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Pinetop Perkins' 80-year career still going (AP)

In this Oct. 11, 2009 photograph, Grammy winning blues pianist Joe Willie 'Pinetop' Perkins motions a 'thumbs up' gesture during the annual festival at Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale, Miss., honoring him. Although he is 96 years old, Perkins, who formerly drove a tractor at the plantation in the 1940's, keeps an active performance schedule and takes time to record with a number of contemporary blues musicians, many several decades younger than himself. Proceeds of the festival are used to help fund programs of the Blues Foundation. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - Noisy crowds in smoky bars don't bother 96-year-old bluesman Pinetop Perkins.



Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:03:22 GMT


Haydn expert HC Robbins Landon dies at 83 (AP)

AP - H.C. Robbins Landon, a musicologist noted for his pioneering research on Franz Joseph Haydn and for writing popular works on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has died at age 83.
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:29:54 GMT


Jack White turns down Slash collaboration (Yahoo! Music)

Yahoo! Music - Courtesy of NME.com - Slash says White 'was the one guy [he] wanted to work with'
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT


Bob Dylan brings Christmas cheer to those without homes (Reuters)

The cover of Bob Dylan's Reuters - Singer Bob Dylan reminisces about Christmas past, turkey dinners and his favorite holiday songs in a rare interview in a magazine for homeless people.



Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:10:04 GMT


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