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Bill Frisell, Mavis Staples, Allen Toussaint CDs Recognized Among Best of the 2000's by Downbeat Magazine - Frisell #2 Jazz CD of the Decade Per London Times
Allen Toussaint, 2010 GRAMMY nominee, To Be Featured On Austin City Limits and Spectacle with Elvis Costello
Rosebud Artists Nominated for 10 Blues Music Awards
10 Grammy Nominations for Rosebud Artists!
Allen Toussaint and BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet Selected By Offbeat Magazine as the #2 & #3 CDs of 2009


Jim Lauderdale With Elvis Costello On Austin City Limits, On New Willie Nelson CD, George Strait Single
Duke Robillard and Sunny Crownover’s Tales From The Tiki Lounge November 17, 2009
Bettye LaVette & Allen Toussaint Featured In Tributes To Jerry Wexler, Janis Joplin
Pieta Brown’s "You're My Lover Now" To Be Featured On KCRW Wednesday 11/4/09


Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Featured On PollStar Magazine Cover
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Celebrate My Feet Can't Fail Me Now 25th Anniversary With Re-release Of Milestone CD


• Allen Toussaint, Trombone Shorty and The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band To Perform At G20 Summit Reception
• The Blind Boys of Alabama Release New CD, Duets, October 27, 2009
• Ruthie Foster Song Featured In Tyler Perry's #1 Hit Film, I Can Do Bad All By Myself
• Pieta Brown To Release Shimmer on November 10, 2009
The Essential Coco Montoya Out October 20, 2009 - Coco On Tour with Tommy Castro This Fall
• Ruthie Foster Featured On Blues Revue Magazine Cover


• Bill Frisell Original Music Featured On Buster Keaton DVD, New Frisell Solo DVD
• Meshell Ndegeocello To Release Devil's Halo October 6, 2009
Tommy Castro's Hard Believer Debuts On 3 Billboard Charts, Features on XM and House of Blues Radio
Loudon Wainwright III On NPR's Fresh Air, Rolling Stone review
Jim Lauderdale's Could We Get Any Closer? In Stores Now
NPR Features Allen Toussaint (American Routes) and Trombone Shorty (World Café Live)
Marcia Ball & Charlie Musselwhite Winners Again in 2009 Living Blues Awards
• Allen Toussaint Inducted Into Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame


• Bill Frisell Honored As Guitarist Of The Year & Other Rosebud Artists Score In Downbeat's 57th Annual Critics Poll
• Booker T. On World Café Live, Fuji Rock & Europe Fests
• Charlie Musselwhite and Duke Robillard CDs Selected As Best Blues Albums Of 2009 (so far) By About.com:Blues
• Bettye LaVette "No One More Soulful" per CNN
• Loudon Wainwright III Featured In Disney's G-Force 3D
• Bill Frisell, Duke Robillard and Marcia Ball NPR Features
• Loudon Wainwright III’s High Wide & Handsome - The Charlie Poole Project - Out August 18, 2009
• Tommy Castro’s Hard Believer Out August 11, 2009
• Duke Robillard Featured On House of Blues Radio Hour, Ruthie Foster Featured On Mountain Stage, Carrie Rodriguez Repeats on Austin City Limits


• Rosebud Artists Nominated For Living Blues Awards - Vote
• Bill Frisell Repeats As Guitarist of the Year In Jazz Journalists Association Poll
• Bill Frisell's Disfarmer Set for July 21 Release
• The Truth According To Ruthie Foster #1 On B.B. King's Bluesville
• Ruthie Foster Featured In Keyboard Player Magazine Cover Story


• Bettye LaVette To Perform On CBS' The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson June 24, 2009, New Digital EP release June 16
• Ruthie Foster’s “I Really Love You” Chosen As Song Of The Day On NPR
• JJ Cale Songs Featured On New Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Live From Madison Square Garden CD/DVD Release
• Jim Lauderdale Featured On New Elvis Costello Disc & Appearing With Elvis On Letterman And Conan
• The Blind Boys of Alabama Featured In Documentary Screening At Cannes & Tribeca Film Festivals
• Allen Toussaint's The Bright Mississippi Band: Live At The Village Vanguard Broadcast On NPR
• Duke Robillard Featured In Blues Revue Magazine Cover Stor
• Rosebud Artists Everywhere At New Orleans Jazz Fest
• John Hammond Releases New CD, Rough & Tough
• Bettye LaVette's Digital EP "A Change Is Gonna Come Sessions" Out June 16, 2009
• Marcia Ball and Albert Collins Honored With Blues Music Awards, John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" Inducted Into Blues Hall of Fame
The Truth According to Ruthie Foster Hits #1 on Roots Blues Chart
• Johnny A. Custom Gibson Guitar Named An Iconic Guitar
• Daby Touré / Skip McDonald New Release Call My Name Out Now


• The Blind Boys of Alabama Winners Again With Two 2009 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards
• Charlie Musselwhite Honored With Blues Trail Marker
• Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins Joins Mavis Staples Onstage in Chicago
• Bettye LaVette Appears With Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr And More At Radio City Music Hall
• Booker T. To Release Potato Hole On April 21 During Featured Run on Late Night Jimmy Fallon Show
• Carrie Rodriguez Live In Louisville CD Out Now


• JJ Cale Joined Onstage By Tom Petty & Mike Campbell On First Stop of Rare Tour
• Mavis Staples, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Staple Singers and The Late John Lee Hooker Featured On Civil Rights Box Set
• Introducing Sunny And Her Joy Boys, Featuring Duke Robillard, Out March 24
• Rosebud Artists Honored With 2009 Big Easy Music Awards Nominations
• Idrissa Mallam Bangura, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Bassist, Passes
• Allen Toussaint and Trombone Shorty Featured On New Orleans Jazzfest Posters
• JJ Cale's Roll On Scores Record First Week Sales And Chart Debut and BBC2 Record Of The Week, New Tour Dates Added
• Trombone Shorty Wins Best Documentary At Beverly Hills Short Festival, Guest Appearance On New Buckwheat Zydeco CD


• Blind Boys of Alabama Nominated For Two Gospel Music Association Dove Awards
• Bettye LaVette's Moving Story Featured On SoulfulDetroit.com
• Marcia Ball Wins Blues Critic Award
• Trombone Shorty Film Featured In The Beverly Hills Shorts Festival
The Best of Bill Frisell, Vol. 1: Folk Songs Out February 24
• Marcia Ball’s Most Generous and Fun Birthday
• Bettye LaVette Makes Tonight Show Debut March 3rd
• Allen Toussaint's The Bright Mississippi, Follows Grammy