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Everything about Woody Pines harkens to another era. One of juke joints, clapboard shacks and coal smoke on the wind.

"Goodnight Irene" sung by The Weavers topped the charts on this day in 1950 but it was originally recorded in 1932 by blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter, whose performance of the song got him released from jail after being charged with attempted murder.

Mark McDade and Jenna Hill will perform at the San Marcos Public Library's monthly concert on Tuesday, Nov.

Halfway between a revue and a full-fledged biography, "Blind Lemon Blues" satisfies musical cravings but leaves one hungry for narrative or at least a few more details.

Anyone who knows the difference between a guitar and a bass--guitar=six strings, bass =four--knows that legendary Rolling Stones riff-king Keith Richards loves himself some blues pickin'. He was inspired by all the greats, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Leadbelly, Son House and now Jack White, as it was reported yesterday on RollingStone.com that ...

Legendary JOHN MAYALL & HIS BLUESBREAKERS tour Western Canada this November - Tickets on sale Friday, September 4 CALGARY, Sept.

Joe Henry is tapped into the American past in unexpected ways. He lives in a roomy South Pasadena Craftsman designed for President Garfield's widow, and his preferred attire, a black suit and pointy boots, suggests that the 48-year-old singer and guitarist would have been at home playing in Elvis Presley's first band.

Ideas, not ideology, in service of our shared ideals and the common good. Sun-Sational Tanning "Learn about the benefits of tanning and the myths." Tan in any room at anytime at our Sandwich or Mashpee locations.

A t about the same that Mamie Smith was experiencing the stunning success she had with record sales of Crazy Blues , and Eck Robertson and Fiddlin' John Carson were being recognized for the first recordings of country music, Blind Lemon Jefferson was stirring up a blues storm down in Texas.

The seventh annual Kids for the Creative Arts Camp gets under way this weekend at Patterson Park Community Center, 521 Mercury Blvd.

Having already painted an impressive body of work , this Buffalo, NY-born artist has moved from cloth to skin as her primary canvas.

Audio Archive > Carolina Live Music Society > Vintage Reserve Live at Spring Fling '09, Moncure, NC Vintage Reserve Live at Spring Fling '09, Moncure, NC embed this Vintage Reserve Spring Fling '09 The Magickal Forest Moncure, NC 5/2/2009 Set List: 1) Intro 2) 3) 4) Today 5) 6) Fool In The Rain 7) 8) Break The Chain 9) Piece of Mind 10)Black Betty ...

Midnight Flyer is a weekly, two hour program featuring a wide variety of blues, interviews, biographies and stories about the blues.

In the Pines is a traditional that originated in the late 19th Century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_The_Pines http://www.kovideo.net/lyrics/l/Leadbelly Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Zeum, SF, May 2004 Blind Willies performed a set before a San Francisco School of the Arts music/drama premiere, Hard Travelin', based on John Steinbeck's The ...

Alphabetical Listing Home : CD reviews : Jazz : Bethany and Rufus Bethany and Rufus - 900 Miles - Bethany and Rufus make beautiful music.

Arlo Guthrie with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Friday night in Caldwell Park, part of the "Sounds for Summer" series.

WHEN John Reynolds recently did a book signing in Prague for "Lead Belly: A Life in Pictures," the author was asked to sign a copy for playwright and former Czech President Vaclav Havel .

When Pete Seeger was younger, Alec Wilkinson writes, he sang with precise pitch.

What's the difference? I find it interesting in your article " Craigslist Declassified " [by Bradley Campell and Matt Snyders , May 7], you write about the Connecticut Attorney General pressuring Craigslist to get rid of its erotic service listings.

Two productions have been announced for the York Theatre Company's upcoming 2009-2010 season.