Stellan "Bluesman" Viking

Multi-instrumentalist Julian Calv Releases Limited Edition 7” Vinyl Single Through Deko Entertainment Carrying On The Legacy Of Moondog (aka The Viking Of Sixth Avenue)

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
May 27, 2023

Julian Calv was a music major recently graduated from Moravian University in Bethlehem, PA. He now resides in the art community of Woodstock, VT. Calv can occasionally be seen on Church Street in Burlington, VT, busking much in the way Moondog, aka the Viking of Sixth Avenue, had done in NYC during the '50s and '60s. Calv has studied every aspect of the avant-garde musician’s creative life. In addition to composing and performing, Moondog’s life included the invention of several ...
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Jazz Arts Group Presents New Orleans Bluesman And Actor Chris Thomas King - Sat. Mar. 1

Source: Scott Vezdos
February 11, 2014

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group’s Inside Track series continues to heat up the Lincoln Theatre stage with Grammy and Country Music Award-winning blues guitarist, composer and actor Chris Thomas King on Saturday, March 1. Chris Thomas King came into his own while expanding on traditional musical horizons that were inherited from his late father, “Rockin’” Tabby Thomas (Jan. 5, 1929 – Jan. 1, 2014). Born and bred in the Delta tradition, King’s success as a bluesman was virtually ...
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Grammy-Nominated Bluesman Bobby Rush Stakes His Claim As A Living Legend

Source: conqueroo
November 17, 2012

New studio album Down in Louisiana, due February 19, 2013, updates the sounds of the swamps and the juke joints JACKSON, Miss. —Bobby Rush’s new Down in Louisiana is the work of a funky fire- breathing legend. Its 11 songs revel in the grit, grind and soul that’s been the blues innovator’s trademark since the 1960s, when he stood shoulder to shoulder on the stages of Chicago with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter and other giants. Of course, it’s ...
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Bluesman Sonny Landreth to Teach and Perform at 3rd Annual Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop & Festival

Source: conqueroo
May 2, 2012

Held at the Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork, MT August 26 - September 2, 2012 Sonny's gearing up for the Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation's workshop and festival as the Blues Artist in Residence, August 26-September 2, 2012. This is an exceptional occasion to study closely with and spend time with Sonny at one of the world's premier dude ranches. He'll also be performing. Sonny will be joining renowned faculty members, Matt Smith and Dennis McCumber of National Guitar ...
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Viking Announces Acquisition Of Jazz Legend Herbie Hancock's Memoir

Source: Muse Media
April 14, 2012

Viking is pleased to announce the acquisition of the memoir of jazz legend Herbie Hancock. Clare Ferraro, President of Viking, acquired world rights from Robert Barnett of Williams & Connolly. Viking plans to publish in the fall of 2014, with Rick Kot as editor. Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. In an illustrious career that has spanned over five decades and earned him 14 Grammy® Awards (including the 2007 Album Of The Year for River: The Joni ...
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Otis Taylor's 'Contraband' is Iconoclastic Trance Bluesman's New CD

Source: conqueroo
November 12, 2011

Otis Taylor's Contraband features Cassie Taylor, Larry Thompson, Anne Harris, Jon Paul Johnson, Chuck Campbell, Ron Miles, The Sheryl Renee Choir and more BOULDER, Colo.—Otis Taylor isn't defined by any single category. A musical alchemist and a true innovator, Taylor has never been afraid to experiment beyond the blues tradition. He's a master craftsman who has created his own signature “trance blues" style by melding haunting guitar and banjo work, syncopated rhythms and a combination of gruff vocals, shouts and ...
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Moses Oakland: Bluesman DVD

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 12, 2010

MINNEAPOLIS--Big Notes Productions and Winterland Studios have teamed up to produce a performance DVD featuring the music of blues musician Moses Oakland. The video was shot at Famous Dave's BBQ & Blues Club in Uptown Minneapolis, where Oakland has played every Sunday night for the past 10 years, and continues this tradition. He has become a fixture in the regional blues scene, having played at venues such as the Ham Bone Blues Jam in Rochester; Jimmy B'z Blues Brews & ...
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Bluesman to Storm Santa Monica

Source: All About Jazz
February 26, 2010

When noted bluesman Guitar Shorty blazes into Harvelle's nightclub in Santa Monica on Saturday, he'll come armed with his trademark fiery ax and a crack backup band. He'll also be packing a new CD, “Bare Knuckle," chockfull of fresh blues tunes seemingly designed to be played live.

The 70-year-old virtuoso cut his first record for Chicago-based Cobra Records in 1957, followed closely by several originals recorded for Pull Records in Los Angeles in 1959. Touring for music giants Ray Charles ...
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Bluesman Billy Jones Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
April 30, 2009

It's a long way from the rich, fertile delta lands of North Little Rock, Ark., to the Netherlands, where Billy Jones records for Dutch blues label Black and Tan Records, but it was a route of which he never lost sight.

Billy Jones is betting that the blues can experience a revival of interest--what is needed is a fresh infusion of imagination. And to capture a bigger share of the Black music market, what is needed is for the blues ...
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New Orleans Bluesman Eddie Bo Dies

Source: Billboard Magazine
March 25, 2009

New Orleans blues singer-pianist Eddie Bo, who worked with musicians such as Irma Thomas and Art Neville, has died of a heart attack. He was 79. His death was confirmed Friday by his close friend and booking agent, Karen Hamilton. Hamilton said Eddie Bo, whose real name was Edwin Joseph Bocage, had a “sudden, massive heart attack" while out of town Wednesday. She said he “went very quickly, very peacefully." Bocage was an accomplished keyboardist-pianist with a career spanning more ...
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