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    May 27, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  1. Fabulous Thunderbirds show the best of what Levitt Pavilion's all about

    Lehigh Valley Music
    For the myriad things great about the Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks on the ArtsQuest campus in South Bethlehem, the one bad thing – that it’s uncovered and the shows are held rain or shine – threatened the Saturday’s opening of the.....
    2. May 20, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. A heated discussion on 'Race, Gender & the Blues'

    The blues – born of the black experience in Africa, America and across the diaspora – is slipping away from the people who created it. An art form historically defined by African-American artists has become homogenized, with white performers and entrepreneurs increasingly enjoying the rewards of a music invented by others.
    The blues – born of the black experience in Africa, America and across the diaspora – is slipping away from the people who created it. An art form historically defined by African-American artists has become homogenized, with white performers...

    Tags: Dominican University, Artists, Minority Groups, Music Industry, Grammy Awards

    3. Mar 22, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. U. of C.'s big muse on campus

    Ten years in the making and $114 million to build, the new Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago will loom large in Hyde Park — and probably well beyond.
    Ten years in the making and $114 million to build, the new Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago will loom large in Hyde Park — and probably well beyond. Nothing quite like it, in fact, ever has arisen in the Chicago...

    Tags: Artists, Hyde Park, Colleges and Universities, South Chicago, Tod Williams

    4. Feb 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Red Holloway dies at 84; Versatile L.A. jazz saxophonist

    Red Holloway, a tenor and alto saxophonist who was one of Los Angeles' most highly regarded jazz artists for more than four decades, died Saturday in San Luis Obispo. He was 84.
    Red Holloway, a tenor and alto saxophonist who was one of Los Angeles' most highly regarded jazz artists for more than four decades, died Saturday in San Luis Obispo. He was 84. The cause was kidney failure, complicated by several strokes, according to...

    Tags: Lionel Hampton, Jazz (genre), B.B. King, Sonny Rollins, Joe Williams

    5. Jan 20, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. An Appreciation: Etta James

    Pop & Hiss
    Etta James appreciation: Simple lyrics took on deeper meaning when sung by Etta James. Her unmatched song styling helped bring West Coast R&B to prominence....
    6. Dec 19, 2011 |Story| WPMT-LTV

  6. Harrisburg faith leaders hold prayer vigil for victims of gun violence

    Members of the Harrisburg Chapter of Heeding God's Call led a prayer vigil in memory of two people who lost their lives to gun violence last week.
    Multi-Media Journalist
    Members of the Harrisburg Chapter of Heeding God's Call led a prayer vigil in memory of two people who lost their lives to gun violence last week. The vigil was held on the 100 block of Beaver Road in Paxtonia, where 31-year-old Travis Vogelsong was shot...
    7. Feb 12, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. The creative stew that was Bronzeville

    On Nov. 22, 1981, the Rolling Stones paid tribute to black history at the Checkerboard Lounge on East 43rd Street. In town for concerts at the then-Rosemont Horizon, the famed rock group made a pilgrimage to the South Side, where their musical style and name were born. They shared the blues joint's tiny stage with Muddy Waters, whose song &quot;Mannish Boy" had the refrain: <i>"I'm a rollin' stone."</i>
    On Nov. 22, 1981, the Rolling Stones paid tribute to black history at the Checkerboard Lounge on East 43rd Street. In town for concerts at the then-Rosemont Horizon, the famed rock group made a pilgrimage to the South Side, where their musical style and...

    Tags: Chester Arthur "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, Chicago Loop, Bronzeville, Keith Richards, Concerts

    8. Jan 16, 2012 |Story| WGN-TV

  8. 75 Years Young: This is Buddy Guy

    If there's such a sound as &quot;authentic" Chicago blues, there's one player, one man, one artist who still delivers that musical genre like no one else. Buddy Guy is now the nation's most influential blues guitarist. He's won six Grammys, he's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he owns a blues club that has become a top Chicago tourist attraction. As Steve Sanders reports, at the age of 75, this is Buddy Guy.
    WGN News
    If there's such a sound as "authentic" Chicago blues, there's one player, one man, one artist who still delivers that musical genre like no one else. Buddy Guy is now the nation's most influential blues guitarist. He's won six Grammys, he's in the Rock...

    Tags: Folklore and Mythology, Chester Arthur "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, Music, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Jeff Beck

    9. Sep 21, 2011 |Story| Zap2It

  9. 'House' star Hugh Laurie explores New Orleans' blues tradition

    Zap2It
    Hugh Laurie's got the blues -- and he wouldn't have it any other way. The British-born actor may be best known to millions in the title role of the hit Fox medical drama "House," but Laurie fans have known for years that he has formidable musical chops...

    Tags: Artists, Fine Arts, Music Industry, Allen Toussaint, Television

    10. Aug 30, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. David 'Honeyboy' Edwards dies at 96; Chicago bluesman

    David &quot;Honeyboy" Edwards, the son of a sharecropper, the grandson of a slave and &#8212; for an extraordinary 80-plus years &#8212; the voice of the Delta blues, died Monday at his home in Chicago, said his longtime manager, Michael Frank. He was 96 and had been in declining health with heart problems.
    David "Honeyboy" Edwards, the son of a sharecropper, the grandson of a slave and — for an extraordinary 80-plus years — the voice of the Delta blues, died Monday at his home in Chicago, said his longtime manager, Michael Frank. He was 96 and...

    Tags: Fine Arts, Robert Johnson, Music Industry, Physical Conditions, Joe Williams

    11. Aug 29, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. 'He's the last of the bluesmen'

    He was the son of a sharecropper, the grandson of a slave and -- for an extraordinary 80-plus years -- the voice of the Delta blues.
    He was the son of a sharecropper, the grandson of a slave and -- for an extraordinary 80-plus years -- the voice of the Delta blues. David "Honeyboy" Edwards picked cotton and pulled corn on Mississippi Delta plantations from age 9, living the hard...

    Tags: Awards and Prizes, Robert Johnson, Music, Music Industry, Entertainment Events

    12. Jun 5, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. 21st century blues -- can an ancestral art form survive?

    <strong></strong>You can't find the blues on radio very easily these days, unless you hunt low down on the dial in the small hours of the morning.
    You can't find the blues on radio very easily these days, unless you hunt low down on the dial in the small hours of the morning. Same with TV -- a vast wasteland, as far as real blues is concerned. Record stores -- remember those? -- no longer can...

    Tags: Chester Arthur "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, Etta James, Music Industry, Music, Entertainment Events

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