Davina of the Vagabonds
Running from July 16 to 25, the 2021 edition of the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival (EJBF) will feature more than 40 digital events, including 20 concerts from Assembly Roxy, which will be lived streamed with a limited, live audience in attendance.
And it s not just jazz, event co-producer Fiona Alexander, promises, We’ve got a host of new blues too. New pairings include Irish singer and guitarist Grainne Duffy joining blues singer Nicole Smit, Lyndon Anderson joining Sandy Tweeddale, and electric guitarist Jon McKenzie joining Jed Potts’ band, Hillman Hunters. US blues is featured by the award winning Blind Boy Paxton and the ever popular Stacy Mitchhart.”But what are this year s five must see gigs? Who better to ask than the producer herself, so if you fancy a relaxed evening of the best sounds around, here are Fiona s five Hot Tickets for 2021.
35 Musicians With Legendarily Long Careers
Musicians especially in the rock and jazz genres don’t always have long lifespans. Accidents, drugs, random violence, suicide, and disease have claimed far too many talented lives too early.
Rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly died at 22. For Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, and Amy Whitehouse, 27 was as far as they got. Jazz great Charlie Parker died at 33 (though the coroner conducting his autopsy originally guessed that he was about 60), and John Coltrane only made it to 40.
On the other hand.Some musicians seem to beat the odds and make it to 75, 85, or more; some have even achieved 100 or beyond, like country singer Slim Bryant, jazz vocalist Herb Jeffries, and bandleader Orrin Tucker. These are 35 rock stars who are now 75 or older.