Monday 21 December 2009

Blues Grammy Award Nominees Announced

Blues Grammy Award Nominees Announced

The nominees for the 52nd Grammy Awards have been announced, and they include husband and wife Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi going head-to-head. The nominees are:
Best Contemporary Blues Album:
* The Robert Cray Band- This Time
* Ruthie Foster- The Truth According to Ruthie Foster
* Mavis Staples- Live: Hope at the Hideout
* Susan Tedeschi- Back to the River
* The Derek Trucks Band- Already Free
Best Traditional Blues Album:
* Ramblin' Jack Elliott- A Stranger Here
* The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Featuring Rick Vito- Blue Again
* John Hammond- Rough and Tough
* Duke Robillard- Stomp! The Blues Tonight
* Various Artists- Chicago Blues: A Living History
The Soundtrack for Cadillac Records, Buckwheat Zydeco's Lay Your Burden Down, and Little Walter: The Chess Masters 1950-1967 received nominations in other categories.
The Grammy Awards will be handed out January 31st, 2010, in Los Angeles. The above nominees are all available in our Amazon Blues Music Store.

Complete 2010 Blues Music Award Nominees

The BMAs will take place May 6, 2010 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Also garnering multiple nominations are Tommy Castro, Rick Estrin, and Duke Robillard.
Acoustic Album
David Maxwell & Louisiana Red You Got to Move
Maria Muldaur & her Garden of Joy Good Time Music for Hard Times
Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women Havin' The Last Word
Samuel James For Rosa, Maeve and Noreen
Various Artists Things About Comin' My Way - A Tribute to the music of the Mississippi Sheiks

Acoustic Artist
Annie Raines & Paul Rishell
Doug MacLeod
Guy Davis
Louisiana Red
Samuel James

Album
Duke Robillard's Jumpin’ Blues Revue Stomp! the Blues Tonight
Eddie C. Campbell Tear This World Up
Joe Louis Walker Between a Rock and the Blues
Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint Back to the Black Bayou
Various Artists Chicago Blues A Living History

B.B. King Entertainer of the Year

Candye Kane
Magic Slim
Rick Estrin
Super Chikan
Taj Mahal
Tommy Castro

Band
Duke Robillard's Jumpin' Blues Revue
Nick Moss & the Flip Tops
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats
The Mannish Boys
Tommy Castro Band

Best New Artist Debut

Greg Nagy Walk That Fine Thin Line
Joanne Shaw Taylor White Sugar
Marquise Knox Man Child
Monkey Junk Tiger in your Tank
The California Honeydrops Soul Tub!

Contemporary Blues Album

Candye Kane Superhero
Joe Louis Walker Between a Rock and the Blues
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats Twisted
Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters Living in the Light
Tommy Castro Hard Believer

Contemporary Blues Female Artist

Bettye LaVette
Candye Kane
Janiva Magness
Ruthie Foster
Shemekia Copeland

Contemporary Blues Male Artist

Derek Trucks
Joe Louis Walker
John Nemeth
Michael Burks
Tommy Castro

DVD
Delmark Records It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends
Eagle Eye Media Live at Montreux 1993 (B.B. King)
Jo Films& Roadside Productions Hot Flash - The Documentary (Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women)
Mojo Rodeo Records A Night in Woodstock (Paul Rishell & Annie Raines)
Vincent Productions Down to the Crossroads Vol. 1 (George Thorogood & the Destroyers w/ Eddie Shaw)

Historical
Bear Family Records Taking Care of Business (1956-1973) (Freddie King)
Chess Authorized Bootleg (Muddy Waters)
Eagle Records Essential Montreux (Gary Moore)
Hip-O Select The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) (Little Walter)
Landslide Records Sean's Blues (Sean Costello)

Instrumentalist-Bass
Bill Stuve
Bob Stroger
Larry Taylor
Mookie Brill
Patrick Rynn

Instrumentalist-Drums
Cedric Burnside
Jimi Bott
Kenny Smith
Sam Carr
Tony Braunagel

Instrumentalist-Guitar
Derek Trucks
Duke Robillard
Joe Louis Walker
Lurrie Bell
Ronnie Earl

