Blues

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  Influential English Guitarist Jeff Beck Dies at 78

  PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2023

  Jeff Beck — the English guitarist who rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and recorded with Stevie Wonder, Ozzy Osbourne, Kate Bush, Mick...

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  American-Canadian Transgender Soul Singer Jackie Shane Honoured with New Heritage Minute

  PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2022

  Late American-Canadian transgender soul singer Jackie Shane is the subject of a new Heritage Minute from Historica Canada. The dramatizati...

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  Tom Wilson Documentary 'Beautiful Scars' Heads to TVO

  PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2022

  Tom Wilson — of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Junkhouse — is the subject of a biographical documentary sharing the name of his 2017 memoi...

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  Tinariwen Play Canada on North American Tour, Announce Three Reissues

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2022

  Ahead of playing Canada on a North American tour this fall, Tinariwen have announced plans to reissue a pair of albums and bring a new rari...

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  Ruby Singh and the Future Ancestors Detail Self-Titled Debut, Share Liberatory "Dog Bone"

  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2022

  Vancouver-based multi-visionary musician Ruby Singh has assembled a new musical supergroup to kick up some stardust. Ruby Singh and the Fut...

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  'ELVIS' Actress and Singer Shonka Dukureh Found Dead at 44

  PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2022

  Shonka Dukureh — the American singer and actress who recently portrayed singer-songwriter Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton in Baz Luhrmann's...

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  Kitchener Blues Fest Welcomes Sam Roberts Band, Sloan, Drive-By Truckers and More for 20th Anniversary Edition

  PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2022

  Kitchener Blues Festival is returning this summer to celebrate 20 years of music, food and memories. Helping celebrate the fest's anniversa...

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  ZZ Top Will Record New Music Without Dusty Hill

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2022

  Following the death of Dusty Hill last year, ZZ Top continued on the road with Elwood Francis — the band's guitar tech of over two decades...