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  Jun 23

  What Happened To Muddy Waters' Estate After His Death?

  grunge.com - William Kennedy

  In 1983, acclaimed blues musician Muddy Waters died in his sleep from cancer-related complications. Prior to his death, the influential singer, …

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  2 days ago

  Inside the ‘Chitlin Circuit,’ a Jim Crow-Era Safe Space for Black Performers

  Atlas Obscura - Adrian Miller

  It’s where legends like Tina Turner and Ray Charles launched their careers. “Sometimes you play for the chitlins, that’s what you would get,” said …

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  3 days ago

  Merle Haggard Perfectly Summed Up Bro-Country: “Screwing On a Tailgate, No Substance, a Bunch Of S-t To Me”

  whiskeyriff.com - Steve Gazibara

  April 6th of this year marked six years since we lost one of the country music greats, Merle Haggard.I was listening to some Merle and reading some of …

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  16 hours ago

  Originally formed as a tribute band, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings is ‘something we go to when we are hungry’

  The Toronto Star - David McPherson

  They came together in 1996 over a mutual love of unheralded Canadian singer-songwriter Willie P. Bennett. Their latest album “O Glory” is out July …

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  17 hours ago

  Folk Alley Faves of 2022 (So Far) - Folk Alley

  folkalley.com

  We are halfway into another year and some truly great music has released in these past six months. In fact, there so much good and new, coming so …

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  14 hours ago

  Basic Folk - Dietrich Strause - The Bluegrass Situation

  thebluegrasssituation.com

  On his new album, You And I Must Be Out Of My Mind, Dietrich found himself more in control of the creative process thanks to spending years …