Blues Music News--3.26.12

Indie Music Channel Awards Nominates Stevie Hawkins For Two Blues Awards Music Indistry News Network Indie Music Channel Awards has nominated Stevie Hawkins for two awards in the blues category for "Best Male Blues Artist" and "Best Blues Live Performance". The nominations were determined by a panel of music industry judges, and were based upon the ... See all stories on this topic »

Severn Records Signs Blues Artists Bryan Lee & Ursula Ricks Grateful Web Many years later, Shepherd would return the favor by including Lee in his documentary, 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads. Lee, whose New Orleans studio became a victim of Hurricane Katrina's wrath, was later nominated for a Blues Music Award for ... See all stories on this topic » Grateful Web

BLUES TIME Williamsport Sun-Gazette Asked what drew him to the blues, Sechrist didn't hesitate. "It's music coming from the heart. The first year I went, a lady performed on stage and was crying as she sang." For writer and longtime blues enthusiast Bill Wilson, who sported a goatee and ... See all stories on this topic »

Capital District says farewell to blues legend Ernie Williams (with video) The Saratogian "You've got all the slick musicians in town, the ones who know how to dress and then you have the little old ladies here," said saxophone player and Williams' band musical director Charlie Vatalaro. "You never would have thought you'd see them in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Two Days of Singing, Swinging to Jazz, the Get-Down Blues Famuan By Denecah Nickerson The 21st Annual Tallahassee Jazz & Blues Festival brought swing music, jazz, blues and a little bit of rock 'n' roll to the city. Tallahassee Museum hosted the two-day festival that featured talent from Tallahassee, Thomasville and ... See all stories on this topic »

Photos: Remembering Ernie Williams Albany Times Union 29, 1999--SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY--Capitol region Blues legend Ernie Williams plays a tune for music and race fans during Travers day festivites at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs , Saturday August 29, 1999. (DG) Times Union staff photo by ... See all stories on this topic »

Savannah Music Fest: Tel Aviv's genre-spanning Acollective heads to Trustees Savannah Morning News "We all come from Tel Aviv, but Israel is a pretty diverse place. Our drummer used to be involved in the local punk and metal scene. The other lead singer was in country blues. "I played classical music for 20 years," Ravinovici adds. See all stories on this topic »

Kentuck offers introduction to blues The University of Alabama Crimson White "An Introduction to the Blues" will propel its audience from blues' roots in Africa and 1930s sharecropping to the progressive sounds they hear today. The program is usually used in schools, and ABP has even traveled to Iowa to share their musical ... See all stories on this topic »

Blogs

Umphrey's McGee: House of Blues, Hollywood, CA 3/16/12 - Glide ... By Glide Magazine It has been printed that Umphrey's McGee best describe their music as "heavy, not hippie". After their most recent trip to Southern California, where they played at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, their music might best be described as ... Glide Magazine - Music :: Culture...

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Weekly Blues Music Report: Anthony Gomes' Big Debut About.com Weekly Blues Music Report featuring Billboard Top Ten blues albums. blues.about.com/.../weekly-blues-music-report-anthony-gomes...

Blues Music Explosion 03/24 by Conservative T and T | Blog Talk ... Tonight on the show i will be playing music from the 50s to todays music hits. Hope to ... and check out my music page pn facebook.com/Blues Music Explosion ... www.blogtalkradio.com/conservativett/.../blues-music-explosi...