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Tributes to some recently passed musical figures

Les Paul was not only one of the first electric guitar heroes, he also made all subsequent guitar heroes possible.

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Found; The lost grave of Blind Willie Johnson

Jazz, Blues, Ragtime and Country are full of Holy Grail artifacts which believers have spent years and in some cases decades in search of in the apparent hopes that finding them will open the discoverer to some sort of link to a mystical and misty musical past.

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Do music and politics mix?

Nero didn't actually fiddle while Rome burned if only because the fiddle hadn't actually been invented yet, but he no doubt did play the lyre and pan pipes rather well.

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Blues legend Koko Taylor dies at 80

Just days before the surgery, Taylor won her 29th Blues Music Award, picking up the trophy for Traditional Female Blues Artist Of the Year. She performed her signature song, "Wang Dang Doodle," at the ceremony.

Philip Stein, Muralist Who Adorned Village Vanguard Jazz Club, Dies at 90

On the back-wall mural at the Village Vanguard, the famous jazz club in Greenwich Village, a primordial man and woman burst from a kaleidoscopic background of brightly colored geometric forms.

The Bad Plus and Wendy Lewis: For All I Care

In fact, the whole album works, in its extremely singular way.

Purdie Funky (Bernard Purdie Mix Tape)

01 – Funky Mozart 02 – Never Can Say Goodbye 03 – On the Outskirts of Minitow 04 – Hap'nin' 05 – Cold Sweat 06 – Bee 'n Tee 07 – Spanish Harlem 08 – Soul Drums 09 – Blow Your Lid (But Watch Your Cool) 10 – Funky Donkey 11 – Testifyin' 12  …

Happy Birthday, Nina Simone, "The High Priestess of Soul"

Jazz singer Nina Simone revolutionized popular music and emerged as one of the finest songwriters and musicians of her time. In addition to captivating audiences with her talent and passion, she remained a fierce advocate for the Civil Rights movement.

Listening In Live to The Dixie Hummingbirds: 1/31/2009

Last Saturday night, The Dixie Hummingbirds brought their warm jubilation to an otherwise dark and bleak Ohio midwinter. Seemed a good time to huddle up for some gospel harmony as the cold and snow are getting a bit oppressive around here.

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