Cindy Allingham In the 21st century, when we go looking for roots of music genres, we typically dig up old video footage and consult accredited music experts.
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Rico Ferrara The West Side Soul of Chicago Blues Originally Posted on August 22, 2021–Blues For A Big Town As told numerous times, the emergence of Urban Blues was a by-product of the Great Migration of African Americans from the southern U.S. to points north. Undoubtedly affected, (for different reasons), by the Great Depression (1929-1933) and the War, millions of Blacks left...
Nina Simone - The High Priestess of Soul
It was in the mid 80’s when Toronto’s short lived Village Vanguard North was advertising “Sunday Brunch With Nina Simone”
Joe Ruicci Lance Anderson – Writer, Composer, Producer, Director, Performer The first time I met Lance was back in the 90’s when he came to Joe’s Place to play in Maureen Brown’s band, Big Hand I think he was very happy to be performing at the club due to the fact, we had two Hammond organs, a B3 and a C3...