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Big Blues Bender – It’s Vegas Baby!
|Photos by Laura Carbone It’s Vegas Baby! What better place than to go on a Bender of Blues than in the florescent city that never sleeps? Once home of Liberace, … Read more
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Trois-Riviѐres Festival overflows with talent
Photos by Laura Carbone At a true festival, live music takes over an entire city. The small city of Trois-Riviѐres, in northeast Canada, celebrated their ninth anniversary, and the … Read more
Cahors Blues Festival
Photos by Laura Carbone Coverage by Iain Patience and Laura Carbone Cahors Blues Festival, in the southern midi-Pyrenean region of France, is now the country’s true premiere annual blues … Read more
Spending time with Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
Photos by Ebet Roberts Modern musical partnerships are no new things. Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash; Duane and Gregg Allman; Doc and Merle Watson; Simon and Garfunkel; Kris … Read more
BottleRock Festival, Napa, CA
Photos by Ana Gibert I’ve been covering music festivals for 14 years (Coachella, Bonnaroo, Americana, SXSW, etc.), but BottleRock goes the extra mile—or two. Wine, food and song got equal … Read more
Mavis Staples
This is one large extravaganza with a few peak moments, mostly solid, rather predictable performances, and a few misses too. It takes on more meaning now that Gregg Allman, a … Read more
Dr. John
Mac Rebennack is the consummate showman in many respects, but perhaps one of his strongest selling points are the friends he’s made who have endured the long and hazy journey … Read more
The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers were as unassuming as they were influential. From their early days, they lacked the radio history of the Carter Family, the crossover controversy of Ray Charles, the … Read more
Pops Staples – Don’t Lose This
He was ill and nearly 84. But in 1999, at his daughters’ urging, Roebuck Staples (“Pops” to the world) picked up his guitar, creating the tracks on Don’t Lose This. … Read more
Mavis Staples and friends
Mavis Staples throws a terrific birthday party. By terrific I mean that the City of Chicago declares the day in her honor, other music legends gather from all over the … Read more
Trois-Riviѐres Festival overflows with talent
Photos by Laura Carbone At a true festival, live music takes over an entire city. The small city of Trois-Riviѐres, in northeast Canada, celebrated their ninth anniversary, and the … Read more
Cahors Blues Festival
Photos by Laura Carbone Coverage by Iain Patience and Laura Carbone Cahors Blues Festival, in the southern midi-Pyrenean region of France, is now the country’s true premiere annual blues … Read more
Spending time with Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
Photos by Ebet Roberts Modern musical partnerships are no new things. Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash; Duane and Gregg Allman; Doc and Merle Watson; Simon and Garfunkel; Kris … Read more
BottleRock Festival, Napa, CA
Photos by Ana Gibert I’ve been covering music festivals for 14 years (Coachella, Bonnaroo, Americana, SXSW, etc.), but BottleRock goes the extra mile—or two. Wine, food and song got equal … Read more
Mavis Staples
This is one large extravaganza with a few peak moments, mostly solid, rather predictable performances, and a few misses too. It takes on more meaning now that Gregg Allman, a … Read more
Dr. John
Mac Rebennack is the consummate showman in many respects, but perhaps one of his strongest selling points are the friends he’s made who have endured the long and hazy journey … Read more
The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers were as unassuming as they were influential. From their early days, they lacked the radio history of the Carter Family, the crossover controversy of Ray Charles, the … Read more
Pops Staples – Don’t Lose This
He was ill and nearly 84. But in 1999, at his daughters’ urging, Roebuck Staples (“Pops” to the world) picked up his guitar, creating the tracks on Don’t Lose This. … Read more
Mavis Staples and friends
Mavis Staples throws a terrific birthday party. By terrific I mean that the City of Chicago declares the day in her honor, other music legends gather from all over the … Read more
