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New Pennsylvania Blues Festival successful enough to promise second year
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGThe stated goal of the first Pennsylvania Blues Festival at Blue Mountain Ski Area near Palmerton was to keep the same vibe as its predecessor, the Pocono Blues Festival at Big Boulder Ski Area. On that measure, the festival was...... -
Blast Furnace Blues fest a party, even in tribute to headliner who died
Lehigh Valley Music“I’m trying to start a party here,” Grammy Award-winning zydeco singer Chubby Carrier told the Musikfest Café crowd Sunday at the Blast Furnace Blues festival. Somebody sing!” Partying clearly was the atmosphere of the final day of... -
Alligator Records: 10 classic albums
Turn It UpOn the 40th anniversary of Alligator Records and in conjunction with our interview with label founder Bruce Iglauer HERE, some classic Alligator recordings (listed chronologically): “Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers” (1971): The album... -
Bruce Iglauer interview: 40 years of Alligator Records
Turn It UpBruce Iglauer started Alligator Records in 1971 because Hound Dog Taylor’s music gave him no other choice. If he didn’t do it, who would? That imperative – the sense that the world must hear this, right now – guides Iglauer...... -
Koko Taylor dies at 80; singer was Chicago blues icon
![Koko 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. She was 80.](http://www.latimes.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2009-06/47300656-03200122.jpg "Koko 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. She was 80.")
Koko 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...Tags: Christianity, Hospitals and Clinics, Awards and Prizes, Richard M. Daley, Happiness (state of mind)
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Blues Icon Koko Taylor Dies
![(WGN-AM)- Koko Taylor, Chicago's "Queen of the Blues", died Wednesday afternoon at age 80. Her passing is a result of complications following her May 19 surgery to correct a gastrointestinal bleed.](http://media.wgnradio.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2009-06/47294792-03143152.jpg "(WGN-AM)- Koko Taylor, Chicago's "Queen of the Blues\", died Wednesday afternoon at age 80. Her passing is a result of complications following her May 19 surgery to correct a gastrointestinal bleed.")
(WGN-AM)- Koko Taylor, Chicago's "Queen of the Blues", died Wednesday afternoon at age 80. Her passing is a result of complications following her May 19 surgery to correct a gastrointestinal bleed.
Taylor, born Coral Walton on a sharecropper's farm...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health, WGN, Blues (genre), Chicago Tribune
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Wake Held For Koko Taylor
(WGN-AM)- Hundreds of mourners turned out Thursday at a music-filled wake and memorial service for Chicago blues icon Koko Taylor, whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the nickname "Queen of the Blues." Among those who paid tribute to Taylor...Tags: Family, Chicago Blues Fest, David Lynch, Documentary (genre), Blues (genre)
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September 25 - Howard and the White Boys
WGN NewsHoward and the White Boys 2009 Kane County Oktoberfest September 25-27 Kane County Fairgrounds 525 South Randall Road St.Charles www.kanecountyoktoberfest.com Appearing Friday at 8:30 p.m. It's been six years since Chicago blues veterans Howard & the...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Kane County, B.B. King, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Bo Diddley
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The Blues
Tribune staff reporterAfter this day, Chicago blues--and by extension the popular music of the last half of the 20th Century--would never be the same. McKinley Morganfield, a.k.a. Muddy Waters, already was famous as the singer and guitarist most responsible for bringing the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Popular Music (genre), Buddy Guy, Blues (genre), Muddy Waters
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Hey good lookin'!
Tribune senior correspondentWe sure don't like our wrinkles! After the on anti-aging goos, readers want to join the conversation. Thanks for your suggestions on other things to try (or reject). In the interest of all of us who want to remain young, here you go: Anna Gunter Kaplan,...Tags: Brown's Chicken & Pasta, Inc., Abraham Lincoln, Jesse White, Public Officials, The Washington Post
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Mother of the blues
Tribune arts criticShe's not nearly as famous as Koko Taylor or Buddy Guy or "Honeyboy" Edwards or any other Chicago blues legend who comes to mind. But at 84, Johnnie Mae Dunson--still strong of spirit and mighty of voice--knows as much about the blues as anyone in this...Tags: Alabama, Chicago Blues Fest, Death, Bessie Smith, Buddy Guy
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Chicago Blues
Tribune staff reporterIt's rough and gritty, raucous and raw and, at its best, a searing expression of life in this city. Part myth, part reality, the Chicago Blues are everywhere in this town - if you know how to listen. For though it's true that the heyday of the city's most...Tags: Chess Playing, Howlin' Wolf, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Buddy Guy
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