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US star set to sing the blues in City

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:26:26 GMT

American singer-songwriter Megan Burtt will perform folk, rock and blues at the Park Hyatt Saigon Hotel lounge beginning tomorrow night.

Homemade Jamz Blues Band performs this weekend at Blues and Jazz festival

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:08:14 GMT

Pop the CD "Pay Me No Mind" into your player and you're greeted by a solid trio playing some funky, straight-up blues.

Demi and Rumer are making a movie

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:55:16 GMT

Demi Moore is to make her directorial debut, with a movie starring her daughter.

Maggie Q: Good Hollywood roles rare for Asians

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:01:07 GMT

HONG KONG - Despite landing roles alongside Tom Cruise and Bruce Willis, Maggie Q says Asian actors still have a hard time getting good roles in Hollywood movies.

The Best Tunes For The Economic Blues

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:48:29 GMT

We don't need to tell you that the most promising career options in America right now are boxcar-hopper, petticoat tailor or shepherd of hungry one-eyed alley cats.

Mississippi Blues Trail follows in the footsteps of first bluesmen

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:18:01 GMT

John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters and Ike Turner all had the blues in their blood and came from the northwestern part of the US state of Mississippi.

2008 Blues Music Awards on Beale Street Caravan

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:06:49 GMT

As always, Beale Street Caravan will be broadcasting portions of the 2008 Blues Music Awards.

Vintage Video - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:03:19 GMT

Whether you think Jon Spencer is the real deal or just poking fun at rock cliches, you have to admit, he can still rock it out when he needs to.

New Robert Johnson Photo Found?

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:10:40 GMT

No less an authority than Eric Clapton once called him "the most important blues musician who ever lived." Blues artists such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and David "Honeyboy" Edwards...

What Gives the Blues Its Groove?

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:49:34 GMT

I was walking down to Cook Street Village the other day, and noticed a couple of pieces of paper folded up in the crook of a tree.

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Bill Silva Presents and Rum and Humble Announce Pact with Long Beach Blues Festival

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:49:06 GMT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. Southern Californiabased concert production companies Bill Silva resents and Rum & Humble have announced a multi-year pact with radio station KJAZZ to produce the annual Long Beach Blues ...

Thrills for blues fans in the Delta

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:45:03 GMT

Various signs are pinned haphazardly to a shack of unpainted cypress wood, topped with a roof of galvanised, corrugated steel.

Pioneering reggae star Alton Ellis dies in London

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:37:36 GMT

Reggae music pioneer Alton Ellis, who enjoyed a career revival in recent years after a string of hits in the 1960s, has died in a London hospital.

East coast bluesman at the Waverley

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:20:50 GMT

Two time East Coast Music Association nominee and two time CBC Rising Star Award winner, Ross Neilsen, eats, breathes and sleeps the blues.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Artists: Saffire, the Uppity Blues Women

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:10:51 GMT

SAFFIRE, THE UPPITY BLUES WOMEN are some of the hippest ladies around. Three monstrously talented acoustic blues artists, they rejected societal norms and hit the road in their mid-40s to see if they could ...

The Black Keys hit The Ryman

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:03:15 GMT

Blues-rock duo The Black Keys' upcoming stop in Nashville comes in support of this year's Attack & Release, helmed by producer Danger Mouse, one-half of the braintrust behind breakout electro-soul-pop crew ...

Rock Music Menu: McCartney is playing with fire with release

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:59:57 GMT

Back in the early 90s, an album by the group The Fireman appeared in record stores with zero fanfare whatsoever.

Fitch Affirms Cobalt 2007-C3; Assigns Outlooks

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:32:32 GMT

Fitch does not rate $35.3 million class P. The rating affirmations are the result of stable performance and limited paydown since issuance.

Museum in Mississippi a hometown tribute to B.B. King

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:13:38 GMT

B.B. King pauses during a media tour of the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center, Thursday, Sept.

Rumer Willis - Willis' Medical Ambition

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:50:24 GMT

Caption: Rumer Willis outside Ed Sullivan Theatre for the 'Late Show With David Letterman' New York City, USA .... Actress RUMER WILLIS never thought she would follow in the footsteps of her famous parents - ...

15th Annual Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues and Jazz Festival Featuring Johnny Winter and Edgar Winter

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:32:57 GMT

The 2008 Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues and Jazz Festival takes place on October 11th and 12th at the Fort Fisher Military Recreation Area in Kure Beach, NC.

Cool Dry PLACEMission accomplished and more for Roots 'N Blues

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:20:53 GMT

Buddy Guy wends his way through the parking garage on Eighth and Cherry during his headlining performance Saturday at Roots 'N Blues 'N BBQ.

Fitch Upgrades 4 & Affirms 5 ABS Classes From 2 CIT Equipment Lease Deals

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:07:49 GMT

Fitch Ratings has taken the following rating actions on the CIT Equipment Collateral transactions listed below: CIT 2005-EF1: -- Class D upgraded to 'AA' from 'A'; -- Class A-4, B and C affirmed at 'AAA'. CIT ...

