BM! Magazine has only been available in digital format for a couple of months and already it’s gone down a blast! Not only has it created new interest in the magazine, but has re-vitalised the print version too - bringing new readers, advertisers and encouraging new audiences to the Blues. If you have a website, know of a band or wish to support this new addition to the Blues world by placing a banner advert such as the one bellow on to your website, your support is very much appreciated.
As we hope you know the digital version is in no way been created to replace the print version of BM! Magazine but has been created to reach new audiences across the world. It has done just that and to all of you who have sent your comments in support of the digital version - your support is very much appreciated by the BM Team!
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Hamilton Loomis!!!
Hamilton Loomis tonight on the Paul Jones Show, at 7.00. Check out what Hamilton Loomis likes to read in the above picture.
Before we move onto our record 7th consecqutive appearance on the big stage at The National R&B Festival in Colne Lancashire on Sunday 30th August ( a record 90 minute set to be played at around 8pm). We have 2 special shows that celebrate us going into our 20th year on the Road
- On Thuersday 2nd July we play the excellent Real music Live at The Beaverwood Club, Beaverwood Road, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7, 6HR. Tel 0208-300-1385/0635. Doors open at 19.30, music starts early from 20.45 to around 22.45. For more details and bookings, please call 01784-458606 or 0208-460-4907, e bookings at Pete@Feenstra.co.uk. Don't forget music is from 20.45&..don't be late.
- ON SUNSAY THE 5TH JULY - To commemorate the beginning of our 20th year on the Road we are playing a double header with Jules & Lorna Fothergill's Northsyde (name change from Funkydory). Jules & Lorna were key members of Roadhouse for years and were integral to making the Band as well recognised as it is now. This gig will feature full sets from both Bands doors will open early (around 19.00)&..
This will be a well supported night so come down early, it will great to see all of both bands friends.
Please support live music by passing this mail onto every music lover you know. Music from 20.00 to 22.30.
It is a pleasure to share this special night with them and expect a memorable finale, one of our key events of the year
Sunday 5th July The Boom Boom Club Sutton FC, Gander Green Lane, Sutton (plenty of car parking) Roadhouse, plus Northysde (killer new CD just released). Advance bookings call 01784-458606, enquiries 0208-460-4907, e bookings Pete@Feenstra.co.uk. Don't forget music from 19.30&..don't be late.
CHECK OUT BOTH GIGS ON OUR WEBSITE OR ON WWW.FEENSTRA.CO.UK
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After months of singing the Blues (some jolly fellow infected our server/site/ftp/emails etc with a nasty virus, which caused us a few weeks of headache!), we are finally about to release our June/July issue!!
Once again, it was worth the wait, with more features/reviews/scope than most music magazines, let alone a Blues one!!
Interviews/features in our next issue include: Koko Taylor, Ana Popovic, The Black Crowes, Duke Robillard, The White Stripes, Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Blues Caravan 2009, Buffalo Killers, Dan Auerbach, Pete Molinari, James Hunter, Harper, Naughty Jack, Robert Johnson, Dave Arcari, National guitars feature, Ian Parker, Alex Gomez, Punk Blues feature, Paul Jones, Philipp Fankhauser, Johnny Copeland, Chicken Legs Weaver, Johnny Dowd, Slidin’ Slim, Blues In Sweden feature, John Lee Hooker, Marcus Bonfanti, John Martyn, Little Walter, AC/DC, William Elliot Whitmore, The Zombies, Bob Dylan, Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa, The Derek Trucks Band, Bessie Smith… and so much more!!!
