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This week's playlist:
• To Fill A Hole (3:43) by Brother Dege Legg, from Folk Songs of the American Longhair (2010); available from DegeLegg.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit DegeLegg.com for more information.
• I Never Want (3:18) and No Problem (4:48), both by Harper and both from Stand Together (2010); available from BlindPigRecords.com and the iTMS. Visit Harper.biz for more information.
• Heart Has Been Broken (3:47) and Couldn't Stay Away (3:43), both by Stringbean and both from Layin Low (2010); available from Blues Leaf Records' page at CD Universe and the iTMS. Visit StringbeanAndTheStalkers.art.officelive.com for more information.
• Uncle Sonny (2:33) and Medford & Main (2:41), both by Matthew Stubbs and both from Medford & Main (2009); available from the store at his site and the iTMS. Visit MatthewStubbs.net for more information.
• Boogie Woogie (3:47) by The Charles Walker Band, and Why Get A Chevrolet (3:45) by Michael Murphy And The Mob; both from Bake Sale, Volume Five (2010); available from the Great Northern Blues Society. Visit both WalkerBand.com and BigDogMurphy.com for more information.
• Katie Mae (2:58) by Guthrie Kennard, available from CDUniverse and the iTMS. Visit GuthrieKennard.com and MySpace.com/GuthrieKennard for more information.
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Primary sources of information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues; BluesRevue.com, the online home of Blues Revue magazine; BigCityBluesMag.com, the online home of Big City Blues magazine; and BluesCritic.com.
Recommended reading: Today's Chicago Blues (Amazon link) by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago. Karen also blogs about the blues at Today's Chicago Blues.
For things to do in Chicago: The Local Tourist and The Chicago Reader.
Two wonderful non-traditional online sources of Chicago news: Gapers Block and the Chicagoist.
(Something noteworthy being done by a hard working and very talented friend of mine: Flamenco Chicago)
(The music you hear on Murphy's Saloon comes to you courtesy of the artists and their labels. One of the following may have provided assistance as an intermediary: IODA PROMONET, AirplayDirect, RadioSubmit.com, the Podsafe Music Network, Download.com or Garageband.com, )
This episode's playlist:
• 28 Degrees (3:29) by Damon Fowler, from Devil Got His Way (2011); available from Blind Pig Records and iTunes. Visit this page at the Blind Pig Records site for the most up-to-date information.
• Back In Style (3:27) by Joss Stone, a digital single released by...
Published 05/04/11
This episode's playlist:
• A Shout-Out (4:15) by Al "Coffee" McDaniel, from Blues In My Shoes (2007); available from CDBaby and iTunes. Visit ALMcDaniel.com and AirplayDirect.com/AL for more information.
• Slow Burn (2:55) by The Nancy McKeen Bluz Machine, from their EP Three Jacks and a Jill...
Published 03/16/11