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News: Recording

Ike Turner - Here and Now (2001)

Ike Turner - Here and Now (2001)

By Derrick Lord This was just what Ike Turner fans had been waiting for. The Clarksdale, Mississippi native returned to his roots with a barrel-house style blues recording that brought him back as a force on the music scene, earning two W.C. Handy Awards from the Blues Foundation for best traditional blues album and comeback album ...

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Article: Album Review

Patty Ascher: Bossa, Jazz 'n' Samba

Read "Bossa, Jazz 'n' Samba" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


In addition to serving as an album title, Bossa, Jazz 'n' Samba could also serve as the defining mantra for a good portion of the albums on the Zoho Music label. While that company has released a wide variety of discs, covering Afro-Cuban cookers (Arturo O'Farrill), rock-solid blues (Ike Turner), and updated takes on the tango ...

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Video

I Want To Take You Higher

Featuring the music of Ike Turner
Duration: 2:52

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News: Recording

Ike & Tina Turner Blue Thumb Years Reissued on Acrobat Music

Ike & Tina Turner Blue Thumb Years Reissued on Acrobat Music

Album contains the hit “Bold Soul Sister” as well as live standards “The Hunter” and “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” NEW YORK, N.Y. — Although Ike Turner is often credited with recording the first rock ‘n’ roll song with 1951’s “Rocket 88,” his career took a leap when he met Anna Mae Bullock and re-named ...

Album

Risin' With The Blues

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Gimme Back My Wig; Caldonia; Tease Me; Goin

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News: Obituary

Ike Turner, Rock Pioneer and Ex-Husband of Tina Turner, Dead at 76

Ike Turner, Rock Pioneer and Ex-Husband of Tina Turner, Dead at 76

SAN DIEGO - Ike Turner, whose role as one of rock's critical architects was overshadowed by his ogrelike image as the man who brutally abused former wife and icon Tina Turner, died Wednesday at his home in suburban San Diego. He was 76. “He did pass away this morning" at his home in San Marcos, in ...

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Article: Album Review

Ike Turner: Risin' With The Blues

Read "Risin' With The Blues" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Ike Turner received a Grammy® Award for Best Traditional Blues Recording for Risin' with the Blues. Long seen as the failed husband of Tina Turner, and vilified in her biography, I, Tina (1986) and the biopic movie What's Love got to Do with It (1993), Ike Turner is nevertheless one of the most important rock 'n' ...

Album

Risin

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: Gimme Back My Wig; Caldonia; Tease Me; Goin

Album

Risin' With The Blues

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: Gimme Back My Wig; Caldonia; Tease Me; Goin

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Article: Album Review

Ike Turner: Risin' With The Blues

Read "Risin' With The Blues" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


It is no secret that Ike Turner has lived a very colorful life. He has seen it all: the struggle, the fame, the downward spiral, the besmirching of his name. But he has proved to be a fighter and a survivor. And now, at 75, he is back with a hell-raising album. Turner has ...


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