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The brooding, slow-building ‘Blue Spirit Blues’ is her interpretation of a song by blues legend Bessie Smith and is taken from the album
Countin’ The Blues.
Comprising songs from the repertoires of Smith, Ma Rainey, Memphis Minnie, Elizabeth Cotten and others, the album can be seen as a soundtrack to Elli’s book
Countin’ The Blues – Indomitable Women, a celebration of the blues queens of the 20s, published last year.
Speaking about the song, Elli says, “Sometimes you forget about them. They live hidden in dark places and they move very silently. But you can feel them and you can’t escape… and they get to hurt you so deeply. The BLUE DEVILS. Well, you can recognize them and this is the first step to get free. Bessie Smith knew it and she burnt her demons out. This is her song and I tried to make it mine.”
Blues Beat: Live music scene comes alive
Domenic Forcella
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The live music scene continues to grow its return. Check the venues as the weather will determine some shows.
Friday, Orb Mellon Brings his Trio To Jerry s Pizza and Barroom. The Trio Performs Original boogie and blues. Orb Mellon, the master picker, is backed by blues drummer Mark Hennessy and Dave Robbins on harp.
Orb Mellon mines the raw energy of 20th Century American roots music, particularly whiskey fueled house party delta blues. Influenced by the likes of Bukka White, Junior Kimbrough, and John Fahey, Orb Mellon performs pure, sonically aggressive, and ever transforming original folk blues, free from any quaintness or historicism, prompting one early reviewer to identify Orb Mellon’s work simply as blues in all its primeval glory. Mark your calendars for a nice hot pizza with a dash of blues.
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The face of solo guitar is changing. It s about time.
Guitarist Yasmin Williams in Washington, April 18, 2021. Since the heyday of John Fahey, the genre of solo guitar has been seen as the province of white men. A new generation of diverse players is rapidly changing that. Amr Alfiky/The New York Times.
by Grayson Haver Currin
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Before Yasmin Williams became a teenager, she found her perfect sport: Guitar Hero, the dizzying video game where aging rock staples enjoyed an unlikely second life through players wielding plastic controllers fashioned after vintage Gibsons.
Williams parents purchased the game for her two older brothers, but the suburban D.C. family soon realized she was the household champion. They would try to beat me, Williams said on a recent afternoon in the sunroom of her grandmother Marshas home, near where she grew up. But they couldnt.
The Face of Solo Guitar Is Changing. Itâs About Time.
Since the heyday of John Fahey, the genre has been seen as the province of white men. A new generation of diverse players is rapidly changing that.
Yasmin Williams, one of the countryâs most imaginative young solo guitarists, makes music that represents a break with the formâs stoic traditions.Credit.Amr Alfiky/The New York Times
By Grayson Haver Currin
April 28, 2021Updated 1:39 p.m. ET
Before Yasmin Williams became a teenager, she found her perfect sport: âGuitar Hero,â the dizzying video game where aging rock staples enjoyed an unlikely second life through players wielding plastic controllers fashioned after vintage Gibsons.