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CD/DOWNLOAD RELEASE: Artist Alyssa Graham Releases “Echo”
CD/DOWNLOAD RELEASE: Artist Alyssa Graham Releases “Echo” Critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter Alyssa Graham’s sophomore CD, the aptly-titled Echo, is a musical travelogue that traces the arc of a modern-day love affair and infuses it with a mlange of Jazz, Pop and Brazilian rhythms, … Postd in Cazuza rock in rio (Default)  on May 31, 2008 Tags: echo, cd, graham, alyssa, release

Sat, 31 May 2008 13:35:17 -0700
Murphy’s Saloon Blues Podcast #124 - Back From The Delta
This week’s playlist: • JackLeg by Marco Pandolfi & the Jacknives, from Too Many Ways (2006); available from CD Baby. Visit Marco’s MySpace page for more information. • I Once Was A Gambler by Richard Ray Farrell & Marco Pandolfi, from Stuck On The Blues (2007); available from CD Baby and the iTunes Music Store. Visit RichardRayFarrell.com for more information. • Cut You Loose by Big George Brock, from Live at Seventy Five (2007); available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit Big George’s MySpace page for more information. • Stop Lying In My Face by Calvin Owens, from The House if Burnin’ (2002); available from the Order Page at Calvin’s site and the iTMS. Visit CalvinOwens.com for more information. • Everybody Wants To Be Somebody Else by Andy Cowan, from BAR, Volume 5 (2008); available from BluesAndRootsPromotions.com. Everybody Wants To Be Somebody Else is also a track on Andy’s album Sweet Release (2004), available from Shop.abc.net.au. Visit TaraHall.com.au/AndyCowan for more information. • Car Trouble by Mikey Jr. and Stone Cold Blues, from Mikey Likes It (2007); available from CD Baby. Visit MikeyJunior.com and Mikey’s MySpace page for more information. • You Cured My Blues by Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, from Can’t Stop Now (2008), available from Electro-Fi Records and the iTMS. Visit KennyBluesBoss.com for more information. • Mellow Chick Swing by Billy Boy Arnold, from Billy Boy Sings Sonny Boy (2008); available from Electro-Fi Records and the iTMS. Visit Wikipedia.org, AllMusic.com and Arnold’s page at the Alligator Records site for more information. • Goodbye Daughters of The Revolution by The Black Crowes, a single from Warpaint (2008), first made available to podcasters through the Podsafe Music Network. Warpaint is available from their store and the iTMS. Visit BlackCrowes.com for more information. • Ready To Fight by Michael Holt and the Trophy 500’s, from Boogalu (2007); available from the shop at Michael’s site. Visit MichaelHolt.info and the band’s MySpace page for more information. Mentioned during this episode: the opening audio clip is from the documentary The Howlin’ Wolf Story -The Secret History of Rock & Roll; The Ground Zero Blues Club; Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Inc.; Delta Blues Museum; The Blues Music Awards; Harrah’s Grand Casino Tunica. Excellent online resources for more information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; and be sure to download and listen to the DBM’s top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues. Also highly recommended: Today’s Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago. (Music on Murphy’s Saloon #124 courtesy of the artists, their labels, and the Podsafe Music Network, IODA PROMONET, Download.com or Garageband.com)

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