home. Instead, he taught himself to...Tags: Bo Diddley, Music, Entertainment, Blues (genre), University of Chicago
Dec 5, 2011
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Apr 24, 2012
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Aug 22, 2011
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Sep 2, 2011
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Sep 21, 2011
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Sep 22, 2011
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Oct 6, 2011
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Oct 1, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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