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

4795 days ago
Guardian MusicThis 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

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

4820 days ago
Guardian MusicOur 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

The Classical #1 – Roll Over Beethoven

4826 days ago
DrownedInSoundBelieve 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

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

4832 days ago
VH1 BlogDelta 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

In praise of … Delta bluesmen

4832 days ago
Guardian MusicThe 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

David Honeyboy Edwards obituary

4833 days ago
Guardian MusicBlues 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

Bluesman David 'Honey Boy' Edwards is dead at 96

4833 days ago
TopixBlues musician David "Honey Boy" Edward s, whose roots stretched back to blues legend Robert Johnson, has died. more info

Pop music's mavericks: 'I might install speakers in my jacket'

4865 days ago
Guardian MusicIn the conformist age of Simon Cowell and the overhyped indie band, is there still room for the maverick in music? Dave Simpson tracks down pop's most eccentric acts and eventsThe artistLewis Floyd Henry, electric one-man bandIt's early evening in Br... more info

M4ssimili4no P4gliar4 - F0cus F0r Infinity

4872 days ago
We Like it Lossless!Live at Robert Johnson / 2011Debut album from the former Balihu and Meakusma contributor. Fans of the slow sound should be on this in an instant. M.P. has got the chug on lock, keeping the tempo around a sensually sub-110bpm over 13 tracky grooves in... more info

Madeleine Peyroux – review

4882 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonSomething curious happened around 15 minutes into this gig, the only UK performance by New York pop-jazz vocalist Madeleine Peyroux to promote her new album, Standing on the Rooftop. A couple sitting a few rows from the front got u... more info

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