Traveling to the Holy Ground of the Delta Blues - Blogcritics.org
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 ...December 1, 2008
NEW BARS: Rhythm & Brews - McAllen Monitor
The owners built Rhythm & Brews with their bare hands - sort of. Owners Jose Acosta and Marcos Quintanilla started developing this smokehouse and blues bar in June. They picked a thick, solid wood exterior, and they put in on themselves. Then they ...November 28, 2008
Now hear this: Merger of XM and Sirius is music to listeners' ears - Popmatters.com
This month, XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio merged their programming so that subscribers to either service would get the same channels. And I’m loving it. I’ve had both services since they began because I despise what is on ...December 1, 2008
Christina Aguilera, Leona Lewis, Pink and Rihanna Dazzle At The ... - Entertainmentwise
But it was R&B singer Chris Brown who stole the show at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, picking up three awards for Artist of the Year and favourite male artist in the Pop or Rock Music and Soul/Rhythm and Blues categories. And his girlfriend ...November 23, 2008
Brown dominates American Music Awards - KUTV
Singer Chris Brown poses with the awards for Favorite Male Artist in the category of Soul/Rhythm and Blues and Pop/Rock Music in the press room during the 2008 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on November 23, 2008 in Los Angeles ...November 22, 2008
Brown snags 3 American Music Awards; West wins 2 - Sioux City Journal
Chris Brown poses with his awards for Favorite Male Artist, Pop or Rock Music and Favorite Male Artist, Soul/Rhythm & Blues Music backstage at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) LOS ANGELES ...November 22, 2008
Jambalaya of genres tunes in to both naughty and nice - Columbus Dispatch
Byron Stripling leads the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. The hard-touring Jimi Vincent Band, from Mansfield, has played festivals throughout the United States and will donate its electric, house-rocking Chicago-style blues to a good cause, operated by the ...November 27, 2008
Former DJ brings back "Danbury Doo Wop" - Danbury News-Times
It was called "doo-wop" and by the early 1970s, when former Newtown resident Will Anderson was doing "The Rock 'n' Roll Revival Party" on WINE-FM, it had long since been pushed off the charts by the British Invasion and psychedelic rock 'n' roll. But ...December 1, 2008
2008 American Music Awards Archives - Just Jared
Pirate-inspired Rihanna pairs her jewel-encrusted eyepatch with her spiky dominatrix outfit during her performance of “Rehab” at the 2008 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on Sunday in Los Angeles. Those chained shoulder pads ...November 24, 2008
Kid rocks Thanksgiving - Detroit Free Press
"This is the story of hip-hop, rhythm and blues, country music, soul, gospel and rock 'n' roll. I'll be the narrator of the evening ... and my name is Kid ." That's how Kid Rock addresses the audience at the Factory in Franklin, Tenn., where he and ...November 27, 2008