Don't Mess With Taxes (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
State taxes certainly are a pain for some prominent people. The latest celebrity to run afoul of state collectors is MSNBC's Keith Olbermann. As the host of the cable TV program Countdown, he regularly cites the screw-ups of others in his "Worst Person in the World" feature. Now Olbermann is catching heat for apparently being...
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Within the first minute of hearing Koko Taylor wail her raspy voice into “Let the Good Times Roll” in concert, in a blues club, or on Live From Chicago: An Audience With the Queen, you may realize you are in the presence of royalty. Koko isn’t called the Queen of the Blues for nothing. She follows in the tradition of Ma Rainey and Big Mama Thornton, and with Koko still active on the circuit, she’s...
Chicago news (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
A roster of legends including B.B. King and Koko Taylor headline the Chicago Blues Festival as the event kicks off for the 25th year.
Jack Bog's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
The Queen of the Blues, Koko Taylor, has taken some blows in recent years. Her latest troubles are a tangle with the IRS. [Via TaxProf Blog.]...
TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
From next week's Forbes: Singing Tax Blues, by Janet Novack & William P. Barrett: The Grammy-winning blues singer Koko Taylor turns 80 in September. She’s in extremely poor health, likely exacerbated by decades of the kind of raucous hard living...
Don't Mess With Taxes (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Another legendary singer is facing tax troubles and possible loss of her home to the IRS. Back in March, Aretha Franklin's IRS issues came to light. Now the feds are going after Grammy-winning blues singer Koko Taylor. According to Forbes, the IRS contends the wheelchair-bound Taylor owes $400,000 in back taxes, penalties and interest. If...
Japundit (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Japan Talk #110 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner. * All blues tunes * Please don't forget the survey! * No Japan Talk next week. Next episode on May 31. * Please help Japan Talk! * Fill out this survey and help us find sponsors * We need 250 responses Listener Mail * Momo-J (Japan): [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
DAVENPORT, Iowa - Grammy-award winner Koko Taylor, dubbed "The Queen of Blues" for having won more Blues Awards than any other blues artist-male or female, returns to the 2008 IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival. The Mississippi Valley Blues Society (MVBS) today announced the festival lineup of 28 acts performing on two stages, July 3 - 5, in Davenport, Iowa. Produced by MVBS and presented by IH Mississippi...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
The NorthernBlues Music release The Wheel Man wins "Album of the Year" over peers Koko Taylor, Bettye LaVette and Jimmie Vaughan. Watermelon Slim and the Workers won a pair of awards at the Memphis-based Blues Foundation's 2008 Blues Music Awards (formerly W.C. Handy Awards) on Thursday May 8, 2008 at the Grand Casino Event Center in Tunica, Mississippi...
John Connell (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Marc Farley piles on the pain by telling me what I missed because I had to bail out of San Jose a day too soon. Technorati Tags: marc farley, robert cray, koko taylor, fountain blues festival
John Connell (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Timing has never been my strong point. I fly out of San Jose tomorrow morning (Saturday 10th May), making my way back home to Scotland, and I find out tonight that Robert Cray is playing San Jose State University tomorrow night (and free entry too!) - he is heading up the Metro Fountain Blues Festival. [...]
Doctor Mooney's 115th Dream (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
For the last week the doctors and nursemaids here at the asylum have been ridin’ the midnight soul train and listenin’ to a perfect blend of magic medicine from…Martha and the Vandellas “Dance Party”, Otis Redding “Otis Blue”, Aretha Franklin “Lady Soul”, Four Tops “Reach Out” and Ray Charles’ “The Genius of Ray Charles”. A few weeks back we posted about our favorite soul sister #1, Koko Taylor. Well,...
Portals and KM (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
The 25th Annual Chicago Blues Festival will be held June 5-8 in Grant Park. Friday night headliners include Koko Taylor and her Blues Machine, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, and a special set honoring the past, featuring Ruby Andrews, Cicero Blake...
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
"Now, Roxy Perry, she’s a belter. With a big, sassy, brassy voice capable of directing the traffic made by a swift-moving, seven-piece band, she can also take a country stroll, as she does on her own acoustic slide Delta blues double entendre thing, the fine “Tailgate Swing”. Other than that one low-down cut, Perry’s CD is packed with polished, soulful urban blues. The standouts among the nine originals...
Doctor Mooney's 115th Dream (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
If you have been tunin' into the Doctor Mooney Memory Elixir Old-Time Travelin' Medicine Show as of late you may have noticed that our rock 'n roll stethoscopes haven't devoted too many prescriptions to the female sex (shout sister shout). Because of this we have come down with the Brakeman's blues and decided to declare today "Koko Taylor Day" and dedicate todays post to the hard bitin' sounds of...
