Jazz Articles about Byther Smith

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Blues On The Moon: Live At The Natural Rhythm Club

by Nic Jones
August 16, 2008

Byther Smith Blues On The Moon: Live At The Natural Rhythm Club Delmark 2008

As with previous Delmark DVDs this one's a document of social history in so far as it catches some musical and social activity in Chicago on a given night. The fact that similar activity happens regularly does nothing to diminish the importance of such events. In fact, as long as music as committed and far outside the commercial ...

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Byther Smith: Blues On The Moon

by John Barron
August 8, 2008

Byther Smith Blues On The Moon Delmark Records 2008

A native of Monticello, Mississippi, guitarist/vocalist Byther Smith has been a venerable Chicago-blues mainstay for decades and has rightly earned the distinction of living legend. Blues On The Moon, part of Delmark Records' exceptional live blues DVD series, was filmed in the summer of 2007 at the Natural Rhythm Social Club, the perfect little hole-in-the-wall for a night of intense, electrified blues.

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