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Small corners are great for finding long forgotten sounds. Kind of cool when they’re also good for finding new stuff. Denton, TX. Who knew?
An Indie Scene that Comes with a Texas Twang in Denton
I like the idea of music destination travel (notice that’s the whole theme of this week’s nytimes travel section). I mean, [...]

Taylor Hicks has released an album of his “Early Works” - mostly songs he wrote, all ones he’d recorded on his own dime before his Idol gig. All of this music, some of which is really sweet, has long circulated on the internet and also been available as concert merch for those of us [...]

Isaac Hayes, dead at 65. If you don’t know what he was about, read around, because it will be everywhere by the time you read this. I’m just remembering that time when soul music really had something important to say.
Soulsville

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Something cool for a hot day: start with some bass groove, add a little tune, let them go where they will. Sometimes the fewest ingredients yield the most satisfaction. My recommendation on this video: start it at the 1:13 mark and listen, then go back and listen to the beginning interview.
Esperanza Spalding, Cantora de Yala

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Is John Mayer really a celebrity?
Context is everything. Of course, Joshua Bell could have told him that. (Be sure and click both links and watch the videos.)
I started this post just because I think Mayer is usually pretty hilarious in his videos, and this one is no exception. But then I remembered the Bell article [...]

More from Buddy Guy on the occasion of his new release, Skin Deep (reviewed here):
on Muddy Waters:

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