Blues Music News--4.14.12

Musicians introduce area students to rich history of American blues Florida Times-Union Musicians the world over play blues music because it's fun. But blues music is an American art form that led to other musical styles, including jazz, country, and rock and roll. Those were some of the facts that Discovery Montessori students learned ... See all stories on this topic »

Music Review: Geoff Achison & The Souldiggers -Little Big Men Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) After spending time performing with Melbourne blues outfits, Achison spread his wings in the mid-1990s. Jumping from continent to continent, he built musical bases in both the states and England. Becoming a favorite of critics and fellow bluesmen, ... See all stories on this topic »

Free entry, good music draw crowds to French Quarter Fest Reuters From late morning until 9 pm each day, nearly two dozen music stages scattered from Bourbon Street to the riverfront promenade known as Woldenberg Riverfront Park offer Louisiana music, ranging from jazz, blues, Dixieland and R&B to Cajun, ... See all stories on this topic »

Eden Brent to showcase her piano blues 'n' boogie at Chickie Wah Wah NOLA.com By Keith Spera, The Times-Picayune Boogie-woogie and blues pianist Eden Brent hails from Greenville, Miss., but she picks up her musical cues along the Mississippi River from Memphis to New Orleans. Blues 'n' boogie pianist Eden Brent visits Chickie ... See all stories on this topic » NOLA.com

Coachella 2012: Black Keys bring hard garage rock to the main stage Los Angeles Times As guitar slinger Gary Clark Jr. proved earlier in the day, there's no arguing with a master blues rock player, someone who can channel chords and licks that have been seemingly done to death -- after all, how many combinations of progressions could ... See all stories on this topic »

Weekend Round-Up: MayJah RayJah, Jazz & Blues, Keiki Fest Maui Now Front Street Jazz & Blues Walk Friday, April 13 – Sunday, April 15 at participating venues on Front Street in Lahaina. Maui Jazz Society presents the Second Annual 2012 Front Street Jazz & Blues Walk, a musical 'pub crawl' where jazz and blues lovers ... See all stories on this topic » Maui Now

Daffodils, fairies, blues festival and more happenings this weekend TheNewsTribune.com (blog) The final city is Orting with a start time of 5 pm traveling on Washington Ave. from Bridge St. N. and finishing at Leber St. As soon as the last Daffodil Parade float has left Tacoma on Saturday, head on up to the Gray Sky Blues Music Festival at The ... See all stories on this topic » TheNewsTribune.com (blog)

5 Things To Do Today: Arlo Guthrie, Gray Sky Blues, Bill of Rights hug, Gritty ... Weekly Volcano (blog) Directly following the Daffodil Parade this morning, the Tacoma Events Commission and South Sound Blues Association will host the Gray Sky Blues Music Festival at venues all over Tacoma, like The Swiss, Stonegate Pizza, the Harmon Brewery and Cutter's ... See all stories on this topic »

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Weekly Blues Music Report: Top of the Chart Upset! The ol' Reverend's skills at seeing into the future just ain't what they used to be folks, 'cause last week I made the prediction that B.B. King would sit atop the ... blues.about.com/.../weekly-blues-music-report-top-of-the-char...