Jazz/Blues
Guinness World Records Announced Ron Carter as History’s Most Recorded Jazz Bassist
The Forgotten Voices of Blues Men Slim Harpo and Jimmy Reed
1958, Buddy Holly died. Elvis was doing bad movies and about to be inducted into the army. If you read the history books or listen to Don McLean's "American Pie," rock music was dying and quickly. Only that was far from the case. A seething cauldron of black driven music, largely termed blues, was modernizing music and sparking an underappreciated and underdocumented revolution. Two of the men leading the revolution were Slim Harpo and Jimmy Reed, two largely forgotten voices who would exert a great influence on 1960s groups from The Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan. John Carpenter Shares New Album Track ‘Distant Dreams’
After more than 40-years of directing movies, John Carpenter surprised fans and critics alike when he released his first ever album of non-soundtrack material, 'Lost Themes', back in 2014. Now, in addition to the announcing the release of his second album, 'Lost Themes II' - out April 15 -- along with his first ever tour, the 68-year-old cult movie legend is sharing the first rack from the new record, "Distant Dreams" to drum up interest.
