The Roots on the Intrepid (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) The Roots and "special surprise guests" will celebrate the holdays at their 5th Annual Okayplayer Holiday Jam, wh...
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In the conformist age of Simon Cowell and the overhyped indie band, is there still room for the maverick in music? Dave Simpson tracks down pop's most eccentric acts and ...
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Sometime in the mid-1930s: Number 5 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicThe Faustian tale of the troubled man making a pact with the ...
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Decades after his death, reverence and debate still swirl around the legendary bluesman who supposedly made a deal with the devil.The intersection of DeSoto and State str...
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Neil Young, Keith Richards, T Bone Burnett, Robbie Robertson, Eric Clapton and Bonnie Raitt explain. Why is Robert Johnson, above all other blues players, the preeminent ...
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Artist, activist and Bob Dylan's muse who resisted the role of handmaidenSuze Rotolo was the girl on the cover of the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan – a long-ha...
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For his third New Band this week, Mike Skinner has chosen a devil-consorting bluesman with a near-total lack of internet presenceHometown: New York.The lineup: Mr Case (v...
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American roots music has countless names of legend, from Robert Johnson to Clifton Chenier. Add Chris Strachwitz to that list.
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Centennial of Robert Johnson's birth gets a moveable musical feast of concerts, shows.
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With the news of The White Stripes splitting up, here's a quick look back at their studio albums, and what we said at the time. Next week's NME magazine is a tribute issu...
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GeeDee said...* Gov't Mule - 2009/11/12 Alcatraz, Milan , Italy* Gov't Mule - 2005/04/04 Alcatraz, Milan , Italy* Grateful Dead - To Terrapin: Hartford '77 [3CD] [FLAC...
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How do you throw a 100th birthday bash for the most influential bluesman that ever lived? If you're Big Head Todd and The Monsters, you gather some of the greatest livi...
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A BBC4 programme tonight hails the godmother of the Delta bluesmen, whose act anticipated the supposed rock revolutionAnyone who knows anything about rock'n'roll can tell...
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Mama Rosin are reinvigorating Cajun music – from a farm near Geneva. They talk ducks, chillis and frottoirs with Alfred HicklingLiving communally in a 200-year-old ...
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