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Wednesday Oct 28 | Macleans

Top 5 spooky places

Every experienced traveller has stories of places or experiences that left them feeling strangely unsettled.

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Related Topix: Clarksdale, MS, Blues, Philippines, World News

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Mahalia Jackson

IMAGES Mahalia Jackson, 1961.[Credits : The Bettmann Archive] Main American singer born Oct.

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Related Topix: Gospel, Mahalia Jackson, Chicago Metro, Blues

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Acoustic Guitar

Mary Flower Interview and Lesson

Internationally known singer and guitarist Mary Flower is highly regarded for her mastery of Piedmont blues, a syncopated, ragtime-influenced fingerpicking style that originated in the early 20th century in the southeastern United States.

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Related Topix: Mary Flower, Blues, Portland, OR, Big Bill Broonzy

Thu Oct 08, 2009

ADVANCE for LPNs

Singing the Blues: Bessie Smith

To anyone who loves jazz, the name Bessie Smith conjures images of a phenomenal sultry and sassy singer.

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Related Topix: Blues, Black Entertainment, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Memphis, TN Metro, Opinion, Medicine, Nursing

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Examiner.com

October 4th, 1970 - Janis Joplin dies of a drug overdose in Hollywood

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I. Janis Joplin was born on January 19th, 1943, in Port Arthur, Texas.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Janis Joplin, Port Arthur, TX, Beaumont Metro, Blues, Ma Rainey, Big Brother & the Holding Company

Wed Sep 30, 2009

Harlem World

Harlem Speaks with Sandra Reeves-Phillips

Harlem Speaks: Featuring Sandra Reeves-Phillips, Vocalist, Thursday, October 8th, 6:30 - " 8:30 pm @ the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, 104 East 126th Street, Suite 2C Songstress and dramatic actress Sandra Reaves-Phillips is a modern day griot, a keeper of the musical traditions of her artistic ancestors, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters, ...

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Related Topix: Blues, Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters, Jazz, Billie Holiday, Black Entertainment, Dinah Washington

Tue Sep 15, 2009

ADVANCE for Nurses

Historic Trauma Cases

To anyone who loves jazz, the name Bessie Smith conjures images of a phenomenal sultry and sassy singer.

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Related Topix: Blues, Memphis, TN Metro, Clarksdale, MS, Opinion, Medicine, Nursing

NPR

Georgia Anne Muldrow: On Deliverance

In her 2006 single "Larva," Georgia Anne Muldrow addressed themes of reincarnation and deliverance, ideas she revisits in the mesmerizing "Daisies," a tribute to her late father, jazz guitarist Ronald Muldrow.

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Related Topix: Blues

Fri Aug 28, 2009

WDEF-TV Chattanooga

Previewing Music For Southern Brewers and Bessie Smith Heritage Festivals

Submitted by Collins Parker on August 20, 2009 - 9:01pm. BONUS Video The Southern Brewers Festival , of course, is all about beer.

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Related Topix: Blues, Vermont, New Orleans, Jazz, The Roots, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop

Wed Aug 26, 2009

City Pages

De La Soul, Kid Rock, and more

While names such as Bessie Smith , Ma Rainey , or Ida Cox might initially come to mind when thinking of classic female blues singers, it'd be hard not to include Bonnie Raitt among the names of the best blues singers - male or female - who followed.

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Related Topix: De la Soul, Hip-Hop, Blues, Ma Rainey, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, St. Paul, MN, Music, Entertainment

Mon Aug 24, 2009

WDEF-TV Chattanooga

News, Weather and Sports for Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley

A Government-run insurance program. The Government rationing care, telling you which doctor to use.

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Related Topix: Chattanooga, TN, Family, Elderly, Medicare, Health, Blues

Mon Aug 17, 2009

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Town Talk

"Nothing is so much strengthened by practice, or weakened by neglect, as memory." -- Quintillian HEARD ON THE TOWN HISTORY WAS BROUGHT to life last week at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library when relatives of the late Bessie Smith, "Empress of the Blues," told stories of the famous Chattanooga native, as well as performing one of ...

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Related Topix: Hamilton County, TN, Blues, Marion County, TN

Sat Aug 15, 2009

Lake Tahoe Real Estate

Song of the Day: The Empress

T hough Mamie Smith proved that a blues record could sell, and Ma was a bona fide instigating tour de force, it was Bessie Smith who was the most popular, highest paid blues singer of the 1920's and '30's. Even back then, and her record company promo people had something to do with it, Bessie was known as "The Empress of the Blues." She was one of, ...

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Related Topix: Blues, Skip James, Ma Rainey, Train Disaster, Clarksdale, MS

Fri Aug 14, 2009

Lake Tahoe Real Estate

Song of the Day: No Birth of the Blues without a Ma

T here are some other firsts, kinda. They're more like blues royalty to us. If the blues had a father, then it couldn't be born without a mom.

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Related Topix: Blues, Ma Rainey, Columbus, GA

Wed Aug 12, 2009

WWFX-FM Worcester

The Rock History Report for August 8th, 2009

1975 - Hank Williams, Jr. tumbled 500 feet down a mountain in Montana. Following two years on the mend, he made his return to music.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Blues, Metal, Metallica

Sat Aug 08, 2009

WORC-FM Worcester

The Rock History Report for August 8th, 2009

1975 - Hank Williams, Jr. tumbled 500 feet down a mountain in Montana. Following two years on the mend, he made his return to music.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Blues, Metal, Metallica

Fri Aug 07, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Magness to put soul into blues at Buddy Guy's

Two-time Blues Music Award winner for Contemporary Female Artist of the Year Janiva Magness may be reminiscent of vocal masters Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey, but she paces her soul with the deep, dark resonance of a Johnny Cash howl.

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Related Topix: Blues, Black Entertainment, Buddy Guy, Janiva Magness, Ma Rainey, Sports, Music, Entertainment

Sun Aug 02, 2009

SqueezeMyLemon

Love oh love my careless love

Careless Love is one of the most easily recognized blues. Listen to this 1925 version by Bessie Smith.

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Related Topix: Blues

Mon Jul 27, 2009

All About Jazz

Mia Vermillion: Alone Together With the Blues

Mia Vermillion has a big vocal presence. She sings with the wild abandon of Janis Joplin controlled by the fluid precision of Bonnie Bramlett, the gusto of Big Mama Thornton , and the blues foundation of Bessie Smith .

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Related Topix: Blues, Big Mama Thornton, Ma Rainey, Cassandra Wilson, Jazz

Tue Jul 07, 2009

San Francisco Examiner

Bessie Smith: the first music video star? - Girls Rock Camp, celebrating women in music

Find out more about Jamie: Armed with a Master's degree in Ethnomusicology and a passion for sharing a good tune, Jamie Freedman will help you find your next favorite band, concert, arts organization or learn more about one you already love.

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