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CONTENTS
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BLUES CARAVAN featuring: Aysnley
Lister, Erja Lyytinen, and Ian Parker "PILGRIMAGE" Touring Europe the first quarter of 2006 under the banner of 'The Blues Caravan: The New Generation', this magnificent contemporary triumvirate kick fresh life into a time worn blues genre. Quite simply this Blues Caravan is arguably the most exciting blues related project to appear either side of the Atlantic in the last two decades. The album deserves your unreserved purchase, and the forthcoming tour could well be one of the events of the year. |
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MARLA BB "DESTINY MEETS DEVIL" If you were wondering where that Blues Bombshell, Marla BB's been...She was journeying into the realms of Jewish, Gospell, Kirtan, Blues, Funk, World, Hard Rock, and Soft Lullabies. Come take her hand and enter a world of the unexpected with, "Destiny Meets Devil At The Crossroads". |
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LITTLE
MILTON
Little Milton Live at the
North Atlantic Blues Festival his Last Concert
Little Milton's last live performance
was on July 10, 2005, at the prestigious North Atlantic Blues
Festival in Rockland, Maine, overlooking their picturesque harbor.
Little Milton headlined Saturday's stellar lineup and Paul Benjamin (President of the Blues Foundation) auspiciously recorded his performance. This landmark recording of Little Milton's last live performance ever has been released on CD & DVD. |
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Clifford Antone dies
Clifford
Antone, whose namesake Austin Texas club has been a national
landmark for the blues for more than 30 years, died Tuesday
of a heart attack in his Austin home at age 56.
Clifford Antone's Austin
blues nightclub Antone's helped launch the careers of such
prominent musicians as Stevie Ray Vaughan, the
Fabulous Thunderbirds, Candye Kane, Sue Foley and Los Lonely
Boys.
Born in Port Arthur, Texas, Antone established his club on
Austin's East Sixth Street in 1975. Antone was only 25 when
he founded the club. Most of the nation's top blues acts,
including John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Albert King and
Buddy Guy, played there. Antone's today resides at its third
location, on Austin's Fifth Street.
The venue has won countless awards including numerous Austin Music Awards, as well as being named nightclub of the year by USA Today and the W.C. Handy Awards. Besides being famous for the music and the artists that have graced it's stage, Antone's is famous for being "all ages all the time". No doubt influencing the many great blues talent's who have originated from Austin, TX.
Clifford Antone also operated
a prominent independent label, Antone's Records, that
recorded such acts as Doug Sahm, Pinetop Perkins, Lazy
Lester, Jimmy Rogers, Luther Tucker, Sue Foley, Candye Kane,
Syl Johnson and Toni Price. The label now is part of the
indie label consortium the Texas Music Group. Antone also
ran an eponymous Austin record store.
He will be remembered as a fount of blues knowledge -- he
taught a course about the music at the University of Texas
-- and an irrepressible supporter of the music he loved
unequivocally.
Ironically, "Antone's: Home of the Blues," a 2004
documentary feature about Clifford Antone and his club by
director Dan Karlok, is scheduled for DVD release June 6 by
Koch Vision.
Taj Mahal to Headline Congressional Festival Honoring Musicians Who Are National Treasures
As
a group of elder but hardly retiring American musicians
return from touring France -- and their hero's reception on
major stages -- they prepare to travel to Washington, DC,
for The Congressional Blues festival, honoring musicians who
are national treasures. Headlined by Taj Mahal, the only
three-year-old but growing festival is set for one night
only: Wednesday, June 21, 6:30-11:30 at Mellon Auditorium,
announced Tim Duffy, president of Music Maker Relief
Foundation.
In its third year the festival providesa national stage for this great art form, that is truly an Americancreation and revered internationally: roots music. Our blues artists are our national treasures," said Ryan Costello, festival founder and director.
Tickets will be free and made available by online lottery at
http://www.bluesonthehill.org/cbf_tickets.html
Taj Mahal, the Music Maker Relief Foundation's most visible, renown and long time spokesperson will headline the event. He's a tireless promoter of roots music and a citizen of the world and unofficial godfather to the Music Maker Relief Foundation.
