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Blues Speak: The Best of the Original Chicago Blues Annual
by Chris May
Blues Speak: The Best of the Original Chicago Blues Annual Lincoln T. Beauchamp Jr. (editor) 192 pages ISBN: 978-0-252-03440-4 cloth ISBN: 978-0-252-07692-3 paper University of Illinois Press 2010 Launched at the 1989 Chicago Blues Festival, Original Chicago Blues Annual was ...
Funeral Arrangements Announced for Blues Singer Koko Taylor
WAKE/VISITATION AND FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR KOKO TAYLOR Wake/Visitation (Lie in State) Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm Rainbow Push Coalition National Headquarters 930 East 50th Street (at Drexel) Chicago, IL 60615 Funeral Services Friday, June 12, 2009 6:00 pm ...
Chicago Blues Legend Koko Taylor Dies at 80
Koko Taylor more than once said she hoped that when she died, it would be on stage, doing the thing she loved most: Singing the blues. She nearly got her wish. The Chicago musical icon died Wednesday at age 80 of complications from gastrointestinal surgery less than four weeks after her last performance, at the Blues ...
Lineup Announced for 2008 IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
DAVENPORT, Iowa - Grammy-award winner Koko Taylor, dubbed “The Queen of Blues" for having won more Blues Awards than any other blues artist-male or female, returns to the 2008 IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival. The Mississippi Valley Blues Society (MVBS) today announced the festival lineup of 28 acts performing on two stages, July 3 - 5, ...
Koko Taylor: Royal Blue
by Ed Kopp
Now regarded as the Queen of the Blues, Koko Taylor is a classic female blues shouter who favors the raw, electric energy of Chicago blues. On Royal Blue, Taylor’s feisty singing helps to inspire a star-studded supporting cast that includes B.B. King, Keb’ Mo’, Johnnie Johnson and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.No singer gives more or ...
