Out of the Mississippi Backwoods: Eric Deaton Live on the Blues Breakdown Thursday, 29 July 2010, 8:44 pm

Out of the Mississippi Backwoods: Eric Deaton Live on the Blues Breakdown! “A red second hand guitar with a bunch of knobs and switches, plugged into a Sears & Roebuck amplifier, an ass pocket of Jack Daniels and a box of fried chicken, riding towards a cabin set deep in the Mississippi backwood…** Chulahoma trrance blues lives on in the drone …

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It Takes Time To DIY (source: NPR) Thursday, 29 July 2010, 5:11 pm

Over at The Record, NPR arts editor Tom Cole has an interesting thought about the new self-empowered music economy and jazz artists. Not that creating an online profile is a good or bad thing, he writes — just that it takes a minute to do right. (source: NPR) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Just one chord and the truth is all Hillstomp needs Thursday, 29 July 2010, 4:45 pm

When Hillstomp singer-guitarist Henry Kammerer picked up his love of North Mississippi hill-country music, it didn’t come from any romantic, Crossroads -style pilgrimage to the southern mecca of the blues.

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Listening, Party For Two: Miles and Monk At Newport, 1955 (source: NPR) Thursday, 29 July 2010, 1:43 pm

The Boss Lady is currently on her way to the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals. So we thought we’d spring on her a classic jazz recording made at Newport: Miles Davis’ 1955 live version of “Round Midnight,” with composer Thelonious Monk on piano. (source: NPR) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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Hiromi, Michel Camilo On JazzSet (source: NPR) Thursday, 29 July 2010, 1:11 pm

At Newport’s Harbor Stage, Hiromi’s stride-style left hand pumps rhythm to support the fabulous speed and articulation of her right. And on the Main Stage, the Michel Camilo Trio plays his signature arrangement of “Poinciana” and ends his set with a lively… (source: NPR) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Muddy Waters protege – Steady Rollin’ ‘ at the VFW Thursday, 29 July 2010, 12:35 pm

Bob Margolin’s been playing the blues for more than half a century. That’s long enough to earn a nickname of “Steady Rollin’.” Blues icon Muddy Waters mentored the young guitar-slinger in his youth, and Margolin went on to perform and record with a stable of bluesmen, jazz musicians and rockers, including Tex Rubinowitz, Charlie Feathers, The …

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Ike Turner getting Mississippi Blues Trail marker Thursday, 29 July 2010, 9:20 am

Nick Moss at the Thunderbird Cafe. Blues quote: “Well, I’m just a poor young boy, and these girls about to drive me wild, the way they rock and roll and call me angel child….” — The Clovers, “Ting-a-Ling” All the Burgh’s music blogs in one one place — take a look.

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Kevin Whitehead On Willem Breuker (source: NPR) Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 11:00 pm

The jazz critic of NPR’s Fresh Air literally wrote the book on Dutch jazz. He remembers the freewheeling, self-taught saxophonist and bandleader from Amsterdam whose penchant for stage humor was entertaining and iconic. (source: NPR) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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