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05 Mar

Posted at 14:14h in

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05 Mar

Posted at 14:09h in

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="1321" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_tta_pageable][vc_tta_section title="Section 1" tab_id="1576579061665-12a4113e-dab7"][vc_column_text] The idea for this Modern INDIAN RESERVATION BLUES and more… was born after we started working with Pura Fé three years ago. The first two Dixiefrog folk-blues and protest...

05 Mar

Posted at 13:58h in

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="1087" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_tta_pageable][vc_tta_section title="Section 1" tab_id="1576579061665-12a4113e-dab7"][vc_column_text] He falls in love with the harmonica in the sixties after listening to the records of various folk and rock artists (Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones). A trip to...

05 Mar

Posted at 13:38h in

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="1088" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_tta_pageable][vc_tta_section title="Section 1" tab_id="1576579061665-12a4113e-dab7"][vc_column_text] The former lead guitarist with the Nighthawks is an undisputed master of the 6-strings. This live set, recorded in Detroit, showcases his distinctive style as his axe roars and...

05 Mar

Posted at 12:26h in

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="1411" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_tta_pageable][vc_tta_section title="Section 1" tab_id="1576579061665-12a4113e-dab7"][vc_column_text] Growing up on Long Island, Lee Rocker, the son of two internationally acclaimed musicians, and his pals, Brian Setzer and "Slim" Jim Phantom, did not want anything more than...

05 Mar

Posted at 12:19h in

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="1091" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_tta_pageable][vc_tta_section title="Section 1" tab_id="1576579061665-12a4113e-dab7"][vc_column_text] In 2011, leaving the grounds of Jazz Fest in New Orleans, I first saw Leyla McCalla on Sauvage Street playing Bach Cello Suite #1 accompanied by two black children that...

05 Mar

Posted at 12:13h in

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="1094" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_tta_pageable][vc_tta_section title="Section 1" tab_id="1576579061665-12a4113e-dab7"][vc_column_text] For the past three decades, the blues progressively lost their true symbolical meaning. As the white Gods of showbusiness promptly hi-jacked the blues, the black cry inherent in them...

05 Mar

Posted at 11:55h in

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="1098" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_tta_pageable][vc_tta_section title="Section 1" tab_id="1576579061665-12a4113e-dab7"][vc_column_text] Point Blank may not have enjoyed the same level of fame as Lynyrd Skynyrd or Molly Hatchet, but it’s always remained among the top ten celebrated groups of Southern...

05 Mar

Posted at 11:51h in

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="2458" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_tta_pageable][vc_tta_section title="Section 1" tab_id="1576579061665-12a4113e-dab7"][vc_column_text] Popa Chubby stands before a sold-out crowd in Paris at l’Olympia. The theatre where Hendrix, Miles, The Beatles and so many greats played. He tells the audience: “Je T’aime...

05 Mar

Posted at 11:18h in

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="1100" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_tta_pageable][vc_tta_section title="Section 1" tab_id="1576579061665-12a4113e-dab7"][vc_column_text] “With her voice soaring, foot stomping, this beautiful songbird transcends time and brings the message of our Ancestors who have sewn this beautiful seed, that makes powerful music”. Taj...