Subject:

Blues Music

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Deathmatch: Which Is Better, Pub Rock or Garage Rock?

    [Editor's note: Deathmatch pairs two artists who have something in common, and determines who is better. It's a concept we sort-of ripped off from MTV, except that instead of claymation it's the printed word!] Every couple of years, garage rock rears its head again, whack-a-mole-style. Garage per s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Etta James Is Dead

    See also: R&B Legend Etta James Has Dementia, Reveals Sordid Riverside County Money Lawsuit Etta James passed away today at the age of 73 at Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside. James, born Jamesetta Hawkins, suffered a number of health problems at the time of her death, including leukemia an ... More >>

  • Music

    January 19, 2012

    L.A. Woman: Track List

    See also: R&B Legend Etta James Has Dementia, Reveals Sordid Riverside County Money Lawsuit Etta James passed away today at the age of 73 at Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside. James, born Jamesetta Hawkins, suffered a number of health problems at the time of her death, including leukemia an ... More >>

  • Music

    January 19, 2012

    L.A. Woman Was the Doors' Bluesy Masterpiece, and Jim Morrison's Kiss-Off to L.A.

    See also: R&B Legend Etta James Has Dementia, Reveals Sordid Riverside County Money Lawsuit Etta James passed away today at the age of 73 at Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside. James, born Jamesetta Hawkins, suffered a number of health problems at the time of her death, including leukemia an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Johnny Otis Is Dead: R&B Godfather Was 90

    By Kirk Silsbee Rhythm and blues giant Johnny Otis passed away on Tuesday in Altadena. He was 90. At times a bandleader, talent scout, club owner, and broadcaster, among other titles, his caravan tours in the 1950s helped popularize R&B throughout the country. His influence on the genre is incalcul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: #10-6

    See also: *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #20-16 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #15-11 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #5-1 10. Guido D'Arezzo Simply put, the writings of Guido D'Arezzo (above) laid the foundations for Western music. This medieval theorist ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2011

    Warren Hayes

    See also: *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #20-16 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #15-11 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #5-1 10. Guido D'Arezzo Simply put, the writings of Guido D'Arezzo (above) laid the foundations for Western music. This medieval theorist ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    Feel Like Going Home

    See also: *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #20-16 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #15-11 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #5-1 10. Guido D'Arezzo Simply put, the writings of Guido D'Arezzo (above) laid the foundations for Western music. This medieval theorist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    RIP Cornell Dupree

    Cornell Dupree​Famed jazz and R&B guitarist Cornell Dupree passed away Sunday, May 8, in his hometown of Fort Worth, TX. He was 69 years old. At 19, the blues musician joined King Curtis and the Kingpins, playing alongside a young Jimi Hendrix. In the 1960s, he became one of Atlantic Records ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    An Evening with Henry Butler

    Cornell Dupree​Famed jazz and R&B guitarist Cornell Dupree passed away Sunday, May 8, in his hometown of Fort Worth, TX. He was 69 years old. At 19, the blues musician joined King Curtis and the Kingpins, playing alongside a young Jimi Hendrix. In the 1960s, he became one of Atlantic Records ... More >>

  • Music

    March 17, 2011

    Music to Pick Up/Download

    Cornell Dupree​Famed jazz and R&B guitarist Cornell Dupree passed away Sunday, May 8, in his hometown of Fort Worth, TX. He was 69 years old. At 19, the blues musician joined King Curtis and the Kingpins, playing alongside a young Jimi Hendrix. In the 1960s, he became one of Atlantic Records ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Most Legendary Blues Recordings Ever Get the Super Deluxe Treatment

    ​Variety announces that the Robert Johnson recordings from 1936-1937, without a doubt the most legendary set of blues recordings ever, will be re-released in a super-deluxe "Centennial Edition." These are hallowed recordings that have changed the lives of Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Bob Dyl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Captain Beefheart: The Legendary 1980 Profile by Lester Bangs

    Captain Beefheart artwork for Doc at the Radar Station album ad (1980)​[As we reported this afternoon, Captain Beefheart, Don Van Vliet, died today at 69. We already posted a list of the "Top 14 Reasons Why Captain Beefheart Was a True American Genius" by Beefheartologist Rob Chalfen. You can ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2010

    Sweet Mama String Bean: A Celebration of Blues Woman Ethel Waters

    Captain Beefheart artwork for Doc at the Radar Station album ad (1980)​[As we reported this afternoon, Captain Beefheart, Don Van Vliet, died today at 69. We already posted a list of the "Top 14 Reasons Why Captain Beefheart Was a True American Genius" by Beefheartologist Rob Chalfen. You can ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2010

    A Whole Messa Bessie

    Captain Beefheart artwork for Doc at the Radar Station album ad (1980)​[As we reported this afternoon, Captain Beefheart, Don Van Vliet, died today at 69. We already posted a list of the "Top 14 Reasons Why Captain Beefheart Was a True American Genius" by Beefheartologist Rob Chalfen. You can ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2010

    MONDAY BECOMES ELEKTRA

    Captain Beefheart artwork for Doc at the Radar Station album ad (1980)​[As we reported this afternoon, Captain Beefheart, Don Van Vliet, died today at 69. We already posted a list of the "Top 14 Reasons Why Captain Beefheart Was a True American Genius" by Beefheartologist Rob Chalfen. You can ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2010

    Swingin' With Ray

    Captain Beefheart artwork for Doc at the Radar Station album ad (1980)​[As we reported this afternoon, Captain Beefheart, Don Van Vliet, died today at 69. We already posted a list of the "Top 14 Reasons Why Captain Beefheart Was a True American Genius" by Beefheartologist Rob Chalfen. You can ... More >>

