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Tracking the ‘Big Road Blues’ and a soul sold at the crossroads
The only known image of Tommy Johnson The Blues Time Machine“Big Road Blues”Download Tommy Johnson’s songs may not be very well known, but he was a hugely influential blues player and also may be the...
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‘Mercury Blues’ still running after 60 years
Mercury Sport Sedan Mercury BluesThe Blues Time MachineDownload Cars make great musical metaphors, and they’ve inspired some famous blues songs like “Cadillac Boogie”, “Maybelline” and “Mustang Sally”....
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‘The Sky Is Crying’ with three legendary guitarists
Stevie Ray Vaughan The Blues Time Machine‘The Sky Is Crying’Download Elmore James is a giant of the blues. His work as a songwriter, singer and guitarist put him near the top of the short list of...
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Heavy Metal from the Delta –“When The Levee Breaks”
Memphis Minnie The Blues Time Machine“When The Levee Breaks”Download The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was a disaster that reshaped the South. With flooding in 10 states, the river below Memphis...
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4 Ways To Sing “The Same Thing”
'The Same Thing'The Blues Time MachineDownload This deceptively simple blues song is a masterpiece of restraint and execution. Recorded first in 1964, it features the voice of Muddy Waters and the...
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Poncho Sanchez to receive Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Latin jazz bandleader and conguero player Poncho Sanchez was among the list of individuals who will receive The Latin Recording Academy®’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The list of winners, which also...
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“Nobody Knows You”, Classic in Any Genre
The Empress of The Blues Listen NowThe Blues Time MachineDownload This iconic hard-luck song was a hit when Bessie Smith recorded it in 1929, and with its timeless message and memorable melody, “Nobody...
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Pianist Cyrus Chestnut performing live in the Jazz24/KPLU Seattle studios on August 28, 2012.
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“Sitting On Top Of The World” with the Mississippi Sheiks
Mississippi Sheiks The Blues Time MachineSitting On Top Of The WorldDownload The Mississippi Sheiks were a popular string band of the 1920’s and 30’s, with a sound that was a crossover between country...
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The Piedmont Blues of “Crow Jane”
Listen NowThe Blues Time MachineDownload It’s hard to trace the exact source of “Crow Jane”, but it’s a song that has outlasted many others from the early days of the blues. Its roots lay in the...
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Curtis Stigers performslive in the KPLU Seattle Studios on September 11, 2012.
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“Traveling Riverside Blues” and the Roots of Led Zeppelin
Robert Johnson- King of the Delta Blues Listen NowThe Blues Time MachineDownload Robert Johnson has become a mythical figure of the blues, who acquired his prodigious skills in a deal with the devil at...
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“Eyesight To The Blind” and the Rock Opera “Tommy”
Sonny Boy Williamson Listen NowThe Blues Time MachineDownload Sonny Boy Williamson was a blues originator who helped shape the sound of modern blues. In his life, he knew the first generation of Delta...
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Catherine Russell: Keeping the family tradition alive. October 24, 2012.
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John Coltrane picture book Introduces kids to jazz icon
A new book for children on John Coltrane was released last week (click here to buy). Here is the press release: Spirit Seeker Sometimes, when you lose almost everything as a child, a lifeline appears...
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Following “Blues With a Feeling” through cutting-edge changes
Little Walter The Blues Time MachineListen HereDownload Here’s a perfect example of a song that changed with the times, and was at the cutting edge of those changes. Drummer and singer Rabon Tarrant...
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“Kokomo Blues” among the roots of “Sweet Home Chicago”
Kokomo Arnold The Blues Time MachineListen HereDownload “Sweet Home Chicago” is one of the best known blues songs ever written. But historians seem to agree that when Robert Johnson recorded the song...
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