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As the winds of change cast uncertainty over their nomadic lifestyle, both cultures are at a crossroads. 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Touring with Farka Touré, Samba was profoundly influenced and began creating his own style of Songhai Blues. Bursting with energy, this is Samba's tribute to his mentor and the continuation of a desert blues legacy.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"titleNews\"\u003eSonghai Blues - Homage To Ali Farka Touré\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalian bluesman Samba Touré is a protégé of the legendary Ali Farka Touré (1939-2006), who, known as the African John Lee Hooker, was one of the greatest guitarists of all time and one of the continent's most internationally renowned musicians. When Farka Touré asked Samba to join his band for a world tour in 1997, it proved to be an experience that would inspire him for ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEntranced by Farka Touré's own genius blend of traditional Malian music and North American blues, as well as the new musical styles and influences they discovered on the road, he began to develop his own style of blues. Under the mentorship of the Malian legend, Samba launched his own career forming the group Fondo (meaning 'the departure' in the Songhai language). Since then, he has created a unique genre of Songhai Blues, with Farka Touré's profound influence living on in his musical creations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn on 15 June 1968, Samba grew up in Dabi, a small village in the Tombouctou region of Mali. Samba's father passed away just before his birth, leaving his mother to raise him alongside his brother, Ibrahima 'Bouri' Séré. Although they could not afford formal education, he was surrounded by music from an early age and his mother was one of the first women to sing with the young Ali Farka Touré at the Biennale Festival in Mali.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen he was old enough, Samba left for the Malian capital, Bamako, in the hopes of finding a job. There, he heard the popular guitar-driven dance music of Zaire for the first time and, inspired, began singing and playing guitar in a band called Farafina Lolo (Africa Star), with his brother Bouri on the drums and Baba Simagah on the bass guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring that time, he fell in love with the music of Ali Farka Touré, a true original who was transposing the traditional music of his native north Mali and single-handedly bringing the style known as desert blues to an international audience. Samba was entranced by this master from Niafunké (near Tombouctou) and began to play the guitar in the same style, adapting his playing from traditional string instruments on to an electric guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Farafina Lolo split up in the mid-1990s, Samba briefly joined another group, Super Lolo, before leaving in order to concentrate on composing. In 1997, Farka Touré offered him the unique opportunity to tour with him as part of his band. Delighted, Samba accepted and, while touring across Europe and the USA, his mentor opened his eyes to a variety of new influences. Farka Touré inspired him to create his own blues style and, on his return to Mali, formed Fondo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFondo includes Zoumana Tereta, a master of the \u003cem\u003esokou\u003c\/em\u003e (a traditional Malian violin), Oumar Barou Diallo on bass guitar, Hamma Sankaré on \u003cem\u003ecalabash\u003c\/em\u003e and Samba's brother Bouri on the drums. The youngest member of the band, Djimé Sissoko, is the little brother of the great Baba Sissoko, and can be heard on the \u003cem\u003egnoni\u003c\/em\u003e (a four-string guitar) and the \u003cem\u003etamani\u003c\/em\u003e (talking drum). Together, they have played at numerous African festivals, with the bassist Baba Simagah and the conga player Oumar Touré (who was a longtime player with Ali Farka Touré) joining the line-up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSamba Touré creates a harmonious blend of River Niger blues, traditional Songhai themes and Western influences. Like most Malian songs, Samba's lyrics convey moral messages as well as introducing us to different elements of Malian culture, such as the importance of family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBursting with energy, Samba Touré's music continues the blues legacy of the late, great Ali Farka Touré. 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Each poignant song and every slap of the calabash drum articulating the deep-set divisions in the Sahel region that are threatening their Nomad way of life.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore Etran Finatawa on WMN: \u003ca href=\"\/etranfinatawa\"\u003ewww.worldmusic.net\/etranfinatawa\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'tightly structured songs are mixed with passages of thrilling improvisation... the album brims with a contagious freedom' 4****stars, Top Of The World, \u003cem\u003eSonglines\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'this has an authentic intimacy which some recordings of desert blues bands haven't had...' 4.5 stars, \u003cem\u003eThe NZ Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'it can feel as though the music is being made right in the room with you'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003e7.1 Pitchfork\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8\/10, \u003cem\u003eUncut\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/07\/27\/205534535\/in-a-desert-encampment-songs-of-a-vanishing-way-of-life\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eListen to Etran Finatawa on NPR: 'In A Desert Encampment, Songs Of A Vanishing Way Of Life'\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F89963755\u0026amp;;ampsecret_token=s-OMpsF\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Sahara Sessions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimmering political troubles and excruciating economic hardship pose a dangerous threat to the nomadic way of life and the rich cultures of Niger. 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Although Niger has displayed a firm opposition to separatism that plagued neighbouring country Mali in 2012, the troubles have inevitably caused insecurity in the Sahel region and the threat to the countries rich and varied cultures is a very real concern. Etran Finatawa's members are of Tuareg and Wodaabe heritages - neighboring tribes that both live as nomads. Water shortages and land disputes have led to deep-set economic issues that cause conflict and misunderstanding across communities. The work Etran Finatawa do to promote unity and understanding is invaluable. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album presents a collection of tracks: some fixed compositions developed and created by the band and others spontaneous improvisations that capture the spirit of the tent recordings.  Songs such as 'An Mataf Germanawen' (Union) and 'Issuad' (Let's Come Together) patiently call for attention to be paid to the political situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVarious guests also join then band on the album - arrangements that occurred organically and were spontaneously initiated. One of these, a Tuareg percussionist by the name of Ayouba arrived at the camp one night, revving out of the darkness on his motorbike. Before long Ayouba had set up his \u003cem\u003ecalabash \u003c\/em\u003edrum and was spreading his contagious high-energy vibe like wildfire. His articulations can be heard on the three tracks 'Matinfa',  'Icheraid Azaman' and 'Toumast'. 'Wa Oyan A Wa Imouss I Bastila' is an excerpt from an improvisation with Abdourahaman Ag Ibrahim, a well-known local \u003cem\u003egriot\u003c\/em\u003e (praise-singer and oral historian), who came to visit the tent where Etran Finatawa were recording.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEtran Finatawa are as captivating as the horizon-stretching desert where the pitched their tent to record. 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Bouri Séré grew up playing modern drums, but left the instrument in order to concentrate on the calabash for a more authentic \u003cem\u003esonra\u0026amp;;iuml\u003c\/em\u003e sound, while the youngest member of the band, Djimé Sissoko, plays \u003cem\u003engoni\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003etamani\u003c\/em\u003e (talking drum) and, despite his age, is one of the greatest \u003cem\u003etamani\u003c\/em\u003e players in Bamako.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith these musicians, Samba has created an album of relaxed beauty and plenty of heart. He remains a man of great friendship and fidelity. He sings songs of tribute to close friends, as well as songs of love to his wife and dedications to children and their mothers. Samba celebrates the role of women in the lives of their families and also the life of a nation. 