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With lap steel guitar in tow, Ben Harper, a man of many genres, howls alongside notable electric blues harmonica playerCharlie Musselwhiteat New York City’s Irving Plaza on January 29, 2013, the same day that …
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Mississippi John Hurtis recorded performing his 1928 country blues classic, “Spike Driver Blues”, after he was rediscovered in 1963
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Father and son, Luther and Bernard Allisonbring the blues to Germany during the elder blues musician’s 1991 tour of Europe, and are seen here giving an electrified performance of Luther’s“Bad News Is Coming”.
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It’s time for Tribut’sThis Week in Pop Culture! Yet again we’re focusing on important events in music history during the week of July 10 through July 16. Here we go!
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