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Clarksdale, Mississippi's Juke Joint Festival is "half blues festival, half small-town fair, all about the Delta"
Clarksdale, Mississippi's 12th annual Juke Joint Festival unites crazy old bluesmen and leaky juke joints with paddling pig races and greasy soul food! 2015 LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOR CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI'S WORLD-FAMOUS JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL Clarksdale, Mississippi – Clarksdale, Mississippi’s…
Continue Reading »Class A Records artist: Angela Easley - Rise - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Rise, from Angela Easley, and it's a bluesy radio oriented release. Opening with I Can Let Go, a strong ballad, Angela Easley on lead vocal and piano…
Continue Reading »Class Axe Guitar Blues & Ribfest - August 12-14
OTTAWA, Ont. (July 11, 2011) – It’s official, Class Axe Guitars Calabogie Blues & Ribfest is now Ontario’s only bluesfest to allow RVs and pop-up tents at their all weekend festival. From August 12 to the 14th blues…
Continue Reading »Classic Moments in Jubilee Showcase
I have had the pleasure to watch a DVD called Classic Moments in Jubilee Showcase. The compilation was hosted and produced by Sid Ordower and aired on ABC's Chicago affiliate television station WLS. This programmed from 1963 through…
Continue Reading »Classic Rock supergroup "ASIA" returns with "XXX" album on July 2
Mainland Europe Release: June 29th UK Release: July 2nd / North American Release: July 3rd BRITISH SUPERGROUP CELEBRATES 30th ANNIVERSARY WITH WORLD TOUR AND 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF DEBUT ALBUM ORDER YOUR TICKETS FOR ASIA’S 30th ANNIVERSARY UK…
Continue Reading »Classic Soul Blues Singer Wee Willie Walker Vaults to the Front of Public Attention with Three Blues Music Awards Nominations for "If Nothing Ever Changes" CD
Classic Soul Blues Singer Wee Willie Walker Vaults to the Front of Public Attention with Three Blues Music Awards Nominations for If Nothing Ever Changes CD MINNEAPOLIS, MN – In one of the most amazing and powerful music…
Continue Reading »Classic Southern soul from Minaret Records reissued on Omnivore Recordings August 13
FORTY CLASSIC SIDES FROM SOUTHERN SOUL LABEL MINARET RECORDS REISSUED ON OMNIVORE RECORDS AUGUST 13 The South Side of Soul Street: The Minaret Soul Singles 1967-1976 features Willie Cobbs, Big John Hamilton, Leroy Lloyd & the Dukes, Doris…
Continue Reading »Classically Blue Live - Geoff Achison and Adrian Keating - New Release Review
I have just received the newest release, Classically Blue Live, a new CD/DVD live recording from Geoff Achison and Adrian Keating. This recording is much more fusion and ballad than blues but interesting just the same. The first…
Continue Reading »Classified - James Booker
James Carroll Booker III (December 17, 1939 - November 8, 1983) was a jazz, New Orleans rhythm and blues and soul musician born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Booker was the son and grandson of Baptist ministers,…
Continue Reading »Clay Giberson - Moment's Notice
Clay Giberson is a jazz pianist and composer based in Portland, Oregon, with a style that blends thoughtful songwriting, adventurous improvisation, and a strong sense of melody. Growing up in Washington, with a piano teacher for a mother,…
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