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Again we are reminded that, for Alhousseini home isn't dictated by place, but only by community and the company of your loved ones. The track opens with a solo guitar figure, which is later joined by a thick bassline and cantering percussion. After over a minute of instrumental interplay, Alhousseini's vocal enters in a soft, almost hushed tone that conjures up an air of solitude perfectly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnewal\/The Walking Man\u003c\/em\u003e is Alhousseini's diary of his personal journey from the desert, to the city, to the world stage and back again. 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Listen out for her silvery wandering voice, lush rolling guitars and rippling percussion on this, her striking debut album - her Malagasy Blues Song.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore Lala Njava on WMN: \u003ca href=\"\/lalanjava\"\u003ewww.worldmusic.net\/lalanjava\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F99750967%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-dXEGU\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf Lala Njava's music was a colour, it would be indigo - a dark, pensive hue that rings with a deep, almost bluesy, edge. Listening to \u003cem\u003eMalagasy Blues Song\u003c\/em\u003e, we hear bending guitar lines, Lala's silvery wandering voice and rippling percussion winding together in harmony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMalagasy Blues Song\u003c\/em\u003e is Lala's debut solo release, but as a young musician she gained a wealth of experience from performing live with her family band, Njava. In conversation, Lala explains the organic and free-flowing way in which their familial music-making occurred.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eUpon moving to Europe during the 1990s, the band became professionally established and smoothly scaled the ladder of success, recording two albums for EMI, embarking on a world tour and laying down some vocals for renowned 'ethnic-electronica' group Deep Forest. 'Sweet Lullaby' heard on \u003cem\u003eMalagasy Blues Song\u003c\/em\u003e is a re-recording of a track that Lala performed live with Deep Forest many times during this era of her career. Lala's version is very different from the 1990s recorded pop original, and is deliciously reworked with her languorous bluesy swing. Stripped back to an acoustic setting, the lilting melody sparkles in its simplicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe guitar that undulates underneath Lala's striking vocal throughout the album is played in a style reminiscent of the various stringed percussion instruments that dominate traditional Malagasy music. The rippling guitar strings roll out like a lush \u003cem\u003evaliha, \u003c\/em\u003ea tube zither considered the national instrument of Madagascar. The melodious mix is then punctuated with thick bass hits and shape-shifting drums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe opening track on the album, 'Soa Gnanay' is a rich nostalgic tune, recalling the beauty of Lala's homeland and inviting people to visit it regardless of the bad portrayal it is sometimes given in the international media. The looping riff that opens the album sounds bare, almost desolate, but soon Lala's warm, enveloping voice swoops in to add a bright positive edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLala's lyrics express the deep sense of responsibility she feels towards her Malagasy homeland. Many of the songs heard here declare her intent to, and experiences upon, returning to Madagascar in the hope of solving some of the social issues that pervade village life there. 'Dinako' means 'promise' in English and is a soulful track that explores Lala's desire to give something back to the community from which she came.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMalagasy Blues Song \u003c\/em\u003eis an album of deep and sonorous songs penned with purposeful lyrics. Melt into Lala's expressive sound-world as she threads together the rich tapestry of the sounds, experiences and desires that have stitched her colourful life so far.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor booking, please contact: \u003ca href=\"mailto:wulf@griot.de\"\u003ewulf@griot.de\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eFurther information, including German \u0026amp; French translations are \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.south-pool.com\/kulturmanagement\/en\/music\/lala-njava.php?lang=EN\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eavailable here\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eLala Njava supports the \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.grainedevie.org\/en\/?symfony=tul3keeq2ld50oriurvkrogj80\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGraine de vie\u003c\/a\u003e project in Madagascar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca class=\"songkick-widget\" href=\"http:\/\/www.songkick.com\/artists\/7577114\" data-theme=\"light\" data-background-color=\"#f9f9f9\"\u003eTour dates\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"http:\/\/widget.songkick.com\/widget.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0GdcWGz2a2I\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Riverboat Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":12893171220563,"sku":"TUGCD1069","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":12893171253331,"sku":"TUDDG1069","price":0.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7323\/products\/TUG1069.jpg?v=1770822174"},{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-acoustic-africa","title":"The Rough Guide To Acoustic Africa","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\"\u003eThis Rough Guide takes the listener on a criss-crossing journey across the African continent, sponging up the most evocative unplugged music emanating from the great continent along the way. Enjoy the rich desert blues of Etran Finatawa, the Baye Fall Gnawa of Nuru Kane, the masakanda magic of Shiyani Ncgobo, and the Mozambican melodies of Mabulu.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F75271329%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-BtVqQ\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Rough Guide To Acoustic Africa\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo ubiquitous is the sound of slapping strings and strumming chords across the vast African continent that acoustic music curls into practically every corner of life and culture there. Charting the different acoustic styles included here takes the listener on a criss-crossing journey across Africa: we begin in Niger, before visiting Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Lesotho, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Cameroon, Mali, Sudan, Senegal and the Republic of Guinea. Not a bad round trip for just over seventy minutes' worth of time, and without the cost of the air fare!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeading up a healthy West African contingent, we have Baye Fall Gnawa musician Nuru Kane and singer-songwriter Amadou Diagne both from Senegal. Also hailing from this region is the Guinean \u003cem\u003ekora\u003c\/em\u003e maestro Mory Kanté, Malian guitarist Samba Touré, Ghanaian palm-wine veteran Koo Nimo and Touareg troubadours Etran Finatawa. Swooping down to west Central Africa, Sally Nyolo fom Cameroon provides the upbeat and carefree track 'Obili éba'. Congolese guitarist Syran Mbenza celebrates the legacy of the great Congolese musician Franco with a new approach. Abdel Gadir Salim from Northern Sudan provides a sensitive \u003cem\u003eoud-\u003c\/em\u003ebased composition on 'Lemon Bara'. The unbelievable sounds of Zulu \u003cem\u003emaskanda\u003c\/em\u003e guitarist Shiyani Ngcobo are heard on this collection too. As are Sotho Sounds who hail from Lesotho and bring their brand of junk funk to the party.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bonus album is an exclusive debut release by \u003cem\u003ekora \u003c\/em\u003eplayer Noumoucounda Cissoko. 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From the legendary innovators Mulatu Astatke and Getatchew Mekuria to today's new generation of artists, this Rough Guide celebrates this burgeoning and most captivating of musical scenes.\u003cstrong\u003e'the most irresistible of Rough Guide's three Ethiopian comps...these selections suggest a confident modernity' A MINUS \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Robert Christgau, Vice\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.3\"\u003e'Most of our Ethiopian music is based on five notes [pentatonic]. What I did was fuse the five tones with 12 tones. For many years I've been experimenting, and the more I do that the more complex it gets' Mulatu Astatke.