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Blues Beat: More blues music on the horizon
Domenic Forcella
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St. George joins Slim for a Sunday show at Maple View Farm.Domenic Forcella / Contributed photo
As the warmer weather approaches, more blues activities are on the horizon. Early gigs are being posted and more are expected. That means Blues Beat will soon have plenty of information on gigs concerts and jam sessions at our Connecticut venues. You can help by alerting us to upcoming dates and other activities it’s greatly appreciated.
Some of that live music includes Morgan Giosa/Brandt Taylor Blues Band, Saturday at the Hungry Tiger.
ONLINE: Billy Branch & His Sons of the Blues, Shemekia Copeland, Toronzo Cannon, Lil Ed Williams
Mar 13, 2021 7:00 PM
The Chicago-based
Alligator Records has remained steadfastly independent and dedicated to blues and roots music for five decades. During that time it s been the recording home for legends such as Koko Taylor and Luther Allison as well as modern-day musical leaders like Cash Box Kings and Shemekia Copeland. Founder and label prexy Bruce Iglauer will emcee this concert filmed on the stage of Governors State University Center for Performing Arts, featuring performances by Copeland, Lil Ed Williams, Toronzo Cannon and Billy Branch & His Sons of the Blues.
Rock-N-Relief, SeeHer Hear Her specials top this week’s online concerts Gary Graff, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio Foo Fighters, Carly Simon, Sheryl Crow, Deadmau5, Sammy Hagar & the Circle, Ziggy Marley and many more are performing for Rock-N-Relief: Live Stream Series, a marathon concert event at from 3-9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 5-6. Organized by Sean Penn and songwriter Linda Perry, the show will raise money for CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort), a non-profit dedicated to crisis response. Rock-N-Relief can be viewed via Twitch.TV/AmazonMusic, Youtube and rollingstone.com.
Other events (all subject to change).
FRIDAY, MARCH 5
‣ The Grammy Museum is hosting a virtual exhibit dedicated to Ringo Starr, featuring new and archival interviews and artifacts, via grammymuseum.org.