Music Review: Various Musicians - Rich Man's War: New Blues & Roots Songs Of Peace And Protest
A collection of intelligent, musically interesting songs that also happen to have been written in response to events of the last eight years. Music has always had the power to inflame people's passions. From ultra nationalist songs that whip up hatred against others to religious music that inspires devotions, music has the potential to have the strongest and most immediate emotional impact of all the arts. Therefore, it's little wonder that down through the years music and songs...
Canadian Investors partner with The Blues Hall of Fame to transform the Delta town of Clarksdale Mississippi into a world class tourist destination.
Rock and Roll, it has often been said, is just the blues sped up. You can’t really argue with that statement. Rock, in all its diverse glory owes its existence to the blues. After all, if it weren’t for the blues, the 12 bar chord progressions, the rhythm of drum and guitar, the chanting songs that re-laid the stories and the history of...
The big news this week is of course Green Day's much-anticipated punk-opera 21st Century Breakdown . Green Day's album is one which is sure to be carefully watched by industry bean-counters. Their last album, American Idiot , was an all too rare modern-day multi-platinum selling physical CD in the MP3 era. But decades from now it may well also be remembered as symbolizing the Bush era in the same way that people like Bob Dylan are considered synonymous with the sixties. Our own Jordan "J-Rich" Richardson will be along shortly to provide his own 21st century breakdown of sorts on whether or not Green Day have once again delivered the goods.
As uncompromising in his personal life as he is in his music, Steve Earle is one of the few guys left from the original era of outlaw country who has managed to survive despite his excesses with his artistic integrity