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Orleans is widely seen as the birthplace of jazz, where African slaves created groundbreaking music that fused elements from both Africa and Western traditions. By the twentieth century, jazz (and subsequent African-based musical forms including soul, funk, and Cuban rumba) travelled back across the Atlantic, first through recordings and later by artists on tour. There, African musicians immediately recognized the source roots, adapted some, altered others, and in the process, created entirely new musical forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Ethiopia, one of the first major musicians to lay the groundwork for Ethio-jazz was Nerses Nalbandian. His family escaped the Armenian genocide in Turkey, and settled in Ethiopia, where Nalbandi would become a band leader for many burgeoning Ethio-jazz musicians in the 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLargely credited as being the greatest innovator of Ethio-jazz and exposing it to the world, Mulatu Astatke was born in 1943 in Jimma, Ethiopia. He travelled to Wales in the late 1950s to study engineering and to the chagrin of his parents, Astatke began to take an interest in music, first studying Western classical music before heading to Boston's Berklee College of Music to formally study jazz. It was there where Astatke took the fusion of traditional Ethiopian folk music and American jazz to a new level. Astatke explained its roots to the BBC, 'There are tribes in the south called the Derashe. They are surrounded by people who play five tone music but they have created a diminished 12-tone scale. Diminished scales are very important in jazz music especially for improvising. We learn how Charlie Parker came up with diminished scales as well as Claude Debussy and Bach. But always on my mind is the question of who were first with the scale, these people or the Derashe tribe?'\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the late 1960s, Astatke decided to return to Ethiopia in order to cultivate Ethio-jazz in his homeland. At first, his vibraphone-based folk-jazz was considered quite unorthodox. However, within years, it transformed the capital, which came to be known as 'Swinging Addis'. The late 1960s and early 1970s were known as the 'golden age' in Addis Ababa, as countless jazz orchestras and ensembles thrived in the city, led by the innovations of Mulatu Astatke and saxophonist extraordinaire, Getatchew Mekuria. Addis Ababa was in full swing in 1973 when American jazz legend Duke Ellington came to town and performed together with Mulatu Astatke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of the Ethiopian jazz scene came crashing down the following year, in 1974, when a Soviet-backed military junta known as the Derg overthrew the government. The consequences of the coup and subsequent 'Red Terror' were profound. It left tens of thousands dead and military curfews virtually destroyed the thriving musical club scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Soviet Union broke apart in 1991, the Derg lost its backing and was subsequently overthrown. That decade saw a rebirth in Ethiopia. The budding democracy quickly became a thriving home of musical creativity. Ethiopian Jazz hit new global audiences through CD releases that included the Ethiopiques series and several Rough Guide albums. 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This Rough Guide gives you a real taste of the whole New Orleans scene. Soak up the classic piano jazz of Professor Longhair, the thick horn blasts of The Hot 8 Brass Band, or the deep grooves of Dumpstaphunk, the latter of which also provide the full-length and fantastically funky bonus album included with this Rough Guide.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Music Of New Orleans\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsk any inhabitant of New Orleans, Louisiana and they will tell you that they are part of the 'New Orleans Nation' - an anecdote that captures the independent and uniquely creative vibe of the great city so well. 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The centre of gravity tilts towards Eastern Europe, which may or may not be an ironic comment on the tenor of the debate. There's even the mischievous addition of a track by the Turkish-Kurdish singer Olcay Bayir. The late John Renbourn flies the flag for the UK. Next challenge: a set looking on the bright side of Brexit.' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis chronicle of poignant music from across Europe laments the decision. For those of us who quite liked being able to swap proverbial spare keys and borrow the odd cup of sugar from our neighbours, Brexit is bolster to a seeping mood indigo. Music though is a healer. Can music help to break down the very borders Brexit seeks to impose? 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The result is a tender and natural sounding work full of inflection and intensity that can only be heard in live ensemble playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegular performers at some of the biggest festivals and venues in the UK including Womad and the Southbank Centre, Rafiki Jazz's creative process draws on the repertoire and technique of each band member alongside oral histories and folk songs from the archive. This unique cross-continental approach results in a compelling repertoire of devotional world music that draws on Pakistan and Senegal's mystic Sufi traditions and ancient Middle Eastern Coptic and Hebrew liturgy, driven by the pulse of the orishas of Brazil's \u003cem\u003eCandomblé\u003c\/em\u003e and the momentum of Indian sangeet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRafiki Jazz distil the meaning of their name in two-part translation: Rafiki for 'friends' and jazz for 'freedom'. 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The man himself was many things a hell-raiser extraordinaire, bona fide celebrity, a wandering bluesman and a musician like no other. Enjoy a comprehensive collection of his finest works loving re-mastered to perfection on this engaging Rough Guide.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly the hiss and crackle that bedevilled his original recordings for many years has prevented Charley Patton from receiving the same adulation that surrounds the cult of Robert Johnson. On this meticulously remastered Rough Guide the legend of Charley Patton is reborn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an illustrious wandering bluesman, Charley spent his life moving nomadically around the Mississippi Delta and made the odd trip further afield to New Orleans, St Louis, Milwaukee and Chicago. All along the road he could be found singing, strumming, drinking and generally living his life hard and fast. 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Another great, the haunting track 'Screamin' And Hollerin'The Blues' was originally released under the name, 'The Masked Marvel' but is true Patton genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of the tracks including, 'High Sheriff Blues', 'Pea Vine Blues' and 'Down The Dirt Road Blues' tackle issues unique to the experience of early twentieth century Mississippi life, yet there's still a universality about the passions and emotions he conjures that makes this record buzz with emotion. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bonus album pays homage to Patton's influence and shows how the blues would have sounded very different without his towering example. 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Tracks such as 'Somewhere Down Below The Mason Dixie Line' and 'My Rough and Rowdy Ways', meanwhile, display a vaudeville playfulness and romantic notion of travel, character-traits that his father had tried to temper by finding him a job in the railroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccompanying this dedicated overview of Rodgers' dazzling but tragically foreshortened career, comes a bonus disc featuring a selection of classics by his contemporaries. \u003cem\u003eCountry Music Pioneers\u003c\/em\u003e includes tracks from the likes of Dock Boggs, the Carter Family and Alfred G. 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This makes for an incredibly diverse selection of tracks, from sublime bottleneck guitar playing to upbeat rags and classic songster tunes to free work song inspired rhythms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral of the more widely recorded artists on this compilation such as Gus Cannon, Henry Thomas, Frank Stokes and Peg Leg Howell bridged the gap between early blues and the minstrel and folk styles that preceded it and are central figures in the story of the blues. Likewise the music of Geeshie Wiley, who only recorded three records, provides the perfect example of how black secular music was merging with the blues, with truly mesmerising results.