Leadbelly News

Eric Bibb is a bluesman, a folkie, part-preacher, part-storyteller, singer-songwriter and interpreter, born in America, but at home around the world.

There, the Cambridge native discovered the rootsy music of guitar pioneer Lead Belly, courtesy of a peek into the museum gift shop.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum presents the 13th annual American Music Masters series, "The Wizard of Waukesha: The Life and Legacy of Les Paul," Monday through Nov.

Why should the blues make you feel so happy? This is what I remember asking myself as the student ship MS Aurelia sailed under the Verrazano-Narrows bridge, on its way from New York back to Britain.

It's time once again for a round-up of blues news from around the world. This time around we're looking at interesting articles on American-born British blues artist Seasick Steve and underrated blues guitarist ...

The organization dedicated to preserving the music of legendary blues and folk musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly, hopes to have a music archive and museum open in Murfreesboro within five ...

Get ready to sing the blues. The third annual Boro Blues Fest kicks off Sept. 12 and continues Sept.

"In Search of the Blues" by Marybeth Hamilton . Lead Belly, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton - we are all familiar with these legends of the Delta blues.

A full moon low in the sky behind the main stage, Rufus Wainwright closed out the 15th annual Ottawa Folk Festival on the main stage last night.

Louisiana Bluesman Leadbelly was discovered in a jail in 1934 and later went on to write such classics as "Midnight Special" and "Goodnight, Irene." He was also inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

IT'S BEEN 36 YEARS SINCE BOBBY HANSON and Michael Amburgey first started making music together as a team.

No American music has a richer mythology than the blues. There's the gripping lore surrounding blues music's first superstar, Robert Johnson, who allegedly sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads ...

They may be singing the blues at the Third Annual T-Bone Walker Blues Fest in Linden, but the spirit of cooperation is anything but blue.

WITH A NAME like his, it's no surprise that Moses Asch became a man with a mission.

Just-unearthed FBI records in Tiny Robinson and John Reynolds' new book, "Lead Belly: A Life in Pictures," reveal how the folk and blues... Comments >> No comments yet. via Woo Factor

“Hatch's heart is in the right place, but he has the wrong decade”

"Forever together / America is the land we're fighting for / There's a time in history / for a hero's destiny / together forever more," says Hatch's song, co-written with composer Philip Springer, famous for ... via Daily Kos

“I'm ecstatic about this innovative public-private partnership and commend council members for seeing the value of this project and supporting it”

LEDBETTER FILM STUDIO On Tuesday April 22, 2008 at 300 Douglas Street, between Travis and Fannin, Shreveport Mayor Cedric B. Glover will chart another first! At 10:00 am Mayor Glover and City Council members ... via Ci.shreveport.la.us

Bruce Hornsby, shown here, will team up with Ricky Skaggs to play the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall next Thursday. via The Gazette

Music Classic African American Gospel. Various Artists. . There's 'old school' and then there's 'back in the day.' Smithsonian Folkway Recordings' Classic African American Gospel is clearly 'back ... via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

For those of you in need of a Dallas music edumication, every couple of weeks the old fart stinkin' up the Unfair Park offices will scour his dusty collection of 78s and eight-tracks and upload a hopefully not ... via Dallas Observer