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Deva Mahal, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton join Bettye LaVette and others at inaugural Highmark Blues & Heritage Festival
We weren’t able to catch much of the inaugural edition of the Highmark Blues & Heritage Festival that took place at the August Wilson Center in downtown Pittsburgh this past weekend, but the few acts we did manage to see … Continue reading
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Tagged Bettye LaVette, Billy Price, Deva Mahal, Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton, John Scofield, Rev. Shawn Amos, Rodd Bland, Teeny Tucker
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Keb’ Mo’, Bettye LaVette, Warren Haynes and others pay tribute to King of the Slide Guitar on Strange Angels: In Flight with Elmore James
Recently, we told you about a 100th birthday set celebrating blues singer and guitarist John Lee Hooker. While that extensive collection consisted of Hooker’s own recordings from throughout his career, this centennial tribute to blues slide guitarist extraordinaire Elmore James … Continue reading
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Tagged Bettye LaVette, Billy Gibbons, Elmore James, Keb Mo, Mollie Marriott, Peter Parcek, Rick Holmstrom, Tom Jones, Warren Haynes
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Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland, John Primer among blues nominees for 58th Annual Grammy Awards
As usual, there weren’t nearly as many blues names as we would have liked when the nominations for the 58th annual GRAMMY Awards were announced yesterday, but here’s a look at the few lucky blues men, women, and projects that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bettye LaVette, Buddy Guy, Cedric Burnside, John Primer, Jon Cleary, Mavis Staples, Shemekia Copeland
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