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Entries in blues (9)

Thursday
Dec082011

The Golden Record: Voyager's Deep Space Playlist

What music did people back in 1977 feel would best represent Earth to an alien lifeform?

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Thursday
Mar312011

Birthday Blips: Amos Milburn

Boogie woogie is a branch of blues music with a sound and spirit focusing on having a good time.

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Monday
Mar212011

Birthday Blips: Son House


“Oh, I went in my room, I bowed down to pray / Till the blues come along, and they blowed my spirit away.”

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Sunday
Mar202011

Birthday Blip: Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe's pick-work is up there with the best, exploring new sounds with the instrument that led to the inception and development of rock and roll.

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Saturday
Mar122011

Birthday Blips: Leonard Chess

By NessterOne of the major contributors to the development and spread of American popular music, especially electric blues and early rock and roll, was not born in America, nor a musician.

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Sunday
Feb272011

Birthday Blips: John Fahey

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But once I did hear Fahey play, I felt an immediate connection to his sound, which is best described as an entire orchestra soulfully ringing from one lone instrument.

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Saturday
Jan292011

Birthday Blips: Jonny Lang

Gather round and let me tell you the legend of a man they call Peetie Wheatstraw.

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Thursday
Jan202011

Birthday Blips: Led Belly

An icon of old folk and blues, he was one of the many musicians discovered and recorded by Smithsonian folklorist Alan Lomax in the 1930s.

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Wednesday
Jan192011

Birthday Blips: Janis Joplin

One thing I can say about Janis is something I can only say of a handful of artists--I remember perfectly the first time I heard her music.

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