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Music: Without the Blues
If you haven't seen these two viral video clips that show us what music would be like without the blues, you need to check them out. Pure genius.
Limited Edition: Signed Duke Robillard CDs
Collectors, here's an alert that we have a very limited number of autographed copies of Stomp! The Blues Tonight, the new CD from Duke Robillard in our Blues Collectibles Store. Sales of these discs benefit, well, Duke, but sales also help keep the stream free for everyone. When they're gone, they're gone! You can also keep that stream running by picking up a T-shirt or shopping for CDs and more in our Amazon Blues Music Store.
Blues Festival Season Rolls On
Blues Festival Season is well underway. We encourage you to take in as much live music as you can, and our friends at the Blues Festival Guide make it easy. We've teamed up to get some of you, my Brethren, into a festival for FREE. I am giving away 40 pairs of tickets to blues festivals all across the continent, all summer long. For your chance to get on my personal Guest List, sign up over here.
Hey folks! Michelle Malone dropped by our studio and recorded a special version of her amazing song "Feather in a Hurricane". She's never played this song acoustically before now, and you can only listen to it here at TheBluesmobile.com!
On the Show and the Stream This Week:
This week on the Radio Hour, I am sitting down with Jorma Kaukonen.
Four great House of Blues Radio Hour shows are ready for you on the stream. Last week's Koko Taylor show is there for those of you who missed it. And there is also Treasa Levasseur, Joe Louis Walker, and Saffire- The Uppity Blues Women. Get comfortable and get listening!
Win Stuff!
Over on the Contests page, we are giving away a Delta Groove 4-Pack that includes Rod Piazza's Soul Monster, Candye Kane's Superhero, and both volumes of the All-Star Blues Revue's Live At Ground Zero. We also have some copies of Omar Kent Dykes' new record Big Town Playboy.
Joanne Shaw Taylor
"Going Home" White Sugar
Ruf Records
Joanne Shaw Taylor was just 16 years old when Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics happened to see her play guitar. Next thing she knew she was in Stewart’s band, D.U.P., playing with Stewart, Jimmy Cliff, and Prince protégé, Candy Dulfer.
Now, not yet 25, Joanne has her own terrific CD, WHITE SUGAR. She has a powerful raspy voice. And her guitar goes from shred to snarl to soar in the blink of an eye. And she writes her own songs. This young woman is going places.
Blues of the Month CD for July: Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters "Living the Light"
With Duke Robillard having been our CD of the Month for June, we stay in the Northeast in July for Ronnie Earl.
Born in Queens, Ronnie has been based in the Boston area for years, with stints with Duke's Roomful of Blues and even an Associate Professor gig at Berklee. Then of course, there are The Broadcasters. They're newest CD is called Living the Light, and we're happy to choose it as our CD of the Month for July.
As a member of the Blues of the Month Club, you'lll get a BluesMobile.com t-shirt, then a handpicked CD every month for a year. Makes a great gift.
Herbie Hancock:Head Hunters Mamie Smith: The Birth of the Blues
Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced
Sam Cooke: A Change is Gonna Come
Throughout June, we shared just some great musical contributions of African Americans as part of Black Music Month. If you haven't had the opportunity, take a listen to these short documentaries that we produced for National PubIic Radio and The National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress:
Inspired in part by Sly Stone, in 1973 Herbie Hancock set out to make a funk album. With heavy use of early synthesizers, and no guitars, the jazz/funk hybrid Head Hunters became the first platinum selling jazz album in the U.S. (And if you've ever wondered, a "Gold" album in the U.S. sells 500,000 copies, "Platinum" is 1,000,000 copies sold)
Check out our previous Black Music Month podcasts featuring Mamie Smith, Jimi Hendrix, and Sam Cooke. You can also visit our sister-site ThePodcastPage.com for more great stories.
We've heard from more than 58 countries and territories so far. The map below shows some of our recent listeners (scroll over the targets to see cities and countries):
Video of the Week
Jorma Kaukonen teaches "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning" in a short segment from his Homespun Tapes DVD. Learn to play guitar like Jorma!