Instrumentalist-Harmonica

Billy Branch
Jason Ricci
Kim Wilson
Mark Hummel
Rick Estrin

Instrumentalist-Horn
Al Basile
Big James Montgomery
Deanna Bogart
Eddie Shaw
Keith Crossan

Instrumentalist-Other
Buckwheat Zydeco (accordion)
Gerry Hundt (mandolin)
Johnny Sansone (accordion)
Otis Taylor (banjo)
Rich Del Grosso (mandolin)

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Award
Bruce Katz
David Maxwell
Eden Brent
Henry Butler
Henry Gray

Rock Blues Album
Derek Trucks Band Already Free
Jason Ricci & New Blood Done with the Devil
Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat Tijuana Bible
Mike Zito Pearl River
Tinsley Ellis Speak No Evil

Song
Cyril Neville & Mike Zito “Pearl River” (Pearl River--Mike Zito)
James “Super Chikan” Johnson “Fred's Dollar Store” (Chikadelic--Super Chikan)
Joe Louis Walker “I'm Tide” (Between a Rock and the Blues--Joe Louis Walker)
John Hahn & Oliver Wood “Never Going Back to Memphis” (Never Going Back--Shemekia Copeland)
Vyasa Dodson “At Least I'm Not With You” (At Least I'm Not With You--The Insomniacs)

Soul Blues Album

Charles Wilson Troubled Child
Darrell Nulisch Just for You
Johnny Rawls Ace of Spades
Latimore All About the Rhythm and the Blues
Mighty Sam McClain Betcha Didn't Know

Soul Blues Female Artist

Barbara Carr
Denise LaSalle
Irma Thomas
Shirley Brown
Sista Monica Parker

Soul Blues Male Artist
Curtis Salgado
Darrell Nulisch
Jackie Payne
Johnny Rawls
Latimore

Traditional Blues Album
John Primer All Original
Johnnie Bassett The Gentleman is Back
Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint Back to the Black Bayou
Super Chikan Chikadelic
Various Artists Chicago Blues A Living History

Traditional Blues Female Artist
Ann Rabson
Debbie Davies
Fiona Boyes
Shirley Johnson
Zora Young

Traditional Blues Male Artist

Duke Robillard
John Primer
Johnnie Bassett
Louisiana Red
Super Chikan

Bob Corritore Blues Newsletter Rhythm Room All Stars, Honeyboy Today Show Appearance, Henry Gray honored, Muddy on You tube

December 15, 2009
  • Rhythm Room All-Stars appear Friday and Saturday at the Rhythm Room! The Rhythm Room All-Stars feature Big Pete Pearson, Bob Corritore, Chris James, Patrick Rynn, and Brian Fahey. This weekend they appear at their namesake home base. Note that Dave Riley will do a guest set both nights and that Big Pete will only appear on the Friday night of this weekend. The Rhythm Room is located at 1019 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85014.
  • Honeyboy Edwards to appear on NBC Today Show, and to receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award! The 94 year old delta bluesman, Honeyboy Edwards, will appear on national television with an appearance on the Today Show Sunday, December 20th. This was arranged through the efforts of Lynn Orman of Orman Music and Media Group. News has also come down the pike that Honeyboy Edwards is to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Grammy's, in a special private ceremony that will honor musicians and achievers from all aspects of the music industry. Honeyboy is also prominently featured in the documentary film Six Generations Of The Blues, a film by Scott Shuman, which looks at the 30 year history of Chicago's Earwig Music, and it's founder Michael Frank. If in Chicago this Wednesday night, you can see a screening of this film at SPACE in Evanston.
  • Henry Gray Up For Offbeat Music Award! Andy Cornett reports that Henry Gray has been nominated for the prestigious Louisiana based Offbeat Magazine's "Best Of Beat' Awards in two categories; "Best Male Blues Performer" and "Best Blues CD". These nomination coincide with Henry's recent Blues Music Award nomination for best blues instrumentalist in the piano category. To read more about the Offbeat awards and to vote, click here, and read more about the BMAs click here. Henry Gray, now 84 years old, is still is vibrant and growing piano force on the blues scene. He brings with him all his great Chicago Blues history as a participant in some of the greatest classic recordings by Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Rogers, Jimmy Reed, Billy Boy Arnold, and others. Henry represents the blues well. To see a photo page honoring Henry Gray click here.
  • Bob presents his annual Blues Christmas radio show this Sunday on KJZZ! Each year on the Sunday before Christmas, Bob presents a 5 hour blues Christmas special on his weekly radio show "Those Lowdown Blues" on KJZZ. In addition to Christmas blues classics by Charles Brown, Lowell Fulson, Mabel Scott, and Freddie King, will be Big Maybelle singing "Silent Night", Chief Schabuttie Gilliame's "The Week Before Christmas", Rufus Thomas' "I'll Be Your Santa", and Jessie Mae Hemphill's "Merry Christmas Pretty Baby", just to name a few. Bob's blues Christmas Special can be heard this Sunday, December 20th, from 6 -11pm (Mountain Time) at 91.5 FM in Phoenix. and anywhere in the world at www.kjzz.org.
  • Classic Muddy Waters on YouTube! Please enjoy this film clip of Muddy Waters performing "You Cant Lose What You Never Had" with his classic 1960s band including James Cotton, Otis Spann, Pee Wee Madison, and SP Leary. Click here to see.

