Attention Musicians, Vocalist and Bands Coming Soon
Black Music America presents "BMA Idols!"
This could be your big break!
Blues
Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music. It emerged in
African American communities from spirituals, work songs, shouts and
chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballards. The use of blue notes
and the prominence of call and response patterns in the music and
lyrics are indicative of African influence. The blues influenced
later American and Western popular music, as it became the roots of
jazz, r&b, rock and roll, blue grass, hip hop and other popular
music forms.
Ray
Charles
Ray Charles born September 23, 1930- June 10, 2004 was a
pianist and musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and
blues. He also brought a soulful sound to country music and
his noted for his rendition of "America the Beautiful" that
Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the "definitive version of
the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man
who sung it. Ray Charles was given the Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award in 1987, in 1991 inducted to the Rhythm &
Blues Foundation. and In 2004, rolling Stone Magazine ranked
him #10 on their list of the 100Greatest Artist If All Time
www.raycharles.com
Bobbie
Blue Bland
Robert Calvin Bland born January 27, 1930 better known as
Bobby “Blue” Bland, is one of America’s legendary Blues
artist. He is sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the
Blues". Along with such artists as Sam Cooke, Ray Charles
and Junior Parker, Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel
with blues and R&B. In 1992, Bobby Bland was inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 1997 he received the
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
KoKo
Taylor
Koko Taylor born Cora Walton, September 28, 1935 in Shelby
County, Tennessee is a legend in American blues popularly
known as the "Queen of the Blues." She is known primarily
for her rough and powerful vocals and traditional blues
stylings. She dominate the female blues singer ranks. In
addition to winning a Grammy Award she has won twenty-five
W.C. Handy Awards more than any other artist blues artist.
Her style has influenced musicians such as Bonnie Raitt,
Shemekia Copeland and the late Janis Joplin.
www.kokotaylor.com
Blues Channel News
Buddy Guy Gets
Clapton, Randolph For New Album
Guitar
legend Buddy Guy has Eric Clapton, Robert Randolph, Susan Tedeschi
and Derek Trucks in his corner on "Skin Deep," his next Silvertone/Zomba
album. Due July 22, the set is led by the title track, which
features Trucks.
Clapton appears on "Every Time I Sing the Blues," while Randolph
guests on "Out in the Woods" and "That's My Home." The new album is
the follow-up to 2006's "Can't Quit the Blues," which reached No. 2
on Billboard's Top Blues Album chart.
Already a Rock and Roll of Fame inductee, Guy will on July 20
receive the Great Performer of Illinois Award during a ceremony at
Chicago's Millennium Park.
The artist will be on tour in North America beginning July 23 in
Silverton, Ore., with support from George Thorogood & the
Destroyers.
BMA
BLUES PICKS
Watermelon Slim &
The Workers The Wheel
Man
Koko Taylor Old School
Bettye Lavette The Scene
Of The Crime
James Blood Ulmer Bad Blood
in the City
Diunna Greenleaf &
Blue Mercy Cotton
Field to Coffee House
Ray
Charles
Bobbie
Blue Bland
KoKo
Taylor
Guitar
legend Buddy Guy has Eric Clapton, Robert Randolph, Susan Tedeschi
and Derek Trucks in his corner on "Skin Deep," his next Silvertone/Zomba
album. Due July 22, the set is led by the title track, which
features Trucks.
