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Category Archive for 'New Orleans Blues'

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“It only takes pianist Bruce Ward’s first few notes of the opening track of Jumpin’ Juba’s debut CD Bumpity Bump to know you’re in for a good time. “Funny Farm” pretty much guarantees that anytime you put the disc in your CD player or you catch the group featuring frontman and guitarist [...]

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Irma Thomas: Simply Grand

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“True to its punny title, Simply Grand features Thomas in the company of 13 piano players laying down accompaniment on the acoustic grand. The tunes are old and new, borrowed and blue, but Thomas makes them all her own. The most powerful tracks here showcase Thomas and a solo pianist, bringing the feel [...]

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Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Ani Difranco and Terence Blanchard join Dr. John and the Lower 911 in this musical paean to Dr. John’s beloved New Orleans. This powerful new recording features stirring and thought-provoking songs about the post-Katrina crises in the ravaged jewel of the American South, including “City That Care Forgot,” “Time for a [...]

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