23rd Banbury Blues & Guitar Festival the Mill Arts Centre, Saturday, 6th March, 2010

The 23rd Banbury Blues and Guitar Festival will take place March 6th at the Mill Arts Center, Banbury, England. Featuring top UK based solo performers Jim Crawford, Tony Doughty, Roger Hubbard, Robin Chandler and The Howling Tom Cats, Sam Kelly’s Primo Blues and The Hamilton Loomis Band (USA). The Miller’s Bar performances include Jack Blackman, Paul Conley and Tony Stokes, Bex Marshall and Mellow Peaches. The Long Room offer a wide range of acoustic music including Roland Chadwick, Nik Linnik, Paul McKee, Sophie Henderson, Chris Brown and Darcy O’Mara.

Hamilton Loomis to Make 20 Stop Tour of UK in March

Come March, Texas born, Blind Pig recording artist Hamilton Loomis will do a month long, 20 stop tour of the UK. Beginning in Nottingham, England on March 4th and concluding at the Darvel Music Festival, Darvel, Scotland, March, 27th, his tour will take him through England, Wales and Scotland before he flies home to perform at the South Texas State Fair, Ford Park, Beaumont, Texas, where he will perform Saturday, April 3rd.

The Kyla Brox Band Early 2010 UK Dates Announced

Over the past two years The Kyla Brox Band have shot to prominence, wowing audiences with their passionate performances. As the daughter of bluesman Victor Brox, Kyla was surely born to sing the blues and her stunning voice is matched by a band of uniquely talented musicians.

The Blind Boys of Alabama to Perform at the White House in a Special A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement

The Blind Boys of Alabama to Perform in “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement”, Broadcast on PBS February 11th, 8pm EST on PBS Stations Nationwide.

This Sunday Morning’s Offering–John Lee Hooker & Carlos Santana – Chill Out

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Rogue Honors Portland Jazz Festival’s Bill Royston With Release Of Seventh Limited Edition Jazz Guy Ale

Portland, Oregon–Since 2004 the Portland Jazz Festival has brought world class jazz to the Rose City, showcasing iconic jazz performers from across the world. From February 21st-28th, the Portland Jazz Festival will fill up venues throughout Portland providing more than 20,000 people with more than 75 unique jazz events.

In honor of the Seventh Annual Portland Jazz Festival, Rogue Ales has released its seventh limited edition bottle of Jazz Guy Ale which previously featured artistic renditions of jazz performers including a pianist, guitarist, bass player, saxophonist and trumpet player. This year however, Rogue decided that the Jazz Guy Ale bottle will celebrate a living Rogue and Portland’s own jazz guy, Bill Royston.

Ray Charles’ ‘Genius + Soul = Jazz’ is Centerpiece of 2-CD Deluxe Edition Retrospective of the Artist’s Jazz Recordings of the ’60s and ’70s

Landmark 1961 recording, which made it to #4 on the pop charts, is bundled with three other Ray Charles jazz albums: ‘My Kind of Jazz,’ ‘Jazz Number II’ and ‘My Kind of Jazz Part 3.’

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Ray Charles was best known for his work in the idioms of R&B, rock ’n’ roll and even successful forays into country. But he also recorded influential jazz albums, including the groundbreaking Genius + Soul = Jazz in 1961, and continuing into the ’70s with My Kind of Jazz, Jazz Number II and My Kind of Jazz Part 3.

On April 6, 2010, Concord Records will release a deluxe edition two-CD set featuring digitally remastered versions of all four albums including encyclopedic liner notes by Will Friedwald, jazz writer for The Wall Street Journal and author of several books on music and popular culture, along with original liner notes by Dick Katz and Quincy Jones.

Genius + Soul = Jazz was recorded at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, in late 1960

Download Of Song From New Shakura S’aida CD Aids Relief Efforts In Haiti

Canada’s international blues vocalist, Shakura S’Aida, is using her voice to aid relief efforts in Haiti. “Angels on High” — a fitting title from her new album, Brown Sugar — is now available for download to aid victims of the Haiti Earthquake.

Every time the song is purchased for $1.00, proceeds will be donated to Free The Children, an international children’s charity which is working together with Partners in Health to provide long-term health care, education and relief for children affected by the disaster.

Blues Fans Will Be Privileged to Hear Latest Blue Bella Records Offerings, Set for Release on March 16, 2010

A fresh direction for guitar master Nick Moss; more great Chicago Blues and R&B from The Kilborn Alley Blues Band; plus great releases from newcomers to the label, Cash Box Kings and Matthew Stubbs.

CHICAGO, IL – Blue Bella Records is making 2010 its biggest year ever, releasing four varied and exciting new releases on March 16, 2010. Nick Moss returns with his eighth studio album, Privileged, while The Kilborn Alley Blues Band offers up their third release on the imprint, Better Off Now. Blue Bella Records is also pleased to announce debuts by two new additions to the label: Cash Box Kings with I-94 Blues and Matthew Stubbs with Medford & Main. All CDs will be distributed nationally by Burnside Distribution.