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Carolina Chocolate Drops guest artist Leyla McCalla performs at The ArtsCenter
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. - Leyla McCalla, a cello and banjo player from New Orleans, will be performing as part of the 6th annual Celtic Concert Series on Friday, March 23, 2012, at the Carrboro ArtsCenter. McCalla will be opening…
Continue Reading »TRACER unveil new video for "Devil Ride" ahead of UK Tour
Due to popular demand, Australian power rock trio “TRACER” kick off their first nationwide headline UK tour at London’s Islington O2 Academy on Tuesday 24th April. Planet Rock (www.planetrock.com) will start a 48-hour ticket pre-sale for Planet Rock…
Continue Reading »Capitol Blues tix now available - and don't miss Leyla in Carrboro!
Leyla McCalla opening for Lunasa in Carrboro March 23rd! Leyla McCalla will open for Celtic band Lunasa at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro on March 23rd. Leyla will be joined by fellow MMRF Next Generation artist Cary Morin. Leyla…
Continue Reading »APRIL/EARLY MAY REISSUES FROM REAL GONE MUSIC INCLUDE LITTLE WILLIE JOHN, COWBOY COPAS, THE AD LIBS, MEL McDANIEL AND EDDIE RABBITT
APRIL/EARLY MAY REISSUES FROM REAL GONE MUSIC INCLUDE LITTLE WILLIE JOHN, COWBOY COPAS, THE AD LIBS, MEL McDANIEL AND EDDIE RABBITT Also due are two more Grateful Dead Dicks Picks sets, Volumes 30 & 31. LOS ANGELES, Calif.…
Continue Reading »Moose Walker
Jimmy Johnson on bass, Louisiana Red on guitar & Ben Sandmel on drums. Johnny Walker--Big Moose, Busy Head, Moose John, J. W. Walker--by whatever name he was called him, he was Chicago’s irrepressible wild man of blues piano.…
Continue Reading »Zingaro - Gabor Szabo
Gábor Szabó (8 March 1936 – 26 February 1982) was a Hungarian jazz guitarist, famous for mixing jazz, pop-rock and his native Hungarian music. Szabó was born in Budapest and began playing guitar at the age of 14,…
Continue Reading »Hang Out and Hustle - GOTCHA! and Sweet Charles Sherrell
Charles Emanuel Sherrell, b. 8th March 1943, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Born in Nashville, Sweet Charles was a former member of the JB's. He began getting into he was 8 years old at school. Charles began playing trombone for…
Continue Reading »Wang Dang Doodle - Tom Maxwell, Wave Milor, Pete Ragusa & Wolf Crescenze
Pete Ragusa, musician, songwriter, and producer, recently left his longtime gig with D.C.-area blues and rock legends The Nighthawks. Pete joined the band in 1974, two years after harmonica player and lead singer Mark Wenner formed the band.…
Continue Reading »Born To Die - Keef Hartley Band
Keith "Keef" Hartley (8 April 1944 – 26 November 2011) was an English drummer and bandleader. He fronted his own eponymous band, known as the Keef Hartley Band or the Keef Hartley Big Band, and played at Woodstock.…
Continue Reading »Cigareets, Whuskey, & Wild Women - Big Three Trio
"Cigareets, Whuskey & Wild Women" the drunken version by 'Big Three Trio' formed in 1946 Chicago IL. USA. Willie Dixon bass, Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston piano, and Ollie Crawford guitar recorded on the Columbia label and had one…
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