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of the most haunting blues tracks ever recorded, by country blues diva Lottie Kimbrough and the slide guitar wizard King Solomon Hill, are complemented by the upbeat novelties of part-time bootlegger Charley Jordon and Freddie Spruell, one of the first Delta bluesmen ever to be recorded. 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With songs brimming with wit and soulfulness, his strikingly original and energetic guitar arrangements have been an inspiration to countless guitarists ever since.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/189211751%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-mX4Re\u0026amp;;ampcolor=ff5500\u0026amp;;ampauto_play=false\u0026amp;;amphide_related=false\u0026amp;;ampshow_comments=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_user=true\u0026amp;;ampshow_reposts=false\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Rough Guide To Blind Boy Fuller\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlind Boy Fuller was only 33 when he died, but during his short but prolific recording career he became one of the most influential and best-\u003cem\u003eselling\u003c\/em\u003e bluesmen of the pre-War period. Inspired by the legendary blues and evangelist guitarist Rev Gary Davis, Fuller developed a ragtime influenced fingerstyle guitar technique typical among East Coast bluesmen, which beautifully complimented his gritty and expressive voice. Armed with his steel National resonator guitar, Fuller had a huge repertoire of songs ranging from ragtime, hokum and traditional blues to gospel and other popular tunes of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn Fulton Allen in rural North Carolina on 10 July 1907, he was one of ten children and had a very poor and tough upbringing. As a boy learning to play the guitar, he was influenced by the region's rich and varied musical traditions, and eventually started plying his trade on street corners and other hang-outs where the African-Americans in the area worked. The life of the street performer was forced upon him when during his mid-teens he began to lose his eyesight and playing the guitar and singing became the only way that he could make a decent living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhilst singing and playing outside a tobacco warehouse during the winter of 1934-1935, Fuller was approached by the white entrepreneur and record retailer J.B. Long, who asked him to come and see him at the local store. This turned out to be his big break, as it was Long who arranged for Fuller to travel to New York City to record in 1935 for the American Record Corporation (ARC), along with his fellow guitar mentor Gary Davis and the albino washboard player known by the name of Bull City Red. Fuller recorded twelve tunes, and the issued discs sold very well, establishing him as a distinctive musical voice, inheriting the Carolina blues tradition but doing it his way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3\"\u003eFuller went on to record over 120 songs for a variety of labels ranging from his big selling up-tempo rag 'Step It Up and Go', and hokum classics 'Get Your Yas Yas Out' and 'Truckin' My Blues Away', to soulful blues numbers like 'Lost Lover Blues', all of which are featured on this album.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome may argue that Fuller didn't possess the virtuosic flair of the likes of Blind Blake, Willie Walker or Gary Davis however, the melodic combination of his vocal and guitar give a completeness that distinguishes him from his contemporaries. Fuller's music is full of honesty and draws on his experience as a blind and underprivileged black person. Living the hard life of the bluesman (who also spent time in jail for shooting and wounding his wife in the leg), Fuller's illness and early death in 1941 have been widely ascribed to excessive drinking. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen people say that blues singers in the 1930s sounded the same, they forget about the music of Blind Foy Fuller which is brimming with wit and soulfulness. The unique sound of his National steel guitar gave voice to his strikingly original and energetic guitar arrangements, which have been an inspiration to countless guitarists ever since. In a similar way to Robert Johnson in the Delta, Blind Boy Fuller was able to bring together the many different styles of the Piedmont region and serve them up in a way that encapsulates the \u003cem\u003eessence of the East Coast blues.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jazz And Blues Legends","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":12893196451923,"sku":"RGNET1330CD","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":12893196484691,"sku":"RGNET1330DD","price":0.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":12893196517459,"sku":"RGNET1330LP","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7323\/products\/RGNET1330.jpg?v=1770822756"},{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-blues-legends-barbecue-bob","title":"The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Barbecue Bob","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\"\u003eBarbecue Bob was one of the best-selling and most innovative blues artists of the late 1920s before he died at the age of just 29. Undoubtedly some of the most engaging early blues that you are likely to hear, his original and witty compositions had a huge influence on many of the blues greats that followed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3;\"\u003eVery few names in the history of the blues capture the imagination quite like that of Barbecue Bob. Don't be fooled by the quirky pseudonym and gimmicky publicity photograph of him posing in his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3;\"\u003echef's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3;\"\u003e whites with guitar in hand, as he was an incredibly influential figure whose records helped pave the way for many of the important bluesmen that followed.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the unsung heroes of the Piedmont blues style, Robert Hicks, aka Barbecue Bob recorded over sixty sides for Columbia Records and became one of the best-selling artists on their 'race series', outsold only by Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters and Blind Willie Johnson. With his original and witty compositions he was one of the real pioneers of the Atlanta blues scene of the time, but his career was tragically ended by his death from pneumonia at the age of just 29.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3;\"\u003eBorn in Walnut Grove, Georgia to a family of sharecroppers, Hicks learned to play the guitar from his brother Charley and Savannah 'Dip' Weaver, the mother of his friend Curley Weaver. He teamed up with Charley, Curley and harmonica player Eddie Mapp to perform at dances, parties and picnics in the Atlanta area. After leaving the group in 1926, Hicks became a chef in a barbecue joint where he would cook, serve and sing to the customers. He soon became something of a local celebrity and was noticed by a talent scout from Columbia Records, who gave him the opportunity to record under the catchy title of Barbecue Bob.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharacterized by a heavy percussive guitar style, he often used a bottleneck and played with a frailing technique that is more often associated with the claw hammer banjo. His twelve string guitar gave a rich accompaniment to his warm nasal singing voice which, compared to the morbid and foreboding songs of the Delta blues, created a vibe which was jaunty and upbeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3;\"\u003eWith a huge repertoire of songs ranging from hokum to slow blues and spirituals to traditional songster tunes, his music is imbued with a special warmth typical to the East Coast blues\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3;\"\u003e. Even from the opening few measures of his very first record 'Barbecue Blues', Hicks signature sound of a bright and trebly twelve string guitar combined with his expressive voice is instantly accessible and almost 'pop' sounding in comparison with other blues singers of the time. His debut song was a huge success and led to a prolific recording career over the next four years when, it is said, he lived fast and enjoyed the high life. Hicks frequently recorded with his brother Charley, who was known as Laughing Charley Lincoln, and would later record several sides in 1930 with Buddy Moss and Curley Weaver as the Georgia Cotton Pickers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.3;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLargely due to his life being tragically cut short in 1931, his music has been sadly overlooked and has therefore not received the respect proffered to other East coast players such as Blind Willie McTell and Buddy Moss. He was however a true innovator in his time, and this compilation gives proof that his music is undoubtedly some of the most engaging early blues that you are likely to hear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jazz And Blues Legends","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":12893196550227,"sku":"RGNET1328CD","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":12893196582995,"sku":"RGNET1328DD","price":0.