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Guitarist Denny Freeman, an anchor of Austin s blues music community for five decades, has died after a recent cancer diagnosis, several of his close friends confirmed via social media (including songwriter Bill Carter). He was 76.
We ll have more about Freeman s life on Monday. In the meantime, here s an American-Statesman feature from 2012.
By Brad Buchholz
Guitarist Denny Freeman has a new album out “Diggin’ on Dylan” an album of instrumental music inspired, in part, by his experience of playing in Bob Dylan’s band between 2005 and 2009. And he’s happy to tell you all about it. Really. But larger passions keep getting in the way.
3 hours ago by Dave Lavender (NPR)
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Regina Spektor is a name synonymous with the melting pot of music that rose out of New York in the early 2000s. This Russian-Jewish-American, punk-rocked, classically-popped songwriting prodigy has the Bronx Walk of Fame sign to prove it. The music phenom even had her own “Regina Spektor Day,” proclaimed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2019.
Born in Russia, where she began classical piano at age 6, Spektor’s family moved to New York when she was 9. There she soaked up a thorough musical, literary and street education in the borough, insightfully and humorously dishing on city characters with a Fran Leibowitz-level wit.
Run the Jewels El-P, right, and Killer Mike perform on day three of the Austin City Limits Music Festival s first weekend on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Austin, Texas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP
OTTAWA – The RBC Bluesfest in Ottawa is hyping its headliners for 2022 after cancelling the festival for a second year in a row because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Executive director Mark Monahan says in a statement that organizers tried to find a way to host the event in July, but after running out of time, they’re setting their sights on next summer.
Monahan says rock band Rage Against the Machine is set to headline the 2022 Bluesfest, and hip hop duo Run the Jewels are also booked to perform.
Regina Spektor On Mountain Stage By Dave Lavender | WVPB
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor at Lollapalooza in 2007, months before her nine-song performance for NPR s Moutain Stage.
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Regina Spektor is a name synonymous with the melting pot of music that rose out of New York in the early 2000s. This Russian-Jewish-American, punk-rocked, classically-popped songwriting prodigy has the Bronx Walk of Fame sign to prove it. The music phenom even had her own Regina Spektor Day, proclaimed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2019.
Born in Russia, where she began classical piano at age 6, Spektor s family moved to New York when she was 9. There she soaked up a thorough musical, literary and street education in the borough, insightfully and humorously dishing on city characters with a Fran Leibowitz-level wit.