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“I feel that the problem with Blues isn’t in the music - the music is very much alive! I feel that it is more in the way that it has been labelled… Blues has had lots of re-inventions. I don’t see why we can’t keep moving forward in that way. Just making sure Blues is getting the credit its due - that’s what’s important these days.” Naughty Jack
“I think there has always been a rather narrow-minded view about what constitutes the Blues in this country, and I feel that certain parties believe they are safeguarding the genre by warding off the perceived threat that is musical development and mixing of styles. I think they genuinely want to do their best by the music they love, but, in my opinion, they stifle any chance the genre has of finding appeal amongst the younger generations. If we fail to achieve this, I’m not sure what it will mean for the Blues.” Ian Parker
“We all - musicians and singers, editors and writers, promoters and publicists, record-companies and media people, critics and fans - need to look at what’s happening with other categories of music and learn. How good is our work? What would make people want it? Are we promoting it wisely? Is its image attractive? If we don’t support it ourselves, why do we imagine somebody else is going to do it for us?” Paul Jones
“I think the media in the UK are so obsessed with image, and the idea that pop music is generally safe that they won’t give much time to anything that is in opposition to ‘the mainstream’. I also think that a lot of music lovers view the Blues as a form that has become passé. Young people - who the mass media are always trying to appeal to - don’t generally get turned on by ‘rootsy’ music, and I think the radio/TV guys need to work harder to sell it in an easily accessible way to new audiences.” Andy Weaver (Chicken Legs Weaver)
Blues Matters! was created because we felt the same as these recording artists, and the many, many music/Blues lovers who did not have a voice elsewhere.
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Remember Blues Matters! issue 49 will be with you soon! More details will be announced shortly.
THE MUSTANGS have confirmed that writing has been completed for their new, as yet untitled, album and are expecting to release it in the Autumn. The album will be the band's 5th, and will once again comprise only of original material. "We are going into the studio over the Summer" said singer Adam Norsworthy, "but until then we are playing a lot of the new songs live so we should be nicely warmed up and ready to record!"
The band is looking forward to a busy Summer of shows with some high profile festival appearances including a the Cambridge Rock Festival, the Petersfield Festival, the Swanage Blues'n'Roots Festival and a headlining slot on the British Stage at Colne.
For a full list of Mustangs gigs and for more information on the band visit their website at www.themustangs.co.uk
Lemon Squeezers, Pool Players and Jelly Roll Bakers: Innuendo in the Early Blues
According to the musicologist Alan Lomax, "sexual conflict" constitutes a major theme of early blues music, and provides the subject matter for a number of songs about "a man longing for a woman he has mistreated or who has mistreated him." Modern audiences, however, may find the more bawdy blues compositions somewhat difficult to engage with, for the language used to describe sexual matters is by now archaic and is also rife with allusion, slang and doublespeak. Given this potential for confusion, a brief guide to what Taj Mahal calls the "erotic mystery" of the blues might be enlightening, or at the very least entertaining. While the list below is by no means exhaustive, it constitutes an attempt to supply a glossary of some of the more colourful terms used by blues musicians to refer to sex. For each double entendre, a particular song name and artist are cited, although it should be noted that most of these phrases occur in more than one work.
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M for Mississippi Receives Blues Music Award for DVD of the Year
The critically acclaimed blues film M FOR MISSISSIPPI has just collected
its highest honor to date: A Blues Music Award for DVD of the Year.
M FOR MISSISSIPPI, which is a co-production of Broke & Hungry Records, Cat
Head Delta Blues & Folk Art and Mudpuppy Recordings, was one of five
nominated movies. Its competition included films featuring
platinum-selling rock legend Carlos Santana, blues icon Albert Collins,
guitarist Ronnie Earl and Chicago bluesman Little Arthur Duncan.
“Considering the competition, we were truly surprised and humbled to
receive this amazing recognition,” said Roger Stolle, one of the film’s
creators. “It’s a testament to the great music that continues to flow from
Mississippi and to the incredible artists who create it.”
M FOR MISSISSIPPI has been described as “part road trip, part buddy film.”
It follows Stolle and fellow blues producer Jeff Konkel on a weeklong
journey through Mississippi as they visit a dozen of the state’s most
fascinating blues figures. The duo’s road trip, captured by
cinematographer Damien Blaylock, led them to rustic environments ranging
from juke joints to cotton fields and placed them face-to-face with such
fascinating artists as James “T-Model” Ford, Robert Belfour, Robert
“Bilbo” Walker, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes and more. Completing the production
team were co-producer Kari Jones and sound engineer Bill Abel.
“It’s mind-blowing to think that just over a year ago, we were piling into
Roger’s van to start this journey and now here we are holding Blues Music
Award statues,” Konkel said. “We’re so grateful to everyone who voted for
the film and to all of the artists, individuals and organizations who
supported us on this labor of love.”
