Mississippi John Hurt News

THE fourth annual Crawley Blues Festival is bigger and better than ever, organisers at The Hawth are promising.

Bonnie Raitt's first musical love wasn't the blues. 'I fell in love with folk music from going to summer camp.

Skip the frills and fluff - those looking to get out for an old-fashioned good time should not miss Tom Akstens and Neil Rossi in concert at the Indian Lake Theatre on Friday, Oct.

The Chincoteague Cultural Alliance presents The Blue Rhythm Boys in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.

CHINCOTEAGUE -- The Chincoteague Cultural Alliance will present three blues concerts this fall from September through November.

When maverick cellist Rushad Eggleston left Crooked Still in 2007, the remaining trio added cellist Tristan Clarridge and fiddler Brittany Haas , preserving the low, haunting moan that takes CS's essential bluegrass/string-band sound to another dimension.

I Don't Hear Nothin' But The Blues is a hilariously apt title for the new CD by saxophonist John Irabagon and drummer Mike Pride .

This year is the fiftieth anniversary of Newport folk festival. Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Arlo Guthrie, Mississippi John Hurt and many other legends launched - or relaunched - their careers there, and Newport spawned imitators across the globe.

Califone The critically acclaimed Chicago post-rock act Califone is set to release their forthcoming album All My Friends Are Funeral Singers October 6 on Dead Oceans.

The Mississippi John Hurt Music Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary Saturday on the grounds of the Mississippi John Hurt Museum near Avalon.

Alphabetical Listing Home : CD reviews : Americana : Chris Smither - The best way to describe Chris Smither would be to call him dry.

Danielle Miraglia plays slide guitar and croons about matters of the heart, but doesn't consider herself a blues artist.

Hailing from the Pacific Northwest , this brilliant bearded codger has been singing and strumming his head-spinning repertoire of blues, folk, novelty, kids' songs, and palindromic originals since 1964 in a voice that blends Mississippi John Hurt , Popeye, and your favorite Tuvan throat singers.

With his well-traveled guitars, rich and soulful voice, insightful writing and casual wit, New Brunswick's Thom Swift warms audiences wherever he performs.

Before he was a midnight vulture or a guero preaching the gospel of Latin groove music, Beck was a subversive folkie, inspired equally by Sonic Youth and Mississippi John Hurt.