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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 08:14 pm

Blues News

News on Blues continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

6 hrs ago | Inside Bay Area

For many, Hayward is home of West Coast blues

Terry "Big T" Williams pours his blues out over a swaying crowd, music and sweat rolling off him, green guitar howling.

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Related Topix: Delta State University, Alameda County, CA, Hayward, CA, Blues

14 hrs ago | Village Soup

Forget the Blues

ROCKLAND : Nope, this isn't referring to the Blues Festival 'cause am heading down there myself right after sending this in.

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Related Topix: Rockland, ME, Blues

23 hrs ago | The Georgia Straight

Tinsley Ellis shed blood en route to blues mastery

Like many of today's top blues-rock guitarists, Tinsley Ellis was hugely influenced by the six-string action of the early Rolling Stones.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Rolling Stones, Red Rooster, Willie Dixon, Atlanta Metro, Stevie Ray Vaughan

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Worcester News

Blues festival hits all the right notes

THE 7th annual Upton Blues Festival is in full swing. The hugely popular free festival, which starts today and runs until Sunday, will attract thousands of music lovers to the riverside town of ...

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Related Topix: Blues

India eNews

Shiv Sena actvists planning to hold prayers at Taj

Shiv Sena activists Friday announced plans to hold Hindu religious ceremonies at the Taj Mahal even as preparations began for the urs of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan later this month.

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Related Topix: Religion, Hindu, Taj Mahal

Yakima Herald-Republic

Blues greats Salgado, Bishop added to fair lineup

Northwest blues icon Curtis Salgado and blues-rock guitar great Elvin Bishop have been added to this year's lineup of main stage entertainment at the Central Washington State Fair, which runs Sept.

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Related Topix: Curtis Salgado, Elvin Bishop, The Blues Brothers

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Buenos Aires Herald

Chicago blues scene wanes

Blues guitar virtuosos and honey-voiced singers filled the Chicago streets with music during the 1950s.

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Related Topix: Willie Dixon

Bowie Star

Brunswick happy to get the blues

The Frederick Blues Society is preparing to bring its annual one-day festival to Brunswick for the first time this weekend.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, The Nighthawks, Blues

KLFY-TV Lafayette

R&B singer Carbo dead

Hayward "Chuck" Carbo, whose ultra-smooth baritone fronted the 1950s quintet the Spiders - a group that made artists around the world aware of New Orleans rhythm & blues - died July 11 after a long illness, ...

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Related Topix: Aaron Neville, Soul, Dr. John

ContactMusic.com

Rumer Willis - Willis Takes Criticism on the Chin

Caption: Rumer Willis The Power of Paws launch held at the Helen Mills Theater New York City, USA .... RUMER WILLIS has hit back at critics who have mocked her prominent chin, insisting the imperfection makes ...

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Related Topix: Bruce Willis

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Myrtle Beach Online

'Dirty Harry' left a smudge on film and society too

For good or for ill, Clint Eastwood's five Dirty Harry films, which have been released in a new seven-disc DVD boxed set by Warner Home Video , have done more to define today's cop movie than virtually any ...

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Related Topix: Clint Eastwood, Film Noir, Magnum Force, Thriller, Sudden Impact, Crime Movies, Drama, Action, The Enforcer, Bruce Willis

Tue Jul 15, 2008

www.dailytimesleader.com | Just Roots PR

Plans underway for 2008 Howlin' Wolf festival

The Howlin' Wolf Blues Society of West Point announced today the line-up, tickets and t-shirts sales/information for the 13th Annual Howlin' Wolf Memorial Blues Festival, to be held Friday, Aug.

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Related Topix: Greenville, MS, West Point, MS, Prairie, MS

Hindustan Times

Fancy the Taj in your living room? 3D's here

Ever fancied bringing red poppies, sturdy bamboo, the Eiffel Tower or, for matter, the Taj Mahal onto your living space walls? French company Plage promises you just that with its 3D motifs it has introduced in ...

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Related Topix: Taj Mahal, World News, India,

Journal Gazette

Deep blues musician here tonight

Mississippi-born blues musician T-Model Ford will perform at 9 p.m. today at the Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway.

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Related Topix: T-Model Ford, Christie Brinkley

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Orbitcast

XM signs on BB King

BB King is planning to host his very own weekly blues show for XM. So in anticipation of King's hosting debut, today XM relaunched its blues channel "Bluesville" as "BB King's Bluesville." Starting in ...

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, B.B. King

Sun Jul 13, 2008

www.dailygazette.com | Just Roots PR

Electric City Blues Festival is a setting for stellar performances

Neal's brilliant "Let Life Flow" album sketches a funky roadmap from loss to recovery, but high spirits reigned onstage.

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Related Topix: Kenny Neal, Howlin' Wolf, Red Rooster, Blues

www.hackinthebox.org | Just Roots PR

Dell Colludes with RIAA, Disables Stereo Mix without Forewarning

Details of Dell's surreptitious collusion with RIAA have emerged. Apparently, the computer manufacturer disabled the Stereo Mix/Mono Mix/Wave Out sound recording function on certain notebooks to assuage RIAA.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Open Source Software, Linux

p2p.weblogsinc.com | Just Roots PR

More Data On Digital Sales Shows RIAA Claims As False

I recently blogged about the RIAA's new public message that P2P file-sharing has been contained , and how the real truth is P2P file-sharing is still on the rise .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, P2P

www.associatedcontent.com | Just Roots PR

How Video is Changing Social Networking

For years, social networking has been evolving. In the beginning, it was nothing more than message boards.

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Related Topix: Social Software

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