During their acceptance speeches, the filmmakers noted that without the
contributions of several key sponsors, the film could not have been made.
Sponsors included the Rootsway Roots ‘n Blues Association of Parma, Italy,
LiveBluesWorld, Delta Music Experience, the Mississippi Film Office,
British blues guitarist Bob Long and radio DJ Robert Haley.
Since its inception 30 years ago, the Blues Music Awards – formerly known
as the Handy Awards – have been the genre’s gold standard. Through the
years, Blues Music Awards have been bestowed on such seminal figures as
Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Etta James
and B.B. King. King himself was in attendance at last night’s award
ceremony, as were such rock luminaries as Bonnie Raitt and Steve Miller.
The M for Mississippi DVD and its CD soundtrack are distributed nationally
by Burnside Distribution Corporation.
For more information on M for Mississippi, visit the film’s official web
site at www.mformississippi.com or contact the filmmakers at
jeff@brokeandhungryrecords.com or roger@cathead.biz.
Blues Matters Forums are back up for your news and views! Enjoy :)
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Latitute Festival information
16th – 19th July 2009
Henham Park Estate, Southwold, Suffolk
MUSIC ADDITIONS
UNCUT ARENA
~ Squeeze ~ Mew ~ Ladyhawke ~
~ Teitur ~ Music Go Music ~ Hjaltalin ~
SUNRISE ARENA
~ Little Boots ~
~ Band Of Skulls ~ Yes, Giantess ~ Sugar Crisis ~ Dear Reader ~
~ Catherine AD
OBELISK ARENA
~ Sound Of Guns ~
THE LAKE STAGE
~ Golden Silvers ~ Slow Club ~
~ We Have Band ~ Post War Years ~ The XX ~ Pulled Apart By Horses ~
~ Joe Gideon & The Shark ~ Dag For Dag ~ 2 Hot 2 Sweat ~
~ The Late Greats ~
Head teacher Michael Ford decided to give himself a CD for his 60th birthday!
Head teacher Michael Ford decided to give himself a CD for his 60th birthday, which is good news for the people who go to a club that’s been called one of the best-kept secrets in live music.
No, he’s not nipped into HMV to treat himself to the latest Girls Aloud single, he’s decided it’s time for the club’s resident band to cut their first disc.
For once all the paperwork’s finished at his school, Russell Hall Primary, in Queensbury, Michael goes home to Braithwaite Village, in Keighley, and switches roles. He becomes the driving force behind the Bronte Blues Club and leader of its house band.
It’s the Bronte Blues Combo – affectionately known to club-goers as the BBC5 – who warm up the crowd at Lay***** Village Hall for some of the world’s best blues artists once or twice a month. Lay***** Village Hall? Yes, it seems unlikely but the home of the local WI and venue for beetle drives transmogrifies itself into the very essence of a Chicago blues hideaway when the club’s volunteers swoop in armed with blue neon, posters of artists, candles and rickety tables. - Click Read More!
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Does anyone know or these bands? if so give us a shout!
Hello Blues Matters..
I was hoping to pick your vast readers knowledge of British blues. I used to help run a blues club at South bank Poly in the elephant and castle between 1969/1972. We had an awesome series of guests when I think back including Mike Cooper; Prager and Rye. Good earth( Later Mungo Jerry) Alexis Korner; Cousin James; Duster Bennett. fantastic.
People including myself used to do floor spots as well. One guy used to turn up with a little amp tied to a shopping basket type trolley and his guitar and harmoinca rack. he miked his harp through the little amp and got a superb down home sound. A bit like Doctor Ross, JB lenoir etc. He called himself Brixton Bill and I have been searching for info on him for years. Always wore a pork pie hat. he was really superb. He was bit too "authentic" for many's taste back then but I loved him. Has anyone any ideas?. Also there was an amazing band called The Nighthawks who played there often and backed other guests as well. Ever heard of them, know what they are up to now?.
Perhaps somebody reading this might know or might have come across these two acts and could let me know any info
If BM was richer the entire office would be plastered with the images at the proud gallery this evening. Unfortunately we deal in blues and poverty, and all the fantastic images of Angus and his band-mates had to stay hung on the beautifully lit walls. As far as press events go BM was a little off the beaten track with these antipodean rock royals but non- the less felt at home.
