Blues Music News--3.31.12

Destination music: The best festivals you never heard of San Jose Mercury News Passionate fans are willing to journey across thousands of miles and drop thousands of dollars to see their favorite artists and submerge themselves in their preferred musical genres. The marquee festivals -- like Montreal Jazz, Chicago Blues, ... See all stories on this topic »

Irma Thomas honored today with bronze statue in New Orleans' Musical Legends Park Something Else! Reviews Blues belter Irma Thomas, who shot to fame with soulful 1960s-era renditions of "(You Can Have My Husband but) Don't Mess with My Man," "It's Raining" and "Time Is On My Side," will be honored today with a new bronze statue at Musical Legends Park in ... See all stories on this topic »

Seattle Rep to Stage Good People and Premiere of Pullman Porter Blues Playbill.com West's blues-infused play with music, Pullman Porter Blues, will open the season Sept. 27-Oct. 28. A co-production with Arena Stage, it was first developed as part of Seattle Rep's New Play Program. Here's how it's billed: "Set in 1937, ... See all stories on this topic »

Blind blues stars craft album 'without borders' AFP Their music is a mix of West African instruments like the kora and balafon and western pop and blues elements, a reflection of traditional Mali sounds and the Pink Floyd and James Brown records from their youth. They named their latest and eighth album ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Black Keys, Blondie and Funky Meters play free show this afternoon NOLA.com Here are more music options for Saturday, March 31, and beyond. Search for more events in our event tracker. Evan Agostini/The Associated PressGuitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys performing at Madison Square Garden on March 12 in New York ... See all stories on this topic » NOLA.com

Willis Earl Beal & Cold Specks: the new new old things The Guardian They both have a penchant – unusually, perhaps, for a couple of twentysomethings – for making the sort of music that folk and R&B historian Alan Lomax would have had a field day recording, and they both sing in voices that are distinctly bluesy, ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Events in Westchester New York Times PEEKSKILL 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar Harmonium, world. April 1 at 6 pm No cover. Jon Cobert, pop. April 5 at 8:30 pm No cover. Rhonda Denét and the Bad Cats, R&B. April 6 at 9:30 pm $5. Petey Hop, blues. April 7 at 9:30 pm $5 and $10. See all stories on this topic »

Rocketown aims to 'reach people church can't reach' Sun-Sentinel By James D. Davis, Staff writer In the darkened hall, the music is almost tangible. It hits your chest, beats on your ears. The three bands playing tonight's concert veer from blues to prog-rock to post-hardcore, loud to deafening. See all stories on this topic » Sun-Sentinel

Tedeschi Trucks brings amazing wall of sound to Clay Center Charleston Gazette Friday night, the 11-piece Trucks Tedeschi Band unleashed a seemingly endless barrage of music, a scarcely broken string of blues, soul, blue-eyed soul, Southern rock and funky jam. It's hard to say whether the near-capacity crowd knew what it was ... See all stories on this topic »

Rascals sing the bleus Inquirer.net Finally, Leobrera had discovered music that spoke to him and for him, music that allowed him to express all of the mixed feelings and emotions that had been festering inside him. He knew what John Lee Hooker meant when he sang that "blues is the healer ... See all stories on this topic »

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Marker's Weekend Live Blues Pick(s) She won the coveted 2009 Blues Music Award for B.B. King Entertainer of the Year (she is only the second woman to ever win this award, Koko Taylor being the ... wxrt.radio.com/2012/03/.../markers-weekend-live-blues-picks-...

Music From The Soul With Singer And Blues Guitarist, Susan Tedeschi One of my favorite blues musicians on the scene today is Susan Tedeschi. Tedeschi has a ... mikesguitartalk.com/.../music-from-the-soul-with-singer-and-b...