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":12893196615763,"sku":"RGNET1328LP","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7323\/products\/RGNET1328.jpg?v=1770822760"},{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-the-blues-songsters","title":"The Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\"\u003eBefore there was the bluesman there was the songster. Priding themselves on their huge musical repertoires, they performed every form of popular music of the day and could be described as the human jukeboxes of their time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore there was the bluesman there was the songster and it was these travelling troubadours who helped lay the foundations for the development of the blues. In the decades preceding the phonograph and radio and before the American national entertainment industry had reached into the deepest parts of the South, it was these wandering musicians who provided the musical entertainment for all manner of social events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn order to be able to scrape a living together the songster had to be incredibly versatile and come up with something for everyone. Armed with a banjo or guitar they performed every form of popular music of the day from folk songs and ballads to rags and spirituals. Priding themselves on their huge repertoires, they could be described as the human jukeboxes of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong with the many musicians shrouded in mystery, this collection boasts tracks by legendary bluesmen such as Leadbelly, Charley Patton and Mississippi John Hurt. Aside from the blues these great performers would have been able to play everything asked of them at local bars and rural dances, and it is said that Leadbelly could draw on a repertoire of over 500 songs from many different genres. Likewise, the 'Father of the Delta Blues', Charley Patton left glimpses into his songster roots and true musical versatility with songs such as the featured 'Mississippi Boweavil Blues'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHenry Thomas's projected birthdate of 1874 predates that of Charley Patton by a good 17 years and gives us an idea of what rural black music sounded like before the turn of the twentieth century. He was 53 years old during his first recording session in 1927 by which point much of his music was already a representation of a bygone era. The same could be said of Richard 'Rabbit' Brown from New Orleans who worked as a ferryman on lake Pontchartrain and whose recorded legacy of just five songs includes 'James Alley Blues' which has been covered by Bob Dylan. Also from New Orleans, Papa Charlie Jackson accompanied himself with a banjo guitar and became one of the first songsters to record from the mid-1920s. His unique brand of hokum, used comic, often sexually suggestive lyrics and lively, danceable rhythms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis selection features several variations on traditional ballads about legendary characters such as Frankie and Johnny, Stagger Lee, John Henry and Railroad Bill. These became standards in the repertoires of songsters, both black and white, who shared a similar colour-blindness when it came to the racial origins of a tune. Frank Hutchison and Dick Justice were both white performers whose styles were heavily influenced by black musicians, in particular Luke Jordan whose featured track 'Pick Poor Robin Clean' is a gambling song masterpiece. Like Jordan, many other well-known East Coast songsters such as Blind Blake, Pink Anderson and Peg Leg Howell worked with travelling shows, which became a major factor in the spreading of the blues. Many of these shows were operated by vendors of patent medicines who would attract crowds by putting on a performance. As these shows began to disappear and recorded music and dancing in duke joints became popular, so the older songster style became less fashionable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApart from the few waxed recordings which leave a tempting glance into a world before the blues, many of the featured artists faded into obscurity, as the songsters were overtaken by blues singers whose music was heavily promoted by record companies. Those songsters who were able to embrace this new music such as Charley Patton and Leadbelly became seminal figures and the rest is history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jazz And Blues Legends","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":12893196648531,"sku":"RGNET1343CD","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":12893196681299,"sku":"RGNET1343DD","price":0.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":12893196714067,"sku":"RGNET1343LP","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7323\/products\/RGNET1343.jpg?v=1770822761"},{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-unsung-heroes-of-country-blues-vol-2","title":"The Rough Guide To Unsung Heroes Of Country Blues (Vol. 2)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\"\u003eThis second volume digs that bit deeper into the early days of recorded country blues and sheds light on other mysterious figures, many of whose contributions are easily overlooked. Full of surprises and hidden gems it serves as a refreshing overview of the different styles of country blues.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis second volume digs that bit deeper into the early days of recorded country blues and sheds light on other mysterious figures, many of whose contribution to the blues is easily overlooked. None more so than Sylvester Weaver who was the first artist to record a blues instrumental and whose featured 'Guitar Rag' shows off his slide-guitar brilliance which was much imitated by other players. Likewise Ramblin' Thomas from Louisiana was famed for his bottleneck guitar playing and truly makes his guitar weep on his homesick lament 'Poor Boy Blues'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy carefully selecting artists from across the different sub-genres this collection serves as a refreshing and alternative overview of country blues. The East Coast is well represented, being a real hotbed for guitar virtuosos. One such master was Willie Walker who was once described by Josh White as the best guitarist he had ever heard, even better than Blind Blake\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fellow East Coast bluesmen include the singing barber William Moore who, when not cutting hair, found time to cut several classic sides for Paramount, and Charley Lincoln, the brother of Barbecue Bob. The influence of these brother's open-tuned, banjo-like guitar style can clearly be heard in the playing of the mysterious Willie Baker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe laid back blues of the East Coast is a far cry from the raw intensity and emotion of the Delta Blues. Both Kid Bailey and Ishman Bracey were part of a circle of blues greats that included Tommy Johnson and Son House. One of the great blues mysteries is whether Kid Bailey was in actual fact the incredibly influential Willie Brown in disguise. The Delta blues diva Mattie Delaney's variant of Tommy Johnson's 'Big Road Blues' shows how she possessed one of the most remarkable voices in country blues. Aside from her two solitary recordings nothing more is really known of her life, which is a similar story to others on this compilation such as Bobby Grant and George Torey, both exceptionally gifted players who faded into total obscurity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough not related Papa Charlie Jackson and Jim Jackson both bridged the gap between the blues and the earlier songster traditions. Armed with huge repertoires of songs from different genres they performed in minstrel and \u003cem\u003emedicine shows \u003c\/em\u003eand knew how to play something for any occasion. The sublime harmonica player Jaybird Coleman was another who worked the minstrel shows and proved that country blues wasn't just about the guitar. The same can be said of the Memphis Jug Band who were made up of all manner of instruments and provided a training ground