Proceeds go to MUSIC MAKER RELIEF FOUNDATION. Music Maker
Relief
Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
helping the true pioneers and forgotten heroes of Southern
musical traditions gain recognition and meet their day to
day needs. Today, many such musicians are living in extreme
poverty and need food, shelter, medical care, and other
assistance. Music Maker's aid and service programs improve
the quality of recipients' lives. Our work affirms to these
artists that we value the gifts of music and inspiration
they have delivered to the world. The mission is to give
back to the roots of American music.
Criteria for recipients is they be rooted in a Southern musical tradition, be 55 years or older and have an annual income less than $18,000. Music Maker Relief Foundation, Inc. is a tax exempt, public charity under IRS code 501(c)3. Programs include Musician Sustenance -- grants to meet basic life needs and emergency relief. Musical Development -- grants and services for recipient artist professional development and career advancement. Cultural Access -- supports the preservation and proliferation of American musical traditions. New Orleans Musician's Fund -- assistance to musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina.*
The night before the festival June 20th, is a free screening of thefall-release DVD documentary on the efforts of Music Maker Relief Foundation and its artists: Drink House to Church House: Songs and Stories from the Roots of America 8:30 p.m. at the Avalon Theater, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. Admission is free for this one time screening; reserve seats by calling 919.643.2456.
For more information on Taj Mahal visit http://www.taj-mo-roots.com/
or for the Music Maker Relief Foundation visit http://www.musicmaker.org
JEREMY SPENCER SIGNS WITH BLIND PIG RECORDS
Jeremy
Spencer, one of the original members of Fleetwood Mac, has
signed with Blind Pig Records to release his first album
since 1979, entitled Precious Little. The CD will be
released on July 18, 2006.
Spencer, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in 1998 for his work with Fleetwood Mac, left the group
rather abruptly during Mac's 1971 American tour. Always
somewhat religious, Spencer later revealed that he'd been
feeling spiritually unfulfilled in the wake of the group's
success. Although he's done little performing in the
intervening years (he did tour India three times in the late
90's), he has used his artistic illustrating talents and
played his guitar every day for all the time he's been away,
and his vocals are as warm and expressive as ever.
Spencer's contributions to the highly successful first
albums by Fleetwood Mac (which also included Peter Green,
Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie) were his Elmore
James-influenced blues stylings and songwriting, and he was
an integral part of their stage shows. Recently he got
together with his former bandmate to record a track on the
Mick Fleetwood Band album Something Big.
In 2005, after many years of searching and never giving up,
the promoters of the Notodden Blues Festival coaxed Spencer
into performing at their event in Norway. Given a choice of
several accompanying line-ups (including a group with Hubert
Sumlin and Pinetop Perkins), Spencer elected to use a
Norwegian blues band, some of whom had been together
twenty-five years. Putting the musicians through their paces
at their first rehearsal, Spencer was amazed at their
sophistication and ability to immediately fall into a
sympathetic understanding of his music.
Says Spencer, "I discovered that there was more interest in,
knowledge and appreciation of and passion for blues in
Norway than I'd encountered anywhere else in the world. In
my opinion Norwegian musicians have retained the 'purity' of
the old blues in their playing, with that naive spontaneity
and discovery - that element of 'stretching' that puts a
'charm' on the playing."
The success of the Festival appearance naturally led to the
idea of recording. With the same group of musicians, Jeremy
went into a studio in Notodden, Norway which featured the
late-Sixties mixing console from the famous Stax recording
studio. "I felt immediately at home with the studio's
vintage 'vibe,' which rarely happens to me in most
state-of-the-art premises," said Spencer. The resulting
album, Precious Little, shows a return to the blues and
slide guitar style that he became famous for while he was
with Fleetwood Mac, although with a more gentle touch, as
well as shadings somewhat reminiscent of the stylings of
Richard Thompson, Mark Knopfler, and Buddy Holly.
