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21 hrs ago | Burlington Free Press

Bob Wagner sings the blues

Walking into the Burlington club Nectar's on a Tuesday night is like walking into a time warp.

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Related Topix: Burlington Metro, Burlington, VT, Blues

Sat Nov 21, 2009

North Jersey Media Group

Dion gets back to his country, blues roots

He was just a kid when he sang his way out of the streets of the Bronx and punched his ticket to fame with "A Teenager in Love" and "Where or When," which were among the iconic songs that earned Dion DiMucci a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Related Topix: Dion, Pop/Rock, Oldies, Dion & the Belmonts, Blues, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed, Atlantic City, NJ

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Brattleboro Reformer

Scott Ainslie performs Nov. 27-28

Acoustic blues and slide guitar fans will have a feast set before them Friday and Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Scott Ainslie, Blues, Theater, Arts, Pop/Rock, The Rolling Stones

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Dallas Observer

One More Try at Razing 508 Park Avenue, Even As Miss. Officials to...

On Thursday, the owners of 508 Park Avenue will ask the City Plan Commission for permission to demolish the building in which Robert Johnson, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, and Charlie Parker once recorded.

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Related Topix: Blues, Copiah County, MS

Sun Nov 15, 2009

The Georgia Straight

Guitarist Paul Pigat explores singer-songwriter side

Paul Pigat's just landed a great new job. Basically, he gets paid to fly from town to town and talk about guitars, and the rockabilly singer, jazz enthusiast, and Cousin Harley frontman couldn't be happier, for talking about guitars is something he'd happily do for free.

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Related Topix: Blues, Tal Farlow, Jazz

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Officials to restore birthplace of Robert Johnson

The mystery surrounding bluesman Robert Johnson's life and death feeds the lingering fascination with his work.

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Related Topix: Blues, Hazlehurst, MS, Entertainment

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Officials to restore birthplace of Robert Johnson

The mystery surrounding bluesman Robert Johnson's life and death feeds the lingering fascination with his work.

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Related Topix: Blues, Hazlehurst, MS, Entertainment

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Metroactive

Music News: Hubert Sumlin

HUBERT SUMLIN is a national treasure. Not just because he played with Howlin' Wolf for almost 25 years, including on what is to my mind the best blues record ever made, 1962's Howlin' Wolf .

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Related Topix: Blues, Hubert Sumlin, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Log Cabin Democrat

Art School of Conway students receive recognition

The Art School of Conway student Chloe Moorehead received recognition for her painting, a oeDelta Bluesa - a collage celebrating such legendary blues musicians as Robert Johnson at the Blues Heritage Youth Art Competition.

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Related Topix: Conway, AR, Blues

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Edmonton Journal

Blues booster takes a bow

Holger Petersen credits CkUa with putting him on the path to his life's passion--being an ambassador for the blues.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News, Blues, Ry Cooder, John Mayall,

Thu Nov 05, 2009

KBCO.com

Tell Everybody I Know - Keb' Mo'

Guitarist/vocalist Keb' Mo' draws heavily on the old-fashioned country blues style of Robert Johnson while keeping his sound contemporary with touches of soul and folksy storytelling.

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Related Topix: Blues, Keb' Mo'

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Charleston City Paper

Scissormen: a bunch of blues cut-ups

"We will ideally be knocking patrons unconscious and stacking their out-cold bodies up like cord wood ... and then spray-painting them bright-orange," claims Ted Drozdowski, the notorious bandleader and slide guitarist of Nashville blues-rock act Scissormen, speaking of his upcoming show at the Sullivan's Island Home Team BBQ.

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Related Topix: Painting, Arts, Sullivan's Island, SC, Blues, Son House, John the Revelator, Charleston, SC

Tue Oct 27, 2009

CNN

Embracing the Economic Blues

When you walk the streets of Clarksdale, Mississippi, you can still hear the voice of blues legend Robert Johnson - ringing from the shop windows as well as from passing cars.

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Related Topix: Clarksdale, MS, Blues

Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Southampton Press

Blues getting a lift to Performing Arts Center with Keb' Mo'

Part of the evolution of blues music traces back to early days on the Mississippi Delta and to visions - perhaps both imagined and real - of musicians like Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters sitting on rickety old porches, singing about love and loss and the struggles of black society in pre-civil rights America.

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Related Topix: Blues, Keb' Mo', Muddy Waters, Burlington Metro, Burlington, VT

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Roanoke Times

A couple of notes on the Robert Cray show

On Sunday night at Jefferson Center, about midway through his set, Robert Cray picked out a familiar country-blues melody -- Robert Johnson 's "Come On In My Kitchen." At least, that's what I was hearing, because I'm a big Johnson fan.

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Related Topix: Blues, Robert Cray, Mississippi Sheiks, Top-of-the-World, AZ

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Washington Times

Listening Station: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas' gift

Strictly speaking, Bob Dylan is singing about Jesus again. But "Christmas in the Heart," the enigmatic one's first-ever holiday-themed release, is less a reprise of Mr.

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Related Topix: Bob Dylan, Pop/Rock, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Blues

Sun Oct 11, 2009

TheSpectrum.com

With B.B. King moving in, there's one more reason to stop at The Mirage

Many years ago, in a cool but crowded Los Angeles nightclub, The Roxy on the Sunset Strip, I saw the dapper and dashing B.B. King do a phenomenal set of blues.

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Related Topix: Blues, Black Entertainment, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Great Falls Tribune

Blues guitarist Keith Scott plays Izaak's tonight and Saturday

Chicago blues guitarist Keith Scott continues his latest foray into Montana tonight and Saturday at Izaak's in Craig.

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Related Topix: Blues, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Big Bill Broonzy, Junior Wells

Mon Sep 28, 2009

Paste Magazine

Elijah Wald: How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll

In 2004, music writer Elijah Wald released Escaping The Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues , which trenchantly revised decades of mythology masquerading as history.

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Related Topix: Blues, Inventions, The Delta, Science / Technology, Alternative

OrlandoSentinel.com - Entertainment

ELLA Music Fest puts spotlight on women

N ow in its third year, the ELLA Music Fest continues to shine a light on the talents and lifestyle issues of women, but the event itself is actually the brainchild of three dudes.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL, Blues, Theater, Arts, Entertainment

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