Janiva Magness, Buddy Guy, B.B. King Lead 2009 Blues Music Awards Winners
The 30th Blues Music Awards took place Thursday May 7 in Memphis- here's the full list of winners in all 26 categories:
2009 Blues Music Awards Winners:
Acoustic Album of the Year
Eden Brent - Mississippi Number One Winner
Rory Block - Blues Walkin' Like a Man
Paul Rishell & Annie Raines - A Night in Woodstock
Hans Theessink & Terry Evans - Visions
Fiona Boyes, Mookie Brill & Rich Del Grosso - Live from Bluesville
Acoustic Artist of the Year
Doug MacLeod
Rory Block
Otis Taylor
Paul Rishell & Annie Raines
Eden Brent Winner
Album of the Year
The Mannish Boys - Lowdown Feelin'
Curtis Salgado - Clean Getaway
Buddy Guy - Skin Deep Winner
Janiva Magness - What Love Will Do
Elvin Bishop - The Blues Rolls On
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
Janiva Magness Winner
Watermelon Slim
Bobby Rush
Lil' Ed
Magic Slim
Band of the Year
Magic Slim & the Teardrops
Nick Moss & the Flip Tops
The Mannish Boys
Watermelon Slim & the Workers
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials Winner
Best New Artist Debut
Chris James and Patrick Rynn - Stop and Think About It
Delta Highway - The Devil Had a Woman
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm - 2 Man Wrecking Crew Winner
The Homemade Jamz Blues Band - Pay Me No Mind
Eden Brent - Mississippi Number One
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
Elvin Bishop - The Blues Rolls On
Watermelon Slim & the Workers - No Paid Holidays
Janiva Magness - What Love Will Do
Sean Costello - We Can Get Together
Buddy Guy - Skin Deep Winner
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
Gaye Adegbalola
Marcia Ball
Robin Rogers
Bettye LaVette
Janiva Magness Winner
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
Michael Burks
Elvin Bishop
Sean Costello
Watermelon Slim
Buddy Guy Winner
DVD
Broke & Hungry Records, Cathead Blues & Mudpuppy Recordings - M For Mississippi: A Road Trip Through The Birthplace of the Blues Winner
Eagle Eye Media - Albert Collins Live at Montreux 1992
Eagle Eye Media - Carlos Santana Plays Blues At Montreux 2004
Stony Plain Records - Ronnie Earl & Broadcasters - Hope Radio Sessions
Delmark Records - Little Arthur Duncan Live at Rosa's Blues Lounge
Historical Album of the Year
Eagle Records - Albert Collins Live At Montreux 1992 Winner
Jamie Records - Barbara Lynn: The Jamie Singles 1962-1965
Delmark Records - On Highway 80 (Sleepy John Estes)
Ruf Records - Rich Man's War: New Blues & Roots Songs of Peace and Protest (Various Artists)
TopCat Records - Hollywood Fats & the Paladins Live 1985
Instrumentalist-Bass
Bob Stroger
Mookie Brill Winner
Larry Taylor
Bill Stuve
Jeff Turmes
Instrumentalist-Drums
Cedric Burnside
Richard Innes
Jimi Bott
Tony Braunagel
Kenny Smith
Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith Winner
Instrumentalist-Guitar
Sonny Landreth Winner
Lurrie Bell
Michael Burks
Kid Ramos
Ronnie Earl
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Steve Guyger
Billy Gibson Winner
Mark Hummel
Jason Ricci
Rick Estrin
Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith
Instrumentalist-Horn
Deanna Bogart Winner
Kaz Kazanoff
Terry Hanck
Keith Crossan
Doug James
Instrumentalist-Other
Johnny Sansone - Accordion
Bob Brozman - Mandolin, Ukulele
Otis Taylor - Banjo Winner
Rich Del Grosso - Mandolin
Gerry Hundt - Mandolin
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Henry Butler
David Maxwell
Eden Brent
Bruce Katz
Marcia Ball Winner
Rock Blues Album of the Year
Jeff Healey - Mess of Blues Winner
Sonny Landreth - From the Reach
Michael Burks - Iron Man
Gary Moore - Bad for You Baby
Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Blood Brothers
Walter Trout - The Outsider
Song of the Year
Dave Duncan & Curtis Salgado - 20 Years of B. B. King (Curtis Salgado)
Kenny Neal - Let Life Flow (Kenny Neal) Winner
Elvin Bishop - The Blues Rolls On (Elvin Bishop)
Albert Castiglia - Bad Year Blues (Albert Castiglia)
Sonny Landreth - Blue Tarp Blues (Sonny Landreth)
Soul Blues Album of the Year
Irma Thomas - Simply Grand Winner
Curtis Salgado - Clean Getaway
Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band - Overnight Sensation
Clarence Spady - Just Between Us
Johnny Rawls - Red Cadillac
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
Sharrie Williams
Irma Thomas
Jean Shy
Etta James Winner
Denise LaSalle
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
Tad Robinson
Bobby Rush Winner
Jackie Payne
Johnny Rawls
Curtis Salgado
Traditional Blues Album of the Year
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials - Full Tilt
B.B. King - One Kind Favor Winner
Honeyboy Edwards - Roamin' and Ramblin'
Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater - West Side Strut
The Mannish Boys - Lowdown Feelin'
Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
Koko Taylor Winner
Maria Muldaur
Nora Jean Bruso
Diunna Greenleaf
Ruthie Foster
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
B.B. King Winner
Lurrie Bell
Magic Slim
Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater
Honeyboy Edwards
The Blues Festival Season never really ends -- it's time to start thinking about a Blues Cruise! Visit our friends at the Blues Festival Guide!
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