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Blues Queen Koko Taylor Dies -

"The Queen of the Blues", Koko Taylor, died today (June 3) in her hometown of Chicago following complications in surgery. It is believed the complications stemmed from a previous operation on May 19th to correct a gastrointestinal bleed. The Grammy Award-winning singer was 80 years old.

It was only a month...

Johnny Winter -

Texas blues guitar legend JOHNNY WINTER has been confirmed for this year’s Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden.

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Podcast features words and music of Buddy Guy -

As part of Black History Month, Legacy Recordings has posted a number of podcasts from great African-American artists. (OK, Black History Month was in February, but you can still listen to the interviews anyway!)For blues fans, the Buddy Guy podcasts are especially interesting. Hosted by journalist Anthony DeCurtis,...

Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down -

When Ry Cooder recorded his first two albums, collections of songs by the likes of Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie that evoked the desperate times of the Great Depression, he could scarcely have imagined that 40 years later he’d be singing of the same old problems, but...

One Kind Favor - Theres little more that can be said about B.B. King and his vast career spanning over six decades. Every few years or so he tenders something new, something revitalising, something tangible for all listeners who devote their time to his music. In the past few journeys, he allowed...

Stevie Ray Vaughan: Couldn’t Stand the Weatherâ€ÂLegacy Edition -

Like any sophomore album by a new sensation, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s 1984 Couldn’t Stand the Weather asked whether a knockout debutâ€"in his case the previous year’s Texas Flood â€"was a fluke or truly a harbinger of greatness. Vaughan’s follow up suggested that he was both: a charismatic guitarist of uncommon...

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