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Jack White on U2's 'Achtung Baby': 'I Listened to That on Repeat as a Teenager'

rollingstone.com Jack White was a teenager in blue-collar Detroit when he purchased U2's heavy left turn of a seventh album, Achtung Baby. "I listened to that a lot in my headphones," he says view details ,

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Hugh Laurie still has music nerves

music-news.com The House star released his first blues album Let Them Talk in 2011, and has followed his debut up with a second record called Didn''t It Rain. view details

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Quinn Sullivan, 14-Year-Old Blues Prodigy, Impresses the Masters

rollingstone.com Last week's Crossroads Guitar Festival featured blistering sets from road veterans like B.B. King, Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy, but some of the biggest cheers of the festival went to a kid who is still in middle school … view details

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Shouting Matches' Brian Moen Talks Working with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon

billboard.com Drummer Brian Moen and Justin Vernon -- the angelic voice behind Bon Iver – go way back: along with guitarist Phil Cook, Moen and Vernon formed the blues-rock trio Shouting Matches in Wisconsin on one June night … view details ,

The Search For Good Tour: Josh Urban Goes In Search Of Everyday Heroes

hypebot.com Beginning May 24th, Urban is exploring new but related territory, again traveling by train to multiple locations and including other through social media but this time focusing his trip on a search for "everyday … view details ,

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Chicago Blues Guitarist Jimmy ‘Fast Fingers’ Dawkins Dies

billboard.com Chicago bluesman Jimmy "Fast Fingers" Dawkins, known for his stellar guitar playing and mellow singing voice, has died. He was 76. view details

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Southern Soul Songwriter George Jackson Dies at 68

billboard.com Songwriter George Jackson, co-author of "Old Time Rock and Roll" and hundreds of other soul, rock and rhythm and blues tunes, has died. He was 68. view details ,

Bombino Recruits Black Keys' Dan Auerbach on 'Azamane Tiliade'

rollingstone.com For his new album, Nomad, Nigerien guitarist Bombino found a producer an ocean away: Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys. Together, the pair recorded raw, dialed-up jams rooted in the electric-blues tradition of Bombino … view details ,

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Joe Walsh Enlists Dr. John, Robert Randolph for New Blues Album

billboard.com Joe Walsh isn't planning to let another two decades pass between solo albums, as he did before 2012's well-received "Analog Man." In fact, the Eagles member has already started work on his new project. view details

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G. Love and Jack Johnson Celebrate the Blues on 'Early Rising' - Song Premiere

rollingstone.com G. Love discovered the blues at his local record store – and to pay things forward, the singer-songwriter has linked up with his friend Jack Johnson to record a special 10-inch vinyl called Blood Shot and Blue for … view details

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Les Blank, Blues Documentarian, Dead at 77

billboard.com Filmmaker Les Blank, whose documentaries about blues and jazz musicians and music of the South were widely acclaimed, died April 7 at his home in Berkeley, Calif. He was 77; the cause of death was bladder cancer. view details , ,

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James Brown Biopic Set to Begin Casting Soon

hypetrak.com Producer Brian Grazer (8 Mile, Apollo 13, American Gangster) has secured the rights to James Brown's music for a movie he's been trying to make for more than a decade. Mick Jagger is co-producing. "I like to … view details , ,