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Barbara FlaskaFeaturesHard Hitting Blues: Smitty’s BluesByther Smith has been a working man his whole long life, and rightly takes pride in that honest fact. [28 June 2002] Hard Hitting Blues: Remembering the Mighty ManMentioning his name will jumpstart memories of powerful Chicago-style soul blues that telegraphs a rhythm into the soul of any blues fan. Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and GuerrillasPULL [4 May 2002] An Interview with Robert PalmerAs a vagary of public memory, Palmer's more obvious 'one hit song' (all right, then, 'two hit songs') threatened to eclipse forever the fairly respectable body of work that proceeded or any that might follow. Reviews
Tinariwen: The Radio Tisdas SessionsThis debut album by Tinariwen, also known as the Tuareg Rebel Blues Band, can seem the antithesis of Western pop music, even that generated by the engines currently driving the world music markets. [17 January 2003]
DAG'DAG' is a sitcom about a top Secret Service agent named Jerome Daggett (David Alan Grier) who was once head of the Presidential Detail's elite A-team. [1 January 1995] 
Jessie Mae Hemphill: Feelin’ GoodListening to Jessie Mae Hemphill is to experience almost completely pure unvarnished blues. Her music is steeped in her natural familiarity with the ancient roots of Mississippi Hill country traditions while she improvised rhythmically and lyrically to contemporize her sound. |
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