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Howlin' Wolf: 'I do everything the old way' – a classic interview from the vaults

5455 days ago

Guardian Music — In our latest visit to the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – we commemorate the passing of Hubert Sumlin, Howlin' Wolf's guitarist for nearly 20 years and an immeasurable influence on Eric... more info

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The vibrant joy of Robert Crumb's album covers

5471 days ago

Guardian Music — The cult cartoonist's artwork for various artists has a vividness and oomph that is almost like music in itself'Yeah I'll do your album cover, but the only thing is, when I meet Janis, I want to be able to pinch her tit." It was not perhaps the most ... more info

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Watch EMA Cover The Violent Femmes’ “Add It Up”

5508 days ago

Stereogum — EMA has pretty impeccable taste in covers: Robert Johnson, Danzig, Nirvana, “Crimson And Clover.” And on her recent covers, she’s been making like Ethan Hawke in Reality Bites and covering the Violent Femmes’ deathless sexual-frustration anth... more info

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New band of the day – No 1,122: Wise Blood

5515 days ago

Guardian Music — This Pittsburgh prodigy drags old music into the present with fantastical take on gospel and the bluesHometown: Pittsburgh.The lineup: Chris Laufman (vocals, music).The background: On Thursday we were slightly aggrieved by the way Cold Specks took ol... more info

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My favourite album: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings by Louis Armstrong

5540 days ago

Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Jon Wilde explains how Louis Armstrong's music pulled him back from the brink …Even though Louis Armstrong ultimately changed my life, I came to jazz l... more info

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The Classical #1 – Roll Over Beethoven

5546 days ago

DrownedInSound — Believe me, whatever excuses you have for not listening to classical music, I’ve already heard them, and frankly, I’m not impressed. Can anyone who sincerely loves music really afford to claim that it magically began when Robert Johnson came back... more info

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Last Lap: Tuesday’s Odds And Ends In Music News

5553 days ago

VH1 Blog — Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards Dies at 96 David “Honeyboy” Edwards, the last living link to Robert Johnson—and an accomplished blues guitarist in his own right—died of congestive heart failure yesterday morning. He scored his first hit, “D... more info

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In praise of … Delta bluesmen

5553 days ago

Guardian Music — The death, at 96, of David Honeyboy Edwards severs the last living link with the original blues of the Mississippi DeltaArthur Big Boy Crudup, Delta Blind Billy, Papa Charlie McCoy. They sound like the stuff of legend, even before you get to those wh... more info

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David Honeyboy Edwards obituary

5553 days ago

Guardian Music — Blues singer and guitarist with an enthralling style, he played with Robert JohnsonFor several years in the early 2000s, American blues enthusiasts had the opportunity to see and hear four of the music's most numinous figures on stage together in a v... more info

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