for musicians including Memphis Minnie, who coincidentally accompanies her first husband Kansas Joe on the classic opener 'Bothering That Thing'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlind Joe Taggart was one of the first guitar evangelists to record the gospel form of country blues, but also recorded \"devil's\u0026amp;;rdquo music under other pseudonyms. Ed Bell eventually turned his back on the blues for religion, and is joined in the track listing by his friend Pillie Bolling who's raggy 'Shake It Like A Dog' is a real hidden gem. Many early country bluesmen had ragtime influenced songs in their repertoires not least Buddy Boy Hawkins whose sophisticated guitar playing can be heard to the full on 'Snatch It And Grab It'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of these artists are just a small footnote in the story of the blues, however their songs have in common a timeless quality and passion to rival that of any of their more famous peers, beautifully demonstrated by Little Hat Jones who's signature tune 'Bye Bye Baby Blues' winds things down to a perfect conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jazz And Blues Legends","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":12893196746835,"sku":"RGNET1344CD","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":12893196779603,"sku":"RGNET1344DD","price":0.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7323\/products\/RGNET1344.jpg?v=1770822764"},{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-hillbilly-blues","title":"The Rough Guide To Hillbilly Blues","description":" \u003cdiv class=\"blurb\"\u003eWhen it was first recorded, country blues was played by both black and white troubadours alike, whose music shared much in common. From the legendary yodelling of Jimmie Rodgers to the sublime guitar picking of Sam McGee, The Rough Guide To Hillbilly Blues showcases many classic and forgotten recordings by white artists in the country blues style.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Country blues was first recorded in the mid-1920s, it was not only played and appreciated by African-Americans but also by white performers and audiences alike. During this time, it was common practice for record companies to separate the music of the American South into two categories: the 'race' series, aimed at a black audience and the 'hillbilly' series, aimed at white audiences. This division along racial lines was in fact superficial, as black and white musicians shared much with respect to genre and repertoire and the separation of the two on commercial recordings grew out of the prejudices of record companies. Often overlooked is the fact that there was a huge amount of musical exchange and interaction between white and black musicians at this time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor many early country musicians the blues was liberating, as it freed them from the clichés of the sentimental songs and saccharine harmonies of mainstream radio singers of the day. In the same way that black sharecroppers found solace in the blues, the white working class - such as miners and mill workers \u0026amp;;shy\u0026amp;;shy- were drawn to the blues as a way of expressing the hardships of daily life. One such performer was Frank Hutchison who came from a rough and isolated mountain community in West Virginia where both black and white miners worked side by side. Hutchison's style was heavily influenced by local black performers and here he gives a classic rendition of the American folk song 'Stackalee'. Dick Justice was also from West Virginia, and his version of 'Cocaine' is undoubtedly modelled on Luke Jordan's 1927 race recording. Likewise, the enormous influence of the great Blind Lemon Jefferson is very much in evidence in mountain musician Larry Hensley's stellar cover of Lemon's 'Match Box Blues' as well as Clarence Greene's nimble playing on 'Johnson City Blues'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown as the 'Father Of Country Music', Jimmie Rodgers was heavily influenced by the blues which became a prominent element of his music. In turn, black musicians listened to his records and were inspired by his famous 'blue yodels' which can be heard in the vocal delivery of two Delta legends Howlin' Wolf and Tommy Johnson. Cliff Carlisle was another who fell under the spell of Jimmie Rodgers', and accompanied his yodelling with a Hawaiian-influenced slide guitar style to great effect.  Among others who were inspired by the Hawaiian guitar craze popular in American mainstream culture were the Dixon Brothers as well as another country duo Darby And Tarleton, who had a large number of blues songs in their repertoire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther featured early country music pioneers such as Charlie Poole and Doc Boggs were less directly influenced by black musicians and merely embellished their overall repertoires with blues derived songs. Often the word 'blues' was attached to a song even if it wasn't a blues song in the strictest sense of the word.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn area often overlooked and least understood in the development of the blues is the parlour guitar tradition which derives from Europe during the late 1700s when the middle class would play light classical pieces on the guitar. When the settlers and immigrants carried this tradition to America, it gradually filtered down to the lower classes. Many of these compositions required the guitar strings to be tuned to an open chord, and this along with the picking technique where the thumb was used to create a steady or alternating bass were absorbed into the blues tradition. Two classic examples of this at work are 'Spanish Fandango' and the opening 'Guitar Rag', both of which give further evidence of the incredible musical exchange between black and white musical cultures in the development of the blues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jazz And Blues Legends","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":12893196812371,"sku":"RGNET1357CD","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":12893196845139,"sku":"RGNET1357DD","price":0.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":12893196877907,"sku":"RGNET1357LP","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7323\/products\/RGNET1357.jpg?v=1770822768"},{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-jug-band-blues","title":"The Rough Guide To Jug Band Blues","description":" \u003cdiv class=\"blurb\"\u003eBy incorporating all manner of homemade instruments, jug bands were hugely popular in America during the 1920s and early 1930s. With an unparalleled vibrancy this  'do it yourself' and often overlooked approach to music was highly influential in the history of the blues.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'a delicious selection that delights from start to finish' fROOTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original jug bands had their origins in the 1890s amongst African-Americans, and were then known as 'spasm bands'. This 'do it yourself' approach to their instrument-making gained immense popularity in America during the 1920s and early 1930s, and became closely linked to the development of the blues. The jug could be earthenware or glass and was played by buzzing one's lips into its mouth from about an inch away, thus creating a sound somewhere between that of a tuba or trombone. The swoop sounds that could be made gave the impression of sliding notes and a good player could get two octaves out of a good-sized jug. Incorporating all manner of homemade instruments, early jug bands were typically made up of African-American vaudeville and medicine show musicians and played a mixture of blues, ragtime and jazz music with a strong backbeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot only was Memphis a centre for Delta blues during the late 1920s but it was also the home of many of the great jug bands including Will Shade's Memphis Jug Band and Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers. These bands developed out of the country blues and songster traditions and created an upbeat and comic sound perfectly suited to entertaining crowds, and far removed from the raw sound of the Delta blues. This allowed them to play all manner of places from street corners to vaudeville stages and saloons. The Memphis Jug Band recorded under several different names for various labels including the Picaninny Jug Band, the Carolina Peanut Boys and the Memphis Sheiks and produced more sides than any other pre-war jug band including the featured classic 'Stealin', Stealin'' which was subsequently recorded by the Grateful Dead. Often referred to as a training ground for musicians, many fine performers passed through the ranks of the Memphis Jug Band including Memphis Minnie who is accompanied here by her own jug band on 'Grandpa And Grandma Blues'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough Memphis became synonymous with the jug band craze the first jug bands to record were in Louisville, where their sound was much more rooted in the jazz influences that came by riverboat from New Orleans, and used the jug more for its novelty value. Clifford Hayes from Kentucky was a multi-instrumentalist and bandleader who was not only the first to record with a jug band (the Old Southern Jug Band) in 1923, but also teamed up with the legendary Jimmie Rodgers on the featured 'My Good Gal's Gone Blues'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSometimes a stovepipe (usually a section of tin pipe, 3\u0026amp;;rdquo or 4\u0026amp;;rdquo in diameter) was played in much the same manner as a jug, perfectly demonstrated by the aptly named 'Stovepipe No. 1' aka Sam Jones who recorded with King David's Jug Band and created a distinctive deep guttural jug sound with his stovepipe.  