Brownie McGhee

Mellencamp, Travis take on the great beyond

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

Reflective sets by seasoned talents John Mellencamp and Randy Travis lead the pack of music CD and DVD releases today.

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - The Devil's Gonna Get You

Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008

in post Hell Week: Cross Roads Blues from Star Maker Machine .

Bad Luck Blues: Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry

Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008

I'm always amazed that guys who didn't like each other made such good music together. MP3 File

Great Vintage Blues 5: Sonny Terry Brownie McGhee

A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008

I wasn’t very familiar with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee before starting this little blogging project, but as soon as I heard them, I knew I had...

Listen Up: USA TODAY's critics review the latest albums

USA Today (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008

Check out what our critics think about new releases from Al Green, Cyndi Lauper and others:

Barbecue Any Old Time: Brownie McGhee

Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008

Howard's CD swap shop

Used, but not abused (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008

This is a place for you to arrange CD swaps with other AoS members. Pop on THIS THREAD what you're looking for, what you have, and arrange a swap with someone. Swap means NO MONEY CHANGES HANDS. Editor’s note: The Cds I’m looking to swap (but only via the Art Of Sound Forum) include: Uncle Tupelo: “No Depression” Info Uncle [...]

Freight Train Blues: Brownie McGhee

Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

Both songs today come from my favorite label and are from the same album, Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways. The album is filled with root artists and, it, like many of the compilation albums Smithsonian Folkways has released, was my introduction to singers I wouldn't have known otherwise. MP3 File

I Found This

Random Thoughts from Reno (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008

terrific video on YouTube featuring blues greats Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee. What a lineup! It's from a DVD collection called The American Folk Blues Festival , which consists of several volumes of performances in the 1960s. Everybody who was anybody in the area of blues and was still alive at the time is on these collections. The Hendrix estate produced...

Free Smithsonian Folkways On Emusic

The Smudge of Ashen Fluff (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008

If you're an emusic subscriber (I've been one for over two years), don't miss out on the Smithsonian Folkways Sampler: A Sound Legacy--60 Years of Folkways Records and 20 Years of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, a FREE 15-song sampler that's all over the geographic AND musical worlds. Look at this tracklist: 1. Black Snake Moan (From Traditional Blues, Vol 1, 1957) Artist(s): Brownie McGhee (mp3)...

Advance Ticket Sales End Soon

The Happy Circumstance (Free subscription) | 02/21/2008

Hot Night In February Is Closing In Fast! The time is drawing near. Do you have your tickets yet? E-Arts is bringing Westside Andy Linderman and the Mel Ford Band to town on Saturday February 23 at 7:30 PM for one hot performance and Andy has promised a show like none ever seen around here. Tickets are priced so the whole family can attend this Blues show. Don't let the weather keep you indoors! Since...

"Hello Children, Everywhere" - Uncle Mac's Children's Favourites

Havering On (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008

Back in 1954 the BBC's idea of pop music was a reflection of mainstream taste with ladies and gentlemen singers who annunciated their words and delivered good wholesome material. They also recognised the fact that children were interested in music, although in those far off days it was of course not pop music. The BBC Light Programme's solution for catering to younger people's musical interests was...

A tribute to Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham

BobFromBrockley (Free subscription) | 01/15/2008

Have I posted about Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham before? Surely among the very best ever song-writers, and yet relatively little known. Here are a few of their songs, with links to blog posts featuring those songs (and usually either mp3 downloads or YouTube footage). (This post inspired by the Ella Moon song at Sir Shambling I reached via Andrew .) Woman Left Lonely. Recorded by Ella Moon , Janis Joplin...

Barry Altschul... Shelley Manne... Cecil Taylor... Al Cohn/Bob Brookmeyer... Sonny Terry/Brownie McGhee

wordsandmusic (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008

Barry Altschul, from 1977, the title track of the album 'You can't name your own tune.' Starts off brisk and busy, then Muhal comes through quickly for a solo, single line and swirl, horn riffs bridging this and Lewis's trombone, borne along on a strong tide that floods most of the sonic space, not allowing Lewis much room in the mix, that ebbs slightly then dies off for Dave Holland to come through...

Blues guitarist Jerry Ricks dies

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 12/10/2007

American blues guitarist "Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks, who mastered the sound of the 1930s' Delta Blues, died in a clinic in Croatia on Monday. He was 67.

• Blues guitarist Jerry Ricks dies - Miami Herald
• Blues guitarist Jerry Ricks dies - Seattle Post-Intelligencer