Thursday 26 November 2009

KANAL JAZZ - Top Countries by Listener



1. United States
 
 (24.8%) US

 
2. France

 
 (21.4%) FR

 
3. Japan

 
 (13.9%) JP

 
4. Russian Federation

 
 (7.8%) RU

 
5. Germany

 
 (5.7%) DE

 
6. Canada

 
 (4.8%) CA

 
7. Qatar

 
 (4.4%) QA

 
8. Brazil

 
 (3.8%) BR

 
9. Australia

 
 (3.1%) AU

 
10. Bulgaria

 
 (2.7%) BG

 
11. Spain

 
 (1.3%) ES

 
12. Guernsey

 
 (1.1%) GG

 
13. Croatia

 
 (0.8%) HR

 
14. Venezuela

 
 (0.7%) VE

 
15. Switzerland

 
(0.6%) CH

 
16. Belgium

 
 (0.5%) BE

 
17. Italy

 
 (0.5%) IT

 
18. Norway

 
 (0.3%) NO

 
19. Romania

 
(0.3%) RO

 
20. Ecuador

 
(0.3%) EC

 
21. Ukraine

 
 (0.2%) UA

 
22. Guatemala

 
 (0.2%) GT

 
23. Indonesia

 
 (0.1%) ID

 
24. United Kingdom

 
(0.1%) GB

 
25. Kuwait

 
 (0.1%) KW

 



Wednesday 25 November 2009

Tuesday 22 September 2009

Bob Corritore Blues Newsletter - RIP Sam Carr 4/17/1926-9/21/2009

September 21, 2009
  • RIP Sam Carr 4/17/1926-9/21/2009: This terrible news just in from Dave Riley: beloved Mississippi blues drummer and band leader Sam Carr has passed away. He was 83. Sam was born into legend as the son of guitarist/vocalist Robert Nighthawk. Sam is best known for his longtime association with Frank Frost & The Jelly Roll Kings. He was considered one of the greatest blues drummers of all time, and was annually nominated for a Blues Music Award (AKA Handy Award) in the drummer category. He had been struggling with health issues over the last few years, and recently lost his longtime wife Doris, which forced him to live in a nursing facility. For a complete Sam Carr bio by Scott Barretta, click here.

Thursday 17 September 2009

Sunday 13 September 2009

Bob Corritore Blues Newsletter - Lucky To Be Living CD Release Party, Tucson, Bisbee Blues Fest, Sep. 11th

