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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Delta Blues & the Birth (and Death) of the Cool: Two definitive Ted Gioia Histories

by C. Michael Bailey
January 22, 2010

Does the music world need one more history of Delta blues music? Does a survey of a spongy concept like “cool" have any relevance in a post-9/11 world? Considering Robert Palmer authored a definitive narrative on depression-era Mississippi Delta music in Deep Blues (Viking, 1981) almost 30 years ago, and that Martin Williams and David Rosenthal, ...

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Article: Film Review

Tail Dragger: Live at Rooster's Lounge

by John Barron
January 10, 2010

Tail Dragger Live at Rooster's Lounge Delmark Records 2009 For those prohibited by distance from experiencing authentic Chicago blues in a West Side club, Delmark Records provides a next-best-thing-to-being-there solution with Tail Dragger's DVD Live at Rooster's Lounge. A gravel-voiced mainstay on the Chicago scene since the 1960s, Tail Dragger ...

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Rockin' The Blues: Live in Germany 1964

By Howlin' Wolf

Label: Acrobat Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: Shake It For Me; Love Me; Dust My Broom; I Didn't Mean To Hurt Your Feelings; Rockin' the Blues; All My Life; Going Down Slow; Howlin' For My Darlin'; Forty-Four.

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Article: Interview

Robben Ford: From the Soul

by Matthew Warnock
September 14, 2009

Few guitarists on the scene today can boast a longer, more diverse and accomplished career than that of perennial blues-jazz great Robben Ford. Having toured and recorded as a sideman with such legendary performers as Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Bonnie Raitt and Miles Davis, Ford has also made a name for himself as a bandleader, instrumental ...

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Article: Album Review

Eddie C. Campbell: Tear This World Up

Read "Tear This World Up" reviewed by John Barron

by John Barron
June 13, 2009

A native of Duncan, Mississippi, guitarist/vocalist Eddie C. Campbell is one of the last of the originators of the West Side sound of Chicago blues still performing in their prime. Campbell began his recording career with a handful of singles in the sixties, but the record that put him on the blues map was King of ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Howlin' Wolf

June 10, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Howlin' Wolf's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Howlin' WolfHowlin’ Wolf - vocals, guitar, composer, Blues Legend! (1910 - 1976) Howlin\' Wolf was a seminal figure in the development of the Chicago blues style. His fierce, growling voice, punctuated by his trademark falsetto ...

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Article: Film Review

It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago

by John Barron
June 5, 2009

Various Artists It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago Delmark Records 2009 Recorded live in Chicago at guitarist/vocalist Buddy Guy's Legends on March 7, 2008, It Ain't Over! is a celebration of Delmark Records' 55th year in the record business. ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Bob Dylan: Together Through Life

by Dan McClenaghan
May 10, 2009

Bob Dylan Together Through Life Columbia 2009 Let's put it out here right up front and not pussyfoot around: Together Through Life is one of the finest discs in singer/guitarist Bob Dylan's 40-plus album discography. It's up there with other benchmark Columbia releases like the groundbreaking Highway 61 ...

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Article: Album Review

Howlin' Wolf: Rockin' The Blues: Live in Germany 1964

Read "Rockin' The Blues: Live in Germany 1964" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

by Mike Perciaccante
April 21, 2009

Through the years, Howlin' Wolf's 1964 performances in Germany have reached legendary status. Many different recordings of these concerts have surfaced in many different configurations. Rockin' The Blues: Live in Germany 1964 remained previously unreleased in the United States, until now. This Acrobat Music set was recorded in Bremen at The American Folk Blues ...

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Article: Album Review

Zora Young: Sunnyland

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by John Barron
April 11, 2009

Sunnyland is a straight-up blues release from Chicago vocalist Zora Young. With the help of guitar legend Hubert Sumlin and saxophonist/producer Sam Burckhardt, the veteran Young, who has previously recorded for Delmark Records, pays tribute to the late pianist Albert Luandrew, a.k.a Sunnyland Slim (1907-1995).Both Sumlin and Young worked with Sunnyland, as well as ...