Upon hearing the completed album, Mick Fleetwood commented,
"Great! All the passion, humour, poignancy, and yes, the
magic touch. Congratulations on a righteous album!"
Guitar Player
Magazine Launches First Internet-Based TV Station For Guitar
Players
Music Player Network, the world's
leading music instrument publishing company, has partnered
with TrueFire TV, a major Internet TV broadcast network, to
launch the first Internet-based TV station for guitar
players. Guitar Player TV
www.guitarplayertv.com is a Web-based television
experience for guitar players of all levels that features
thousands of video guitar lessons, exclusive interviews with
top players, live performances, home recording tips, and
information on new products. This extraordinary partnership
of the planet's foremost guitar magazine and America's
premier online guitar-lesson provider offers guitarists 24/7
access to the music, lessons, and information they crave.
Guitar Player TV is the first of four Internet-based TV sites for the Music Player Network with Keyboard TV, Bass Player TV, and EQ TV set to launch in the coming months.
North Mississippi Allstar Front Man Luther Dickinson Hosts Mag Rack's Guitar Xpress
Mag Rack, Rainbow Media's premier on- demand television network, will re-launch its popular "Guitar Xpress" music instruction program with a new host and 30-plus new song titles-all originally produced by Mag Rack and filmed at the historic Electric Lady studios in New York City. Re-launching in May 2006, "Guitar Xpress" is hosted by Luther Dickinson, front man of the North Mississippi Allstars, who will also provide music instruction.
The first television program of its kind, Mag Rack's "Guitar
Xpress" launched on the network in 2004 with step-by-step
instructions for playing popular songs on the guitar. The
block quickly rose to become and continues to be one of the
most popular with Mag Rack viewers. This year, Mag Rack has
produced original on-demand instruction for over 30 songs
from an array of genres, including reggae, country, folk,
blues and rock.
In January 2006, Mag Rack announced "Guitar Xpress
Presents", an original 12-part showcase that takes viewers
into the studio with guitar masters to hear about their life
experiences and the musicians who inspired their work. Each
episode features intimate live performances and archival
footage from past videos and concerts. "Guitar Xpress
Presents" features The Bacon Brothers, Trey Anastasio,
Brazilian guitarist Seu Jorge and The Derek Trucks Band,
among others.
BLUES DIVA
CANDYE KANE MAKING BIG NEWS
Candye
Kane and band were asked to stay an extra few days at the
end of their successful three week European tour to play at
the Cannes Film Festival for an exclusive soiree for French
television giant, Canal + (Canal Plus). This major French
network has long been supportive of Candye and her music and
has featured her on television many times in the last
decade.
Kane will rub elbows with Hollywood celebrities as she takes
the stage in a custom made tent built to resemble the
roadhouses that appeared throughout the French countryside
in the 40’s and 50’s. The Etoile Rouge roadhouses were built
with a large red star on top of the temporary aluminum
siding and were used to present road shows and musical
cabaret performances in small villages and large cities
throughout France. Film festival celebrities and dignitaries
will swing to the cabaret blues of Candye and company, as
they are greeted by Canal Plus executives under a huge
marquee of lights bearing Candye’s name.
The blues diva, (who just experienced a fire in her San
Diego home during her tour) will visit Australia, and tour
Europe again twice more this year. Last week, the band
appeared in Amsterdam and Baarn, Netherlands for a press
conference for her fall tour, United by Music. This concert
tour modeled after the “American Idol” series, features
special needs adults and children playing instruments,
singing and performing with an American Blues band.
Tireless Candye will then return to her San Diego home just
ten days before she embarks on yet another tour of the
Midwest United States. Her new bassist - former Mighty Flyer
Bill Stuve, son Evan on drums and guitarist Heine Andersen
(Earl Thomas, Michelle Lundeen) will accompany her on this
tour.
