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    Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Chicago showed off its chops at a rollicking Blues Fest

    For the 30th annual Chicago Blues Festival, this city proved big enough to show that its hometown-identified sound is far from locally confined. And since this event drew an estimated 500,000 people downtown during its four days, bragging rights were unnecessary. Still, Chicago boasted a healthy musical representation.
    For the 30th annual Chicago Blues Festival, this city proved big enough to show that its hometown-identified sound is far from locally confined. And since this event drew an estimated 500,000 people downtown during its four days, bragging rights were...

    Tags: Chicago Blues Fest, Dwayne Johnson, Taylor Swift, Millennium Park, Grant Park

    2. May 30, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Chicago Blues Festival preview: The Bar-Kays, Bobby Rush and more

    During the 30th annual Chicago Blues Festival next week, any set definition of the music — or this event's scope — should be busted apart. No doubt, this city will always be identified with the voices of Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, but musicians from across America keep reworking the art, and Chicago serves as their crossroads. Certain fans have declared that a set repertoire, song structure and tones constitute the blues, but the performers are often just as happy to delve into R&B, rock and country. One headliner next week — The Bar-Kays — will focus on the classic soul of their Memphis, Tenn., hometown. Singer/guitarist Bobby Rush highlights his rural Louisiana roots. Chicago's Deitra Farr defied early doubters to sing the blues on her own terms.
    During the 30th annual Chicago Blues Festival next week, any set definition of the music — or this event's scope — should be busted apart. No doubt, this city will always be identified with the voices of Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, but...

    Tags: Concerts, Chicago Blues Fest, Millennium Park, Grant Park, Muddy Waters

    3. May 20, 2013 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  3. Our Picks: 3 Awesome Blues Shows in Greater Hartford

    1) <strong>The James Cotton Blues Band,</strong> Bridge Street Live, 41 Bridge St., Collinsville, (860) 693-9762. Fri., 9 p.m., $30, $40. 41bridgestreet.com. (NOTE: This show has been postponed.)
    1) The James Cotton Blues Band, Bridge Street Live, 41 Bridge St., Collinsville, (860) 693-9762. Fri., 9 p.m., $30, $40. 41bridgestreet.com. (NOTE: This show has been postponed.) 2) Jeff Pitchell with Texas Flood, Billy Tee's, 150 Sebethe Dr., Cromwell,...
    4. May 10, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Tonight's top show: James Cotton at Mayne Stage

    James Cotton: As a boy growing up in Mississippi, Cotton learned to play harp from Sonny Boy Williamson, and later was a key member of Muddy Waters’ tough-as-nails Chicago blues band. Now he’s a band leader in his own right, with a series of...

    Tags: Mayne Stage

    5. May 7, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Blues legend James Cotton tells his story, in song

    Bluesman James Cotton has lived the kind of life they make movies about.
    Bluesman James Cotton has lived the kind of life they make movies about. He toiled on a Mississippi plantation from earliest childhood, found himself orphaned at age 9, practically was raised by blues master Sonny Boy Williamson II and flourished as a...

    Tags: Lincoln Center, Muddy Waters, Music, Human Accomplishments, Keb' Mo'

    6. Apr 3, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Chicago Blues Festival: Shemekia Copeland, James Cotton to headline

    Shemekia Copeland, Irma Thomas, Otis Clay, James Cotton and Billy Branch will be among the headliners at the 30th annual Chicago Blues Festival, running June 6 through 9.
    Shemekia Copeland, Irma Thomas, Otis Clay, James Cotton and Billy Branch will be among the headliners at the 30th annual Chicago Blues Festival, running June 6 through 9. The festival, expanded to four days this year, will open for the first time at the...

    Tags: Bobby Rush, Chicago Blues Fest, New Music Mondays Millenium Park, Millennium Park, Grant Park

    7. Mar 26, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. A rosy new stage for Sugar Blue

    These are very sweet days for Sugar Blue.
    These are very sweet days for Sugar Blue. In a few months, he'll be a father once more, his wife and bass player Ilaria Lantieri expecting their first child together in late May or early June. In the meantime, the two — who own a home in...

    Tags: Tameka Cottle, Frank Capra Jr., Billie Holiday, Lionel Hampton, James Baldwin

    8. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  8. Jumping at the 'Crossroads'

    When Jody Williams took the stage Wednesday night at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, he didn't dive into a rendition of the blues standard &quot;Don't Start Me to Talkin'." But it might have been appropriate.
    When Jody Williams took the stage Wednesday night at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, he didn't dive into a rendition of the blues standard "Don't Start Me to Talkin'." But it might have been appropriate. The 78-year-old Williams, a...

    Tags: Concerts, Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan, Genres, Bars and Clubs

    9. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  9. Blues veterans to join in tribute

    Ask Jody Williams about Howlin' Wolf's legacy, and he'll rattle off remarkable numbers about the old Chicago bluesman.
    Ask Jody Williams about Howlin' Wolf's legacy, and he'll rattle off remarkable numbers about the old Chicago bluesman. Not chart statistics. Measurements. "Well, he was a pretty big man," said Williams, 78, who played guitar for Wolf (a.k.a. Chester...

    Tags: Concerts, Chicago Blues Fest, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Mojo Tour (2010), Hubert Sumlin

    10. Feb 22, 2013 | Allentown Morning Call

  10. Singer/guitarist who filled in for ailing headliner at Valley festival dies five months later

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    An iconic blues guitarist who filled in at this summer’s Blast Furnace Blues Festival at SteelStacks in Bethlehem when another headliner took ill died Thursday, his record label said. Magic Slim, 75, who with his Magic Slim and the Teardrops......
    11. Nov 3, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  11. Grammy winner to headline annual Toys for Tots concert

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    A multiple Grammy and Blues Music Award-winning guitar player will headline the annual Toys for Tots concert drive by 2nd Story Blues Alliance, it has been announced. Joe Louis Walker, who dueted with B.B. King on King’s 1993 Grammy -winning......
    12. Sep 11, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  12. UPDATE: Chicago guitarist announced to replace ailing headliner at Blast Furnace Blues fest

    Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOG
    A 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...
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