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VIDEO: LIVING COLOUR PERFORM ROBERT JOHNSON’S “PREACHIN’ BLUES” AT THE APOLLO THEATER IN NEW YORK

4641 days ago

Metalsucks — Earlier this week, The Blues Hall of Fame held an all-star benefit concert, dubbed “Robert Johnson at 100,” at the Apollo Theater here in New York. In case the title didn’t give it away, the concert featured a whole mess of cool artists — in... more info

New music: ZZ Ward – Overdue

4641 days ago

Guardian Music — A blues-rap gem that shows this ZZ is topZZ Ward refers to her sound – a bluesy take on hip-hop – as "dirty shine", likening it to "backyard sauce that's so pure but so hard to swallow". Raised on a musical diet of Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters... more info

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What's going on Tuesday?

4644 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — Fanfarlo @ Glasslands in 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * Charlene Kaye @ S.O.B.'s * Steve Reich @ BAM * Robert Johnson @ 100 @ Apollo * Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes * Paul Kelly @ Rockwood... more info

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What's going on Monday?

4645 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * naked people @ UCB * Hot Tub @ Littlefield * Swingadelic @ Maxwell's * Bjork @ Roseland Ballroom * Daytona, Fenster @ Cake Shop * Robert Johnson @ City Winery *... more info

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Barack Obama sings the blues, confidently

4657 days ago

Guardian Music — US president's refrain of Sweet Home Chicago reveals a confident voice, albeit a little awkward and straining on the high notesThere's nothing new in Democratic presidents taking to the stage. So it should come as no surprise that Barack Obama succum... more info

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Ian Spink obituary

4726 days ago

Guardian Music — Expert on 17th-century English musicThe musicologist Ian Spink's studies of English 17th-century music, from both before and after the civil war, particularly of song and church music, greatly enhanced our understanding of this period. Ian, who has ... more info

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Roots playing Okayplayer holiday party & Robert Johnson's birthday (but not whatever they want on Fallon anymore)

4727 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — The Roots on the Intrepid (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) The Roots and "special surprise guests" will celebrate the holdays at their 5th Annual Okayplayer Holiday Jam, which goes down at Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday (12/15), followed by the usual Questl... more info

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

4735 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

4751 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”

4788 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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VIDEO: LIVING COLOUR PERFORM ROBERT JOHNSON’S “PREACHIN’ BLUES” AT THE APOLLO THEATER IN NEW YORK

New music: ZZ Ward – Overdue

What's going on Tuesday?

What's going on Monday?

Barack Obama sings the blues, confidently

Ian Spink obituary

Roots playing Okayplayer holiday party & Robert Johnson's birthday (but not whatever they want on Fallon anymore)

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

The vibrant joy of Robert Crumb's album covers

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

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