Originally billing himself as 'Daddy Stovepipe' he probably didn't know of the existence of the more famous Maxwell Street one-man band also known as 'Daddy Stovepipe', aka Johnny Watson until he first went to record in 1924. His namesake here performs the stomping masterpiece 'The Spasm'' with his wife, singer and jug player Mississippi Sarah, with their humorous and unique banter creating a good-time feel in true jug band spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther highlights include the sublime slide guitar playing of blues legend Tampa Red who formed his own Hokum Jug Band, as well as the frenzied and voice-like harp of Jaybird Coleman, the virtuoso harmonica player of the Birmingham Jug Band.  Although other well-known blues performers embraced the jug-band craze, by the mid-1930s it had run its course due to a combination of the depression and the devastating effect of radio on record sales. 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With its faster rhythm and good-time feel, this danceable style was performed with mesmerizing skill by blues greats such as Blind Blake, Reverend Gary Davis and Blind Boy Fuller.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade famous by the legendary Scott Joplin, ragtime developed in African-American communities throughout the southern part of the Midwest during the last decade of the nineteenth century and had a profound influence on many early blues performers. Combining the structure of marches with African-American songs and dances such as the cakewalk, ragtime's syncopated or 'ragged' rhythm was initially performed as dance music for the seedier side of society in areas where bars, dancehalls and brothels were located. Many blues guitarists attempted to reproduce the complicated piano sounds, as its faster rhythm created a more upbeat and lively feel, far removed from the typical intensity of early country blues. So, when ragtime went out of favour as jazz claimed the public's imagination, it had already entered the folk consciousness through the playing of blues greats such as Blind Blake, Reverend Gary Davis and Blind Boy Fuller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlind Blake was the first commercially successful performer of this style, whose intricate fingerstyle technique and diverse repertoire ranging from upbeat rags and hokum tunes to slow blues numbers influenced all who followed, including the likes of Blind Boy Fuller and Reverend Gary Davis, and modern-day guitarists Ry Cooder, John Fahey and Jorma Kaukonen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of the featured artists hailed from the Eastern States where the influence of ragtime was instrumental in creating the unique and much loved 'Piedmont' guitar style. Typically, the Piedmont guitarist would create an alternating rhythmic bass accompaniment by moving the thumb of the picking hand between the different bass strings of the guitar, whilst one or more fingers of the same hand would pick out the melody on the higher strings. Essentially this approach gives the impression that the guitar is being played like a piano.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle is known about many of these artists, none more so than Willie Walker who only ever recorded two sides in 1930, with 'South Carolina Rag' being one of the absolute masterpieces of ragtime guitar playing. 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Having previously performed with the likes of Eric Bibb, Boo Boo Davis, Eric Burdon and Pee Wee Ellis, Ramon has been on a musical journey over the past few years discovering and channelling the sounds of Africa through his own unique filter. Long Road To Tiznit is the apotheosis of that journey, as old-school blues in the tradition of Skip James, John Lee Hooker and R.L. Burnside collide and meld with hypnotic grooves and melodies from the Sahara, telling stories of refugees and contrabandiers, danger and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album was written whilst travelling in Morocco where Ramon channelled the spirit of the desert into his music with mesmerizing effect. This can clearly be hear d on the classic track 'Marrakech Sunset', where Ramon also drew on influences as diverse as Davey Graham and Brian Jones as well as 'Wandering Sheikh' where he was influenced by the female Berber singers and percussionists which he'd heard in traditional Moroccan ceremonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRamon first visited Africa on a musical project with Justin Adams and Julian Joseph where they visited Dakar in Senegal and worked with amazing local musicians. 'It w as a sort of epiphany,' he said. 'I'd never heard anything like it and it made me want to delve furth er into the melodies and rhythms I heard there.' He'd met and worked with the legendary Senegalese griot Diabel Cissokho, who taught him a great deal about his musical heritage and culture. 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The result is an album which blends global soundscapes by seamlessly combining rich melodies and hypnotic percussion with virtuoso blues guitar playing!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RaeJXYwSgoI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Riverboat Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":12893197107283,"sku":"TUGCD1104","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":12893197140051,"sku":"TUGDD1104","price":0.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7323\/products\/TUG1104.jpg?v=1770822776"},{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-holy-blues","title":"The Rough Guide To Holy Blues","description":" \u003cdiv class=\"blurb\"\u003eFrom the extraordinary recordings of the true guitar evangelists Blind Willie Johnson and Reverend Gary Davis to classic spiritual renditions by legendary bluesmen Charley Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Skip James, this handpicked selection highlights the mutual influence between Gospel and blues.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt first glance, the musical genres of gospel and blues have little in common, with one calling to mind spiritual joy and hope in a higher power and the other rooted in the secular world of pain that lacks a divine outlet. However, on closer inspection one soon realises that the blues and spirituals flowed from the same bedrock of experience, and that neither was an adequate interpretation of life without the other.  As different as these genres may seem, they both share the expression of aching hearts and troubled minds. The blues are secular spirituals, or as T-Bone Walker put it, 'The blues are just gospel turned inside out.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the market grew for blues records during the 1920s, a black audience developed in parallel for religious songs and sermons.  