The setting of the old horse hospital adds a refreshingly unique experience this evening and creates an atmosphere rarely felt in press outings, Considering the beer was free, trips to the bar were few and far between as I pored over the history of the images and their photographer Phillip Morris. Unfortunately the Australian rock photographer wasn’t in the building for this particular exhibition. I guess his residency in much warmer climes the other side of the world stopped him from attending. As a gallery Proud succeeds in paying tribute not only to the images themselves but also to the photographers that take them.
It is rare to find a gallery that works both as a bar, venue and space for art, but proud succeeds on all counts. As far as the images go it is far more appealing to see them on the walls of proud than in publications like our own or indeed on the internet. If readers ever happen to be in Camden make sure proud galleries is on the list of destinations to check out.
Decibels, dwindling crowds and the downturn! by Richard Thomas
What’s The Point ? It’s an old church turned live music venue in the heart of Cardiff Bay. I went to a wedding there once – the matron of honour and flower girl stood for misty photographs on a spot where days later grizzled roadies probably unloaded for a Megadeth tribute band. The sisters of the bride one week, the Sisters of Mercy the next.
But no more. Mounting debts and problems with the neighbours have conspired to finish off the venue at the heart of Cardiff Bay, and as the big wooden doors close for the final time, is this indicative of a more deep seated problem and tough times ahead for local music fans?
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New Gomes Tour Dates
We're pleased to announce that Gomez will return stateside this May and June for a three week run of dates beginning on May 22 in Detroit and ending up in the hot, dusty embrace of our Bonnaroovian friends on June 12
CHECK OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ‘A NEW TIDE’ >
"Catchy, quirky, & Gomez's most experimental" - PASTE (U.S.)
"A brilliant collection of lyrical jewels embellished by colorful and unusual textural arrangements.” -Billboard Magazine
“A New Tide is an experimental record propelled by stoner-boogies, ghost choirs and cackling witch doctors” -Clash Magazine (U.K.)
NME gives 'A New Tide' 7/10
A New Tide is available in stores everywhere and online through iTunes
GOMEZ TO PLAY RED STRIPE MUSIC AWARD SHOW IN LONDON
Gomez will be headlining The Red Stripe Music Award at London's Kentish Town Forum on Tuesday May 5th. The first 100 fans through the door will be able to meet Gomez for an exclusive signing before the show. All tickets are free, but you must go to Red Stripe’s website for full details.
The final bill will be announced Monday 20th April. For more information on the Red Stripe Music Award,
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Issue 48
Issue 48 is delayed by a few days guys. There has been family problems for our editor so we are behind by a week or two.
Back for a second consecutive year, the Fast Track to FIB Heineken competition is once again offering one act the chance to perform at this year’s Benicássim festival in Spain.
Promoter Vince Power, has teamed up with creative community www.supajam.com to find Europe’s newest super-group. Having already confirmed a monumental line up including The Killers, Oasis, Kings of Leon, Franz Ferdinand, Lily Allen, Glasvegas and Paul Weller, fans have come to expect bands of the very highest calibre, so competition for a slot on the Benicássim bill will be fiercer than ever.
The contest, which launches next week on the newly designed Supajam website,
allows bands to submit their music online. A careful selection process follows (see below) before the final 5 bands battle it out at a live showdown in Piccadilly’s The Pigalle Club.
Two weeks later the winner will be performing their music on one of the most exciting festival stages in the world!!
So which act will take the fast track ticket to superstardom this year?
Who will win the gig of a lifetime?
...... The clock is ticking.
The selection process works like this....
• March 30th - May 15th – The contest launches and artists upload their tracks to the Supajam website.
• May 15th – May 30th - All tracks are released to the public on the Supajam website and the first round voting commences.
• June 1st – June 12th – The top 40 acts are revealed on the Supajam website.
• June 15th - The 5 finalists are announced.
• June 23rd - The battle of the bands at the Pigalle Club
• July 19th - The winners play at this years FIB Heineken festival!!!
