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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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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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Career Spanning Box Set From Stephen Stills Out On March 25th
A new career spanning b4 CD set from Steve Stills is due out in the UK on March 25th (26th in the USA). Called ‘Carry On’ the set released by Rhino will feature for the first time, material from Stills’ … Continue reading
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Ed Cassidy – an unlikely rock star
Ed Cassidy, the drummer for the legendary 1960s rock band Spirit, died in San Jose, California on December 6th last year, after battling cancer. Cassidy was an unlikely rock star – when he died he was aged 89. For those … Continue reading
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Shuggie Otis tour : Dogged by problems?
I like Shuggie Otis, but missed the London leg of his come-back tour. He is an excellent blues guitar player and was a rare talent. As a teenager, he had begun recording with his father Johnny. He made some good … Continue reading
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The Sound Of Dobells – The British Record Shop Archive.
In August 2012 the British Record Shop Archive was set up online by Leon Parker to save the history of how we found, listened and bought music. For the last four years ‘Record Store Day’ have grabbed the media’s attention … Continue reading
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The Eagle Has Landed
Take a listen to this BBC radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on December 31st, 2012 at 4.00pm. Presented by Mark Radcliffe, it looks at the life and work of DJ, promoter and sometime R&B magazine editor Roger Eagle. … Continue reading
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Ex Mother Ray Collins RIP
Ray Collins, a founder member of the Mothers of Invention with Frank Zappa died on December 24th after being admitted to the hospital a week earlier after a heart attack. He was aged 73. Collins hailed from Pomona, California and started … Continue reading
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St. Louis R&B Diva Fontella Bass RIP
The legendary St. Louis soul and R&B singer Fontella Bass, Â died on December 26th at the age of 72. Fontella was the daughter of gospel singer Martha Bass (a member of the Clara Ward Singers) and sister of soul singer … Continue reading
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