Consequently, many famous bluesmen including Charley Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Blind Willie McTell recorded spiritual songs, often under different pseudonyms, to avoid offending the church, who wouldn't look favourably on confusing the music of worship with that of the devil. Despite the image of the hard-drinking and hard-living early bluesmen, there were many that held on to some vestiges of their faith from their early years of church-going and included religious songs in their richly varied repertoires. The belief in the power of faith and the possibility of redemption meant that however much they enjoyed the good times of the juke joint there was always the possibility of a return to the path of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Reverend Gary Davis was one who abandoned the blues to exclusively sing gospel, which he accompanied with a complex ragtime-influenced picking style that left its mark on many great guitarists who were left spellbound by his playing during the folk-revival. Other featured legendary early blues guitarists, who also found a new lease of life in the 1960s, include Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James and Josh White, each of whose brilliant spiritual renditions illustrate the ease in which they could freely switch between the two styles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of the included artists would have started out singing music in church choirs early on before crossing over to the blues, whereas others remained gospel singers whose music was influenced by blues traditions. The 'guitar evangelists' combined the raw earthiness of the Delta blues with gospel sentiments, the most prominent being Blind Willie Johnson whose extraordinary recordings have left their mark in the annals of Afro-American music. While both religious music and blues have their own distinct characteristics, Johnson's music perfectly illustrates the mutual influence between the two and how a blues song could be transformed into a gospel song, or vice versa, simply by changing a few words in the lyrics. Other true guitar evangelists such as Reverend Edward Clayborn and Blind Gussie Nesbit give further evidence of how playing slide for the Lord sounds pretty much like playing slide for the other side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery little is known about several of the artists including female singers Mother McCollum, who was billed as the 'Sanctified Singer with Guitar', and Blind Mamie Forehand whose utterly unique sound turned songs like the featured 'Honey in the Rock' into haunting, atmospheric masterpieces, complete with hazy bells and chimes.  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A fascinating figure who took the pseudonym \"The Howlin' Wolf\" long before Chester Burnett arrived on the scene, he was one of the pioneers of the Texas blues style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLawrence Casey aka \u003cstrong\u003ePapa Egg Shell \u003c\/strong\u003egained his nickname because of his premature baldness, and 'Goin' Up the Country', a wonderful take on the 'Kansas City Blues', displays his fluid and dextrous picking style to the full. 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The spacecraft is still out there hurtling through the cosmos and has so far travelled more than six billion miles. Should it ever reach an alien civilisation, they will find on board music by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven - and Chuck Berry. If you had to define rock music by one single track, NASA's choice of 'Johnny B. Goode' was surely impeccable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'If you tried to give rock 'n' roll a name, you might call it Chuck Berry', John Lennon once noted. 'I've stolen every lick he ever played', Keith Richards admitted. Bob Dylan dubbed him 'the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll' and rock's poet laureate Leonard Cohen reckoned that every lyric writer who has followed has merely offered 'footnotes to the words of Chuck Berry'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the likes of 'Johnny B. 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From classics such as 'Statesboro Blues' and 'Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day' to 'Broke Down Engine' and 'Georgia Rag' it's clear why Bob Dylan famously sang 'Nobody can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell'.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Georgia\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ein 1901, McTell was something of an anomaly in that he exploded every archetype about what a blues musician should be. He was no Robert Johnsonesque devil-dealing womaniser and didn't lose his sight in a jook joint brawl, but was a resourceful and articulate man with a razor-sharp wit and religious mind who became an adept professional musician. Blind from birth or early infancy, he never behaved as if blindness handicapped him, as he travelled widely and recorded more than 120 titles throughout his career. His voice was soft, clear and expressive and his musical tastes were influenced by blues, ragtime, gospel, hillbilly and popular music of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMcTell's early recording sessions produced such classics as 'Southern Can Is Mine', 'Statesboro Blues', 'Georgia Rag', 'Broke Down Engine' and 'Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day', all of which are characterized by the incredible interplay between his warm, smooth voice and fluid guitar technique. With a voice charged with extraordinary sensitivity he's able to convey a variety of moods from deep pathos to broad humour, as he draws us into his world of corn whiskey, teasing browns, passenger trains, stomp down riders and razor balls. Unlike the mechanical delivery of many early country blues artists, McTell was able to give each of his blues songs and rags a distinctive flavour, and in true songster fashion could draw on a massive repertoire of material. Although he never produced a major hit record, he had a prolific recording career with different labels and under different names such as Blind Sammie, Georgia Bill and Hot Shot Willie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1934 McTell married Ruth Kate Williams, with whom he recorded some duets including the gospel inspired\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e'God Don't Like It' which warns about hypocritical preachers. He also teamed up with other blues artists including fellow East Coast guitarist Curley Weaver, who accompanies him on the lively 'It's A Good Little Thing' and 'Warm It Up To Me'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, McTell died in obscurity in 1959, just before the folk-blues revival got underway, when many other original bluesmen were rediscovered. 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There were however exceptions like \u003cstrong\u003eLucille Bogan\u003c\/strong\u003e who didn't write the music to be cute and clever, but instead downright stimulating and arousing. Her featured song 'Barbecue Bess' shows her tamer side, unlike some of her X-rated numbers which completely threw innuendo out of the window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe influence of hokum also crossed over into early country music as demonstrated by the Chattanooga-based \u003cstrong\u003eAllen Brothers\u003c\/strong\u003e whose hilarious 'Bow Wow Blues' includes the classic line 'She's got more ways of lovin' than Wrigley's got gum'. The \u003cstrong\u003eDallas String Band\u003c\/strong\u003e had a foot in both early country music and blues camps and recorded the instrumental 'Hokum Blues' with its wonderful mandolin instrumentation. Fellow Texan \u003cstrong\u003eBlind Lemon Jefferson \u003c\/strong\u003ehad links with the band at various times and was amongst the first of the recorded bluesmen to use subversive 'double-meanings' such as the 'black snake'. Another towering figure of the blues, \u003cstrong\u003eCharlie Patton\u003c\/strong\u003e, delivers a seemingly never-ending supply of happily lewd lyrics on the raggy 'Shake It And Break It'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eLike many bluesmen of the late 1920s, \u003cstrong\u003eBarbecue Bob\u003c\/strong\u003e jumped into the hokum craze with tracks such as 'Honey You're Going Too Fast', which had a chugging strumming technique unlike anything he'd recorded before. Other East coast favourites such as \u003cstrong\u003eBlind Willie McTell\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBlind Blake\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eBlind Boy Fuller \u003c\/strong\u003eall did the same with upbeat numbers of their own. 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One example of the latter is heard on 'The Jeep is Jumpin'', an up-beat syncopated number with fantastic textural contrasts: from crisp cascading sax solos to minimal piano stabs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bonus album, 'The Rough Guide To Original Jazz Legends' is an excellent collection of music from musicians that represent Ellington's inspiration, his contemporaries and those he has influenced. 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More than forty years after his death his playing and composing continues to resonate throughout contemporary music. This collection concentrates on the excellent music he recorded as leader during the 1950's, and has been carefully re-mastered, allowing you to hear Coltrane's work in new and un-paralleled sound quality.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-notes\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eThe Rough Guide To John Coltrane\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColtrane created a wealth of landmark recordings that opened up new horizons for both listeners and jazz instrumentalists alike. 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