Music Maker Blues Revue is set to perform on Thursday, August 18, at 8:00 PM at Skirball Cultural Center. Music Maker Blues Revue, a rotating…
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Maggie the Pony Helps Mamadou Kelly and Ban Kai Na
Malian blues act Mamadou Kelly and Ban Kai Na ran into problems last week during their American tour when the one string of their…
View More Maggie the Pony Helps Mamadou Kelly and Ban Kai NaAmerican Troubadour: Charles Bradley, Charles Caldwell, RL Burnside
In the 20th century, a wonderful thing happened to American poetry. The recordings of musical troubadours, a singer of vernacular poetry, became very important to…
View More American Troubadour: Charles Bradley, Charles Caldwell, RL BurnsideArtist Profiles: Ahmed el Salam
Ahmed el Salam was born in Oued Souf, in the Algerian Sahara, where he learned to play the flute. Later he moved to Algiers, the…
View More Artist Profiles: Ahmed el SalamGlobal Songs about Miami Characters
Multi-ethnic band The Baboons is based in Miami and has absorbed many of the musical influences that characterize the most Latin American of US cities.…
View More Global Songs about Miami CharactersA.C. Reed & the Sparkplugs
A.C. Reed’s expressive tenor saxophone supported the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Albert Collins and Buddy Guy. His gruff and tough blues vocals were…
View More A.C. Reed & the SparkplugsBonnie Raitt at Her Best
Bonnie Raitt – Dig In Deep (Redwing Records, 2016) She’s piled up recordings like Give It Up, Takin’ My Time, Sweet Forgiveness, Nick of Time,…
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Élage Diouf – Melokáane (Pump Up The World, 2015) Quebec-based Senegalese singer-songwriter and percussionist Élage Diouf incorporates various musical traditions in his latest album titled…
View More Reflection of Élage Diouf’s Musical JourneyTwangy Feel-Good Hooks
Finnish trio Southpaw Steel’n’Twang delivers another superb set of musical pieces inspired by American roots music. The signature sound of the band is based on…
View More Twangy Feel-Good HooksSonghoy Blues, They Will Have to Kill Us First
Auditorium at University of Sheffield Student Union 26 February 2016 Where were the blues born? Were its rough-hewn riffs formed from the mud of the…
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