All Media Enquiries Contact: - A Star PR Ltd, London
ian.roberts@astarpr.com; tom.green@astarpr.com
Tel: +44 (0) 207 836 1122
www.astarpr.com
MARK EASTON releases his new solo cd MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
The CD is number 3 on the bluesbeat charts http://www.bluesbeatradio.com/chart.html
Its album of the week on BISHOPS FM in the UK http://www.bishopsfm.com
It has picked up airplay all around the globe and has scored some glowing reviews...
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Thousands of People, 18 bands, 4 days, "The Friendliest Festival in the U.K
Hailed as “The Friendliest Festival in the UK”, a handful of grassy fields south of Chichester will again play host to a stunning line-up of World class musicians at Blues on the Farm 2009 in June.
Set in 40 acres of the beautiful Sussex Plain south of Chichester, Blues on the Farm has a big reputation and attracts thousands of festival-goers from around the UK to enjoy a wide and eclectic mix of music from some of the finest artist in their genre.
To celebrate its 18th year, 18 bands will be performing across four days from 18th to 21st June ... And there’s a real international flavour with bands coming from around the Globe including South Africa, Australia, Italy, Ireland and the US. “Now that we’ve reached 18, I wanted to fly in some of the best acts in the World and combine them with favourites from the UK music scene”, said Festival organiser Julian Moores. “All of the acts are now confirmed and booked, and I know we have one of the best line-ups in UK Blues festivals!”...
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THE MUSTANGS continue their busy Spring schedule
with gigs coming up in Bury, Cheltenham, Chichester and Leicester. The band has already played in France, Dorset and North Wales this March, but the country's hottest blues band show no signs of slowing down. Catch the Mustangs at one of these shows:
March 20th: The Met, Bury
April 2nd: Tubby's, Cheltenham
April 3rd: The Musician, Leicester
April 17th: Fountain, Chichester
April 24th: Spotted Cow, Cowplain, Hants
Earlier this month lead singer Adam Norsworthy confirmed that the band had finished writing for the new album, due for a Summer release on the Blues Matters label. He has also written a feature on the Mustang's visit to a blues festival in France, which you can find on the Blues Matters website.
For more information on the Mustangs and their forthcoming gigs, visit www.themustangs.co.uk
Tracklisting
1. Simply Red – Fairground
2. Dionne Warwick – Do You Know The Way To San Jose
3. Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe
4. The Everly Brothers – All I Have To Do Is Dream
5. Chaka Khan – I’m Every Woman
6. Sister Sledge – We Are Family
7. Ben E King – Stand By Me
8. Aretha Franklin – You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman
9. Otis Redding - My Girl
10. The Drifters – Saturday Night At The Movies
11. Maria Muldaur – Midnight At The Oasis
12. Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is
13. Peter Cetera – Glory Of Love
14. Los Lobos – La Bamba
15. Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me
16. All Saints – Pure Shores
17. The Corrs - Runaway
DENNY ILETT BAND with LILLIAN BOUTTE in session on BBC RADIO 2
Today (9th March) on the Paul Jones show, 7-8pm (UK time).
On March 23 there will be a world exclusive preview of the new MATT SCHOFIELD album on the Paul Jones show, BBC Radio 2, 7-8 pm (UK time).
You can also listen again for up to 7 days after the broadcast.
Also, MATT SCHOFIELD will be show casing the new album and new band at the 100 Club in London’s Oxford Street on March 26.
GENESIS PUBLICATIONS TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF LEGENDARY RAY CHARLES
Bill Wyman, Willie Nelson, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Tom Waits and David Ritz Among Contributors to This Unprecedented Collection
London, England…February 11, 2009 – With the five year anniversary of his death approaching in June 2009, Genesis Publications announces that it will celebrate the life of the legendary Ray Charles in a collection of never before seen photos and text on the life of the musician, featuring commentary by Bill Wyman, Willie Nelson, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Tom Waits and David Ritz, slated to be released in a high-end limited edition book March 30, 2009, in collaboration with the Ray Charles Marketing Group.
As another milestone in Charles’ iconic career, this year marks the 60th anniversary of Charles’ first music release, Confession Blues on Down Beat Records in April 1949, which reached #2 in the R&B charts. With that in mind, Genesis is pleased to be able to release this as a celebration of this tremendous landmark...
