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R&B Pioneer Little Willie Littlefield RIP
One of the pioneers of 1950s rhythm & blues music, pianist, singer and songwriter, Little Willie Littlefield died on June 23rd in Holland, after a long battle with cancer. His family made the announcement of his death on June 28th … Continue reading
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Samba Tour̩ РAlbala
One of the surprises of the week so far is a promo that dropped through the door, of Mali guitarist Samba Touré’s new set ‘Albala’ issued on Glitterbeat. In 2012 we saw the attack on musician’s in northern Mali and … Continue reading
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Billy Vera Interviewed On ‘Crabbeman’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival’
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Ponderosa Stomp To Feature 60’s Women R&B Singers
Three of the greatest female vocalists of the 1960s will headline this years Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans. Justine ‘Baby’ Washington, Chris Clark and Maxine Brown performed during the years in which racial discrimination was prevalent, travel was difficult and … Continue reading
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Cracking The Cosimo Code
Red Kelly (‘The Soul Detective’), John Ridley (‘Sir Shambling’), and author John Broken have launched a new website called ‘The Cosmo Code’. Discographers David Gordon and Ace Records’ Peter Gibbon also assisted in the project. In October 1960, Cosimo Matissa … Continue reading
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Great Version Of ‘Honey Bee’ By Muddy Waters
Fantastic version of Muddy Waters in 1970 playing ‘Honey Bee’ taken from German TV show ‘Beat Club’.
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Albert King To Be Inducted Into Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
Albert King one of the giants of the post war blues scene will be posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame on April 18th this year. King came to fame in the early 1960s and later became … Continue reading
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A Tribute To Magic Slim
Morris Holt, better known to the blues world as Magic Slim, died on February 21st in a Philadelphia hospital at the age of 75. Just prior to his death rumours had been circulating of  Slim’s ill health. In 2009, the … Continue reading
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Robert Johnson 3rd Photo Controversy – not Johnny Shines and not Robert Johnson
On 3rd February The Observer newspaper ran a feature on a 3rd photograph purporting to be of blues singer and stuff of legend Robert Johnson (he that sold his soul to the devil ‘down at the crossroads’). Under the title … Continue reading
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Jack White and blues label to reissue pre-war blues on vinyl
Document Records, the Scottish based pre-war blues, country and jazz reissue label is to collaborate with the White Stripes’  Jack White, to reissue the first in a series of pre-war blues recordings on vinyl. The joint project between Document, which … Continue reading
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