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Music Fans and Media Celebrate the Release of Piano Red's the Lost Atlanta Tapes CD With Party & Tribute Show
ATLANTA, GA—A throng of music fans and media from the Southeast converged at Atlanta's Smith's Olde Bar on August 12 to celebrate the release (August 17) of the late and legendary Piano Red's The Lost Atlanta Tapes CD on Landslide Records. Produced by Michael Reeves and David Fulmer for Bang Bang Lulu Productions, The Lost Atlanta ...
Ladies Sing the Blues Cruise--Carnival Cruise Lines - Triumph will depart New Orleans, LA on 12/6
LADIES SING THE BLUES CRUISE December 6, 2010--December 11, 2010 Carnival Cruise Lines--TRIUMPH, New Orleans, LA Carnival Cruise Lines--Triumph will depart New Orleans, LA on 12/6--11/2010 with Jomar Records recording artist Pat Hunter “National Woman in Blues, Vol 1" on board as one of the three featured female performers on this 'blues cruise.' Miss Hunter's ...
Bob Florence Limited Edition / Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band / Dana Legg Stage Band / John Burnett Swing Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Bob Florence Limited Edition Legendary MAMA 2009 “Legendary" is a word that is often misused and shamelessly over-used, and in this case entirely appropriate. Even though composer / arranger / pianist Bob Florence is no longer with us, and wasn't in the studio when his Limited Edition recorded ...
Billy Jones: The Urbanization of Delta Blues
by David King
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. Born into the segregated south, he was exposed to the driving beat of the blues ...
Tracy K: Canada's First Lady Of The Blues Harp
by David King
Born and raised on the prairies in the small farm community of Beausejour, Manitoba, just 45 minutes east of Winnipeg, Canada, Tracy K has been performing since she was a child. During the early sixties, when British rock groups stormed North American shores, she recalls her first introduction to the blues and how she was introduced ...
Brent Orndorff: The Mouse That Roars
by David King
Small isn't necessarily a bad thing. For Blue News, a three man, Indiana-based, indie band, being small and working with a restricted budget is actually a plus. Producing their first two albums for free, they have gone on to establish themselves in venues throughout the Midwest, and their music has reached national media exposure to ultimately ...
Tim "Too Slim" Langford: A Journey Through American Music
by David King
Listening to Too Slim and The Taildraggers is, as one reviewer put it, .".. like taking a journey through the history of American music." Absorbing everything he could at first, Tim “Too Slim" Langford, lead guitarist and vocalist for the group, today plays what he likes. Although his focus at first may have been blues, today ...
Reverend Zen: Angels, Blues and the Crying Moon
by David King
The New York group Reverend Zen has released its debut album, Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon (Blackjack Music, 2006), that is quickly garnering music industry acclaim around the world. Platitudes aside, Reverend Zen's true genius lies in its music. The album is everything a great album should be: melodies that hang in your head like ...
A-Kube: Un-Kid-i-Fide Music For Grown Folks
by David King
“Un-kid-ified music." Now there is a concept. Un-kid-i-fide music is music that sounds like today's music, but with the kid's focus and vibe removed; music to which the 28 to 65 or older crowd can relate. When so much music is geared to a younger market, and much of it contains objectionable, or border-line objectionable lyrics, ...
Innerviewworld.com Interview: The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus is a collective made up of bassist Reid Anderson, pianist Ethan Iverson, and drummer David King. All three are from the Midwest and they have known each other since their teens. Nonetheless, with the exception of one unimpressive meeting in 1990, it is only after spending their formative 20s apart--King as a session ...
