Otis Taylor: Singing the blues, with new textures
April 19th, 2007Herald Tribune - He is nominated, but only in the banjo category, for a prize at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis on May 10. In May and June, he will tour Britain, though only as an opening act for Gary Moore. His next recording, currently in production, will be Read More
Boston Globe - This has to be the early favorite for Song of the Year at the 2008 Blues Music Awards. One of the strengths of The Wheel Man is its sequencing. The song lengths are varied and longer songs are packed between shorter songs and it, giving a real Read More
DVD Creation - The star and his band are expected to perform a 60-minute set of original blues music. Returning to the space center for the first time since the filming of producer Jerry Bruckheimer's sci-fi hit "Armageddon" a decade ago, Mr. Willis is expected to Read More
Baton Rouge Advocate - The conference also will coincide with the Arts Council s 30th anniversary FestForAll festival downtown and a major blues music event on the grounds of the Old State Capitol, Gordon said. The impact of the arts on everyday lives is more subtle but Read More
MetroMix - I think blues music and country music and hip-hop and rock 'n' roll, garage rock, Cuban music, whatever, is uplifting for me. But blues has a reputation for being sad. I guess, but most people are idiots anyway. How many people would you take advice Read More
FOX News - Nor was it silent when it issued a $15,000 fine to PBS affiliate for showing a Martin Scorsese-produced documentary about blues music which contained some uses of the "F-word" and the "S-word." So what's the difference? The O.J. "confession" was Read More