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‘Blue Heaven’ a divine celebration of blues music, icons who created it

If you’re a fan of blues, you’re a fan of this show. Scratch that. If you’re a fan of music, you’re a fan of this show.

Chicago Sun-Times

R&B Hall of Fame headed to Mississippi town

The project is the culmination of a 50-year effort to build a hall of fame for R&B musicians such as James Brown, Aretha Franklin and B.B. King.

Chicago Sun-Times

R&B Hall of Fame headed to small Mississippi Delta town

The National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame is coming to the small Mississippi Delta town of Marks

The Independent UK

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A woman in a man's world

US R&B legend Big Mama Thornton is one of the forgotten "originators", to use Dr John's term for Professor Longhair, of rock'n'roll. The late Alabama native, who died almost exactly 38 years ago on July 25, 1984, recorded the first version of Leiber and Stoller's Hound Dog in 1952. After…

Bangkok Post

Quick 18 with Keith Duffy: ‘Back in the 90s we ended up on stage with Pavarotti, BB King, Ricky Martin and Mariah Carey!’

He shot to fame with Boyzone and now enjoys a new lease of life with former Westlife star Brian McFadden as part of Boyzlife.

Irish Independent

Country-soul star Yola: ‘I have a mission. I’m extremely bloody-minded about it’

The Grammy-nominated UK singer on her journey from guesting on dance bangers to starring in Baz Lurhmanm’s Elvis, and her long battle for recognition in the white, male-dominated Americana scene

The Guardian - UK

Greg Cote: Whatever happened to Don King? Famed boxing promoter is back at 90 for a last bow in Miami.

MIAMI — He was one of the biggest stars in boxing history and one of sports’ greatest showmen. He was the celebrity-promoter who shaped the careers of Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. He was as big as they get in his reign from the mid-1970s through the ‘90s.

Miami Herald

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Who’s who in the new Baz Luhrmann Elvis Presley biopic?

The all-star cast features big names from Tom Hanks to Kodi Smit-McPhee

Evening Standard

‘I’m living for the ones who didn’t make it’: Bonnie Raitt on her unquenchable thirst for music

As she wins a lifetime achievement Grammy at 72, the US singer who crossed blues with pop is still determined to support artists who never got their dues

The Guardian - UK

Divorce, illness, failure ... how musician Larry McCray beat his own blues

He wowed the blues scene with his holler – but bad decisions and worse luck sent him into a rut. Now, with a loving relationship and Joe Bonamassa championing him, he says he’s grabbing a second chance

The Guardian - UK

Ziggy bows out, Madonna scares the pope and Dylan goes electric: 50 gigs that changed music

Five decades after David Bowie’s seminal tour, our music writers reflect on the concerts that have left a mark, from Billie Holiday to Billie Eilish

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