Music preview: Blues-rock group Indigenous plays at casino

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:32:04 GMT

"Music should never be harmless." -- Robbie Robertson. The Native American born blues-rock group, Indigenous, is coming to the Feather Falls Casino in Oroville on Friday.

Moreland & Arbuckle Join Bluzapalooza Tour

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:51:06 GMT

Moreland & Arbuckle will be among the blues artists traveling to Iraq and Kuwait later this month for the second Bluzapalooza tour to entertain members of the military. Created by...

Columbia Blues Festival

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:26:16 GMT

When Little Walter arrived in Chicago in 1947, he found a city teeming with blues bands, blues singers and blues clubs.

Shyamalan Confirms "Unbreakable 2" in the Works

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:09:47 GMT

M. Night Shyamalan said he is considering working on a sequel to his hit Unbreakable , a superhero tale about a man who finds that he is impervious to harm and is called to become a savior, according to ...

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Nurse with Wound:huffin' Rag Blues

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:38:10 GMT

Bessie Smith never sang this one but that doesn't diminish the otherworldly, warped 78 rpm-ness of Nurse With Wound 's latest.

Toot Blues Film To Premiere In New Orleans

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:32:41 GMT

Blues fans in the New Orleans area, mark your calendars for next Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 because the documentary film Toot Blues will be receiving its premiere screening at the...

Rock Hill's Willie Roach is a man born for the blues

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:23:25 GMT

About 55 years ago on a Saturday morning, on his granddaddy's farm out where half-million-dollar homes now sit between Celanese Road and the Catawba River, a stranger with a guitar strapped over his back walked ...

SIU gets the blues

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:13:40 GMT

Saturday night, balls will stop bouncing, nets will stop swishing and shoes will cease squeaking.

Taj Mahal: Four decades of Blues with a smile

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:01:02 GMT

Taj Mahal performing "The Blues is Alright" Sept. 5 in Lowell, Mass. Taj Mahal sheds sunshine on the blues in more ways than one.

M For Mississippi Film Premiere

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:47:42 GMT

If you're in the Clarksdale, Mississippi area this Saturday night, be sure to drop by the Delta Cinema to catch the worldwide premiere of M For Mississippi, a documentary film...

Best Halloween Songs with a Blues Theme

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:59:14 GMT

If you like the blues, don't leave out your favorite music when Halloween rolls around.

Camden sings the blues

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:41:48 GMT

Friday, October 03, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. Gary Erwin is keeping the beat for an entire city.

Rumer Willis was visited on set by her filmstar parents

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:36:40 GMT

Anna Faris has revealed that Bruce Willis and Demi Moore regularly visited the set of her new film, The House Bunny, to support their daughter Rumer Willis.

Lawsuit Filed Against Fat Possum Records

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:06:20 GMT

Kenny Malone, the common-law son of North Mississippi Hill Country blues great Junior Kimbrough, has filed suit against Fat Possum Records, label President and co-founder Matthew Johnson, and several other...

Against the Grain I was a teen at camp the first time I met the blues

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:29:58 GMT

It seeps into your skin, runs up your spine and blooms into a sour taste in the back of your mouth.

Blues musician taps legacy of granddad; Burnside writes a so that people can relate.a

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:12:36 GMT

Blues music is in Cedric Burnside's blood. Burnside is the grandson of legendary blues musician R.L. Burnside, a prolific guitarist and vocalist from Mississippi.

Last call for blues

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:02:16 GMT

ROCKLAND : The Monday night blues series, produced by North Atlantic Blues Festival co-founder Paul Benjamin, has set its lineup for the rest of the year.

Locallers Moreland & Arbuckle Bring Blues to Middle East

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:49:36 GMT

Local musicians, Aaron Moreland and Dustin Arbuckle , are headed to Iraq and Kuwait later this month as part of the second BLUZAPALOOZA tour.

Museum pays tribute to B.B. King

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:49:03 GMT

INDIANOLA, Miss. - Translucent images of long ago, of black men and women, backs bent, picking cotton under an unforgiving sun, are artistically displayed on standing glass panels in a museum carved out of an ...

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: 23rd Annual Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:17:27 GMT

Each October, thousands from throughout the world flock to historic downtown Helena as the music takes over - giving visitors a three-day, down-home, soul-baring musical history lesson.

Blues marker to honor McCoy brothers

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:08:04 GMT

Blues musicians Joe and Charlie McCoy, who performed as the McCoy brothers, will be honored with a Mississippi Blues Trail marker in Raymond.

Blues and Boogie Woogie Festival

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:05:42 GMT

The legends, both local and national, will be in the house for one of Detroit's favorite annual musical events.

Blues-gospel singer Sista Monica beats cancer & has embarked on an exciting new chapter in her life

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:58:31 GMT

It's a birthday for Seaside, and for one of the performers who will be there to help celebrate it, it's a time of new beginnings.