Five Questions: Hackettstown blues bassist Niles Terrat starting international tour at home Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 11:37 am

Blues bassist Niles Terrat, of Hackettstown, will kick off Peter Karp and Sue Foley’s “He Said – She Said” tour March 12 at the Centenary Mini-Blues Festival.

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Info 101: Women’s History Month, focus on Kansas City blues and jazz Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 3:18 am

March is Women’s History Month, and Kansas City has had plenty to celebrate in its talented female blues musicians; in fact, it has been a major task to choose from among them just a handful upon whom to extol praise.

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Miss. Senate honors Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 7:08 pm

JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Senate has honored performer Bobby “Blue” Bland with a resolution calling him “one of rhythm and blues’ foremost artists.” Bland was joined by singer Bobby Rush, civil rights activist Charles Evers and several others during Tuesday’s presentation in the Senate.

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Nicholas Payton: Live At The Village Vanguard (source: NPR) Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 6:24 pm

He found his footing in jazz through its hard-swinging main stem. But after he’d proved his hard-bop mettle, he took a fork in the road toward electric experimentalism. Now, trumpeter Nicholas Payton seems comfortable pursuing a middle ground. Listen live … (source: NPR) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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It’s Jimi Hendrix New Release Day! (source: About) Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 5:45 pm

Today is the day that the much-anticipated new Jimi Hendrix album Valleys of Neptune is being released by Sony Legacy and Experience Hendrix, the organization which handle’s the estate’s interests. A collection of twelve previously unreleased recordings fr… (source: About) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

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Five Songs, Ten Classic Tenor Titans (source: NPR) Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 2:00 pm

The tenor sax is a powerful instrument. This is especially apparent in music created by mighty jazz masters whose skills shaped sounds still reflected in present-day compositions. Hear five great pairings, battles and studio jam sessions. (source: NPR) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

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Blues Northern David Gogo’s music career recognized by city with Excellence in Culture Award Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 11:33 am

David Gogo’s after-school job saw him rub shoulders with some of the legends in the world of blues music.

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The Jazz Community As A Road Map (source: NPR) Monday, 8 March 2010, 6:34 pm

Most people who pass through the jazz community only travel down certain main thoroughfares. But in order for there to be a vibrant community, you need all those side streets, some of which are trafficked heavily by people in the know, others which remain … (source: NPR) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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