In December of this year, Kane will return to the studio to
record her eighth CD, East Los Angel. The CD will be a
follow up to "White Trash Girl" (Best CD of 2005 at the San
Diego Music Awards and nominated for CD of the year at the
Out Music Awards) Kane grew up in North East L.A. and was
strongly influenced by the Chicano culture. Although only
one of a few white girls at her school, she quickly learned
to sing in Spanish and attended Catholic church with her
homegirls. Kane describes herself as a “wanna be chicana”
having a son as a teenager like many of her peers. Her son
and drummer, Evan is half Mexican, created with her
teenage-son of illegal immigrants-boyfriend Arturo
Gutierrez. With Mexican immigration a hot topic in the USA
and Latino music selling more product than any other type of
music in the USA, a CD with spanish language songs and
Latino appeal could be timely. Kane will enlist friends from
East L.A. bands, Tierra, El Chicano, Thee Midnighters and
Los Lobos to create a project that illustrates that rich
cultural diversity of East Los Angeles.
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This Week's Theme: BLUES FESTIVALS Summer is just around the corner, and it's time for Blues Festival Season. Join Elwood Blues for a tour of blues festivals from coast to coast. Fun in the sun and the best in blues music, this week on the House of Blues Radio Hour. |
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Courtesy of Roots Music Report "where only the music matters". This chart reflects the radio airplay spins of some of the most prominent people in the genre, worldwide. Reporters to the chart include over 100 radio stations who are playing blues; record stores and distributors selling the blues; clubs booking blues artists; and key music correspondents throughout the world.
For further information about the Roots Music Report, visit www.rootsmusicreport.com
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| TW | LW | Artist: | CD Title: | Label: | Weeks On: | Location: |
| 1 | 1 | LEE ROY PARNELL | BACK TO THE WELL | UNIVERSAL SOUTH | 10 | TX |
| 2 | NEW | DAVE ALVIN | WEST OF WEST | YEP ROC | 1 | |
| 3 | 2 | DELBERT MCCLINTON | COST OF LIVING | NEW WEST | 33 | TX |
| 4 | 44 | POPA CHUBBY | STEALING THE DEVIL'S GUITAR | DIXIE FROG/BLIND PIG | 2 | NY |
| 5 | 3 | ERIC LINDELL | CHANGE IN THE WEATHER | ALLIGATOR RECORDS | 9 | CA |
| 6 | 6 | SUE FOLEY | NEW USED CAR | RUF | 5 | CANADA |
| 7 | 4 | THE DEREK TRUCKS BAND | SONGLINES | COLUMBIA | 12 | GA |
| 8 | 9 | SUSAN TEDESCHI | HOPE & DESIRE | VERVE | 31 | IL |
| 9 | NEW | CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE | DELTA HARDWARE | NARADA | 1 | |
| 10 | 11 | PATRICK SWEANY BAND | C'MON C'MERE | NINE MILE | 4 | |
| 11 | 7 | BONNIE RAITT | SOULS ALIKE | CAPITOL | 32 | TX |
| 12 | 13 | JAMES HUNTER | PEOPLE GONNA TALK | ROUNDER | 8 | UK |
| 13 | 15 | LOS LONELY BOYS | DIAMONDS | EPIC | 4 | TX |
| 14 | 19 | TAB BENOIT | BROTHER TO THE BLUES | TELARC | 3 | |
| 15 | 8 | VARIOUS ARTIST | ALLIGATOR RECORDS 35X35: 35 SONGS, 35 YEARS OF GENUINE HOUSEROCKIN' MUSIC | ALLIGATOR | 7 | |
| 16 | NEW | SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK & BNOIS KING | MY HEART'S IN TEXAS | BLIND PIG | 1 | TX |
| 17 | 10 | VARIOUS ARTIST | BLUES GUITAR WOMEN | RUF | 11 | |
| 18 | NEW | ELVIN BISHOP | GETTIN' MY GROOVE BACK | BLIND PIG | 1 | |
| 19 | 5 | GUY DAVIS | SKUNKMELLO | RED HOUSE | 8 | |
| 20 | 14 | JIMMY THACKERY | THE ESSENTIAL | BLIND PIG | 7 | IL |
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