  • Music

    August 19, 2010

    The Morlocks Play the Blues

    Revived band gives the Chess songbook the L.A. punk treatment

  • Calendar

    August 5, 2010

    Love That Dirty Water

    Revived band gives the Chess songbook the L.A. punk treatment

  • Film+TV

    April 15, 2010

    Movie Reviews: Exit Through the Gift Shop, Handsome Harry

    Also, Letters to God, The Joneses, Who Do You Love and more

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Redemption Songs: Mose Allison Live @ Largo at the Coronet (1/17)

    Mose Allison has always been a misfit. Not a misfit in the sense of a James Dean or even a Chet Baker (I mean, if Bruce Weber does a documentary on your meaningful junkie wrinkles, you've found some kind of "fit"), but a true unclassifiable. After all, the blues are rumored to be something the devil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Bob Dylan at the Palladium, Night One: A Change is Gonna Come

    By Falling James "For years, they had me locked in a cage/Then they threw me onto the stage," Bob Dylan once sang/confessed/bragged/warned. "Some things just last longer than you thought they would." It's impressive that Bob Dylan is still touring heavily at the age of 68, but what's really amazin ... More >>

  • Music

    July 16, 2009

    SONGSTRESS-MUSICIAN SUNNY WAR

    She's going to blow your mind

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Meet Sunny War: A Country Blues Singer Who Transcends Time

    Sunny War In this week's print edition, LA Weekly presents an introduction to singer and guitarist Sunny War, who maybe you've seen busking at Venice Beach or at the Sunday morning Hollywood Farmer's Market. War, who draws on country blues and folk music to create her uniquely American sound, is yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    The Dead Weather at the Roxy: Jack White and Alison Mossheart vs. The Cream of the Blues-Rock Canon

    The Dead Weather, the new supergroup featuring Jack White of the White Stripes/Raconteurs, Alison Mossheart of the Kills, Dean Furtita of Queens of the Stoneage, and Jack Lawrence of the Raconteurs and Greenhornes, arrived at the Roxy last night to make the case whether a blues rock band in the 21st ... More >>

  • Music

    April 16, 2009

    Rock Picks: Mark Eitzel, Wanda Jackson, Dan Deacon, Heartless Bastards

    Plus, Hecuba, James Pants, Angus & Julia Stone and others

  • Calendar

    August 21, 2008

    Chalk It Up

    Plus, Hecuba, James Pants, Angus & Julia Stone and others

  • Calendar

    August 21, 2008

    Chalk One Up

    Plus, Hecuba, James Pants, Angus & Julia Stone and others

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2008

    Sevens the Key Number Here. Think About It. Seven Doors. Seven-Eleven. Seven Little Chipmunks Twirling on a Ranch, Eatin' Lots of Sunflowers on my Uncle's Ranch. Seven. (Pt. 1)

    I really don't do the Meme thing, but seeing as though it's the illustrious Alfred Soto doing the asking, how can I possibly I say no? Per the Lord. “List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    Bo Knows Death

    Like many people my age, I learned about Bo Diddley not from any unremembered nostalgia for British Invasion swipes of the ancient bluesman's slippery guitar technique, but from the myth-making "Bo Knows" Nike commercials of the late 80s. See the above YouTube clip and marinate on the '88 cameos f ... More >>

  • Music

    March 13, 2008

    Brick's Picks: Beautiful Scenes

    Jazz bakery cooks, Back Room closes

  • Music

    January 24, 2008

    Rock Picks: Lucy Lawless, The Dagons, Big Daddy Kane and more

    For the week of Jan. 25-31

  • Music

    January 29, 2004

    The Beat That Kills

    For the week of Jan. 25-31

  • Music

    December 18, 2003

    The Revelators

    Martin Scorsese’s blue Christmas

  • Music

    November 13, 2003

    How To Play a Mountain

    Martin Scorsese’s blue Christmas

  • Music

    April 17, 2003

    Red and White All Over

    The White Stripes, for real

  • Music

    July 18, 2002

    Mojo Man

    Muddy Waters was a rollin' stone

  • Music

    November 22, 2001

    High Water Blues

    The life and times of Charley Patton

  • Music

    February 1, 2001

    Shake ’Em On Down

    The life and times of Charley Patton

  • Music

    December 28, 2000

    Peppermint Twist

    The White Stripes’ blues in the red zone

  • Music

    November 25, 1999

    Please Don't Like Me

    Mike Ness' social contortions

  • Music

    September 23, 1999

    Cantos del Corazón

    Home, the world and Huayucaltia

  • Music

    July 29, 1999

    Give the Drummer Some

    Earl Palmer, rock & roll's heavy hitter

  • Music

    July 8, 1999

    Sugar 'N' Spikes

    Captain Beefheart: The Mirror Man as mere man

  • News

    June 3, 1999

    Hot Dates

    A guide to summer fetes and flights of fancy

  • Music

    May 13, 1999

    Big Boss Man

    A guide to summer fetes and flights of fancy

  • Music

    February 11, 1999

    Charles Brown, 1922–1999

    A guide to summer fetes and flights of fancy

  • Music

    February 4, 1999

    Minstrels at the Crossroads

    To live and love the blues

  • Music

    July 23, 1998

    Honk if You're Hungry

    To live and love the blues

  • Music

    April 16, 1998

    Pair o’ Dice and the Blues

    To live and love the blues

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