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LADY OF THE SUNSHINE ANGUS STONE’S DEBUT SOLO ALBUM
Angus Stone reveals a darker more contemplative side on the brooding rhythm and blues of his first solo album released on Flock Music on April 6th.
Angus wrote, sang and played electric and acoustic guitar on the album which he co-produced with his accomplice ‘Finn’ (Govinda Doyle) on drums and bass. Smoking Gun was recorded over 6 weeks throughout 2008 in an old water tank in the scorching hills of North QLD, Australia...
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THE BLACK CROWES ONE-OFF LONDON SHOW NOW AT O2 ACADEMY BRIXTON
News that The Black Crowes are to play a one-off show in London on Sunday 17th May created such demand from their British fans that the show has been moved to the O2 Academy Brixton.
Right from their start in 1990—with their six million-selling Shake Your Money Maker, a pivotal work that kick started an authentic style of rock and roll in America—The Black Crowes have been at odds with prevailing commercial trends. Their heady mix of '70s inflected rock, Funkadelic soul and heartfelt roots music jostled against the hair metal and high-gloss pop getting airplay at the start of that decade. While the sheer attitude and charm of "Hard To Handle," “Jealous Again,” "Twice As Hard" and “Remedy” managed to make big waves, the intervening years have seen the band steadily evolve an increasingly refined, singular sound that takes the best parts of hard rock, gospel, country, psychedelia and anything else it fancies into their hungry maw to create something several light years beyond the young men who recorded "She Talks To Angels."
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John Martyn 11th September 1948 - 29th January 2009
John Martyn Died this morning. He was earlier appointed OBE in the 2009 New Year Honours.
Confirmed Main Stage line up for Burnley National Blues Festival is as follows:
Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials - Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers
Magic Slim and the Teardrops - Kenny Neal Band
Lightnin’ Willie and the Poorboys - Earl Thomas & Paddy Milner
Doug MacLeod - Hamilton Loomis - Oli Brown
Ricky Cool and the Hoola Boola Boys - The Two Timers – Flanagan (Mark Flanagan- Jools Holland)
The Cadillac Kings - Mike Whellans – plus one TBC
Billy Powell died of a heart attack earlier today.
Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell died Wednesday morning (Jan. 28) at his condo in Orange Park, Fla., near Jacksonville, of an apparent heart attack.
Law enforcement authorities said the musician called 911 around 12:55 a.m. to report that he was having trouble breathing. Paramedics performed CPR, but Powell was pronounced dead shortly before 2 a.m. He had reportedly failed to show up Tuesday (Jan. 27) for an appointment with a heart specialist to undergo a cardiac evaluation.
In what has always been considered a guitar-based band, Powell's distinctive piano work helped define Lynyrd Skynyrd's sound and Southern rock, in general...
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THE BLACK CROWES ANNOUNCE SURPRISE PERFORMANCE AT LONDON’S FORUM
London Wednesday 28th January 2009 – America’s finest Blues-Rock outfit The Black Crowes announced today that they will return to the UK in May 2009 to play one special show at London’s Forum.
Right from their start in 1990—with their six million-selling Shake Your Money Maker, a pivotal work that kick started an authentic style of rock and roll in America—The Black Crowes have been at odds with prevailing commercial trends. Their heady mix of '70s inflected rock, Funkadelic soul and heartfelt roots music jostled against the hair metal and high-gloss pop getting airplay at the start of that decade. While the sheer attitude and charm of "Hard To Handle," “Jealous Again,” "Twice As Hard" and “Remedy” managed to make big waves, the intervening years have seen the band steadily evolve an increasingly refined, singular sound that takes the best parts of hard rock, gospel, country, psychedelia and anything else it fancies into their hungry maw to create something several light years beyond the young men who recorded "She Talks To Angels." ...
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GUITAR CHAMPIONS LAUNCH “NEW BLUES CRUSADE” TOUR
Two of Blues’ most respected guitarists – the up-and-coming Stephen Dale Petit, whose Guitararama debut was voted Guitar Magazine Album of the Year 2008 and Mick Taylor (generally regarded as the unsung hero and power behind the greatest Rolling Stones incarnation) are to delight British Blues and Rock fans this spring when the New Blues Crusade Tour hits the UK...
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