September 11, 2009
  • Dave Riley & Bob Corritore CD Release Party on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at the Rhythm Room: The new Dave Riley & Bob Corritore CD Lucky To Be Living was officially released on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. A CD release party happens this Saturday, September 12, 2009 at the Rhythm Room, 1019 E. Indian School Road in Phoenix with music by the Dave Riley/Bob Corritore Juke Joint Blues Band (Dave, Bob, Dave Riley, Jr., and Brian Fahey). The CD has been released with much fanfare, and you can see the accumulating reviews the CD has received by clicking here. Come by Saturday night to enjoy the festivities and pick up a CD.
  • Tucson CD Release Party for Big Pete Pearson/Finger In Your Eye on Friday, September 18, 2009! Big Pete Pearson's new album Finger In Your Eye will be celebrated on Friday, September 18, 2009 with a CD release party at Old Town Artisans in Tucson as part of Jonathan Holden's famed Rhythm And Roots series. The Rhythm Room All-Stars (Big Pete Pearson, Bob Corritore, Chris James, Patrick Rynn, and Brian Fahey) will perform and CDs will be available. Old Town Artisans is located at 201 N. Court, Tucson , AZ 85701 in the downtown Tucson area. To find out more about this event and the Rhythm And Roots series, click here. Thanks to blues DJ Marty Kool of Tucson 's KXCI for featuring Finger In Your Eye on his radio show.
  • Bisbee Blues Festival on Saturday, September 19, 2009! Rhythm Room All-Stars to Perform and Back Up Pinetop Perkins! The small but mighty Bisbee Blues Festival will enjoy its fifth annual addition on Saturday, September 19, 2009. The beautiful and historic border town of Bisbee keeps expanding the festival, and this year they have moved the festival from the downtown area to the Warren Ball field to accommodate the growing popularity of the event. The lineup this year includes The Tommy Castro Band, Pinetop Perkins, The Rhythm Room All-Stars, Train Wreck, The Sugar Thieves (Formerly known as Mikel Lander/Meridith Moore Band), and The King Bees. For more information about the Bisbee Blues Festival and to order tickets, click here.
  • Lightnin’ Book Announced! This information from Alan Balfour about a forthcoming book: Lightnin' Hopkins: His Life and Blues by Alan Govenar, Chicago Review Press, to be released May 2010. This biography delves into Hopkins' early years, debunking the myths surrounding his meetings with Blind Lemon Jefferson and Texas Alexander, his time on a chain gang, his women, and his life-long appetite for gambling and drinking. Hopkins didn¹t begin recording until 1946, when he was dubbed "Lightnin'" during his first session, and he soon joined Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker on the national charts. But by the time he was "rediscovered" by Mack McCormick and Sam Charters in 1959, his popularity had begun to wane. A second career emerged - now Lightnin' was pitched to white audiences, not black ones, and he became immensely successful, singing about his country roots and the injustices that informed the civil rights era with a searing emotive power. More than a decade in the making, this biography is based on scores of interviews with Lightnin's relatives, friends, lovers, producers, accompanists, managers, and fans.
  • September 11th Blues: We take time out on this day to reflect on the tragic events of 8 years ago, and if there ever was a blues moment, September 11th is it. Louisiana Red wrote and recorded his tribute song, “September 11th Blues” in memoriam to the loss of life on September 11, 2001. This song appears on Red's CD No No Turn On Red, and can be heard on Red's MySpace by clicking here and then selecting the song.
  • Bob's Birthday Party Announced! Bob Corritore will celebrate his 53rd birthday with a blues party on Saturday September 26, 2009 at the Rhythm Room, 1019 E. Indian School Rd. in Phoenix . Appearing that night will be The Rhythm Room All-Stars (Big Pete Pearson, Bob Corritore, Chris James, Patrick Rynn, Brian Fahey), Dave Riley, and some surprise guests! To see the flier for this event, click here.
  • Memphis Slim on YouTube! Please enjoy this film clip of blues piano master Memphis Slim playing blues and boogie in a series of 4 songs. Click here to see.

Friday 11 September 2009

Festival Jazz Lagny France


1er Festival Jazz à Lagny les 11, 12 et 13 septembre 2009 : Afrique'n'jazz.

Des nouveautés encore et toujours en cette rentrée 2009 mais cette fois au c'est au nord de la Seine et Marne, aux environs de Torcy et très exactement à Lagny-sur-Marne que l'evenement se déroule.

La Seine et Marne dénombrait déjà des Festivals de Jazz avec le Festival Django Reinhardt à Samois sur Seine ou Jazz aux Capus à Coulommiers. Avec la 1ere edition du Festival Jazz à Lagny, la ville de Lagny entend également donné vie à une passion de longue date.

La ville a ouvert ses scènes à de grands noms du jazz : David Linx, Mario Canonge, Pierrick Pédron, Stéphane Huchard, Marcia Maria, Eric Le Lann, Jannick Top, Christophe Wallemme, Klaus Blasquiz, Olivier Louvel, Louis Winsberg, Kurt Elling, Harold Lopez Nussa … autant de noms qui sont passes par Lagny pour faire vibrer bien des amateurs et néophytes : au conservatoire pour des masterclasses, à la Médiathèque pour des rencontres-conférences, au cinéma pour des concerts-projections de films musicaux, sur la péniche Damami pour des soirées jam organisées par les Ateliers de Jazz et bien sûr à l’Espace Charles Vanel lors des Mardis Jazz. Rien de surprenant que celle que David Linx a déjà surnommée " The village music " dispose désormais de son propre festival. La premiere édition sera un plongeon au plus profond des racines de cette musique : l’Afrique.

Tout le programme du Festival jazz à Lagny et plus d'infos en cliquant sur le lien

Friday 4 September 2009

Bob Corritore Blues Newsletter - RIP Gospel Legend Marie Knight 6/1/1925-8/30/2009


August 31, 2009
  • RIP Gospel Legend Marie Knight 6/1/1925-8/30/2009: This sad news just in from M.C. Records; this is their announcement verbatim:
With heavy hearts, M.C. Records announces the death of gospel legend Marie Knight. She died in New York City on August 30, 2009 due to complications from pneumonia. Marie first came to prominence in 1946 when she met and started working with Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Together they would be one of the most popular gospel artists of the 1940's, and make music history through a string of gospel hits including "Didn't It Rain", "Up Above My Head", and the gorgeous "Beams of Heaven". Marie Knight and Sister Rosetta Tharpe would tour frequently together through the 1950's. In the 1960's, Marie had several R&B hits, but in 1970's Marie rededicated herself to gospel music and became a minister at the Gates of Prayer Church in New York City.
Marie Knight's recent comeback began in 2002 when producer and M.C. Records owner Mark Carpentieri invited Marie to record on Shout, Sister, Shout!: A Tribute To Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Mark recalls the phone call. "Gayle Wald, who was writing the liner notes for the project, asked me if I had contacted Marie Knight about participating in the project. I didn't know she was still alive! I called Marie, and she sounded so vibrant that I arranged studio time, and we’ve been working together ever since."
After the release of Shout, Sister, Shout!: A Tribute To Sister Rosetta Tharpe (MC-0050), tour work came in regularly for Marie Knight. In 2007, Mark Carpentieri put together Marie Knight's first full-length album in over 25 years, Let Us Get Together. The project was a tribute to Rev. Gary Davis, and was co-produced with Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan, Ollabelle, Levon Helm). The record was a critical success, with great reviews from The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and many more.
You can listen to a live recorded concert featuring Marie via The Woodsongs Radio Hour recorded in February 2008, and click on show number 470.
Here are some YouTube links to check out: video 1, video 2, and video 3.

Monday 31 August 2009

Bob Corritore Blues Newsletter - RIP Jesse Fortune 2/28/1930-8/31/2009

August 31, 2009
  • RIP Jesse Fortune 2/28/1930-8/31/2009: Word just in from Susan Koester that blues vocalist Jesse Fortune passed away early this morning after collapsing onstage during his performance at the Playmate Lounge. He was 79. Jesse Fortune was a blues singer of the highest order. He was born in Macon, Mississippi in 1930, and grew up around Hattiesburg. He was greatly influenced by the vocals of B.B. King. In 1952, he relocated to Chicago, and became a highly respected singer on the windy city blues circuit. His first recording session was arranged and produced by Willie Dixon for the USA record label in 1963. The session featured Buddy Guy and Big Walter Horton as sidemen, and yielded 4 brilliant songs, including the Dixon-penned "Too Many Cooks”, for which Fortune is best known. “Too Many Cooks” would later be recorded by Robert Cray, and it has become a highly-covered number among blues bands. After a period of musical inactivity during the 70s and 80s where Jesse supported himself as a barber, his musical career was reactivated with a spectacular 1993 release, Fortune Tellin' Man, on the Delmark record label, featuring great backing from Dave Specter and his band. Jesse's recent appearances around Chicago showcased an artist of great ability. He left us doing what he loved, and we will always love him for the great blues he brought us.To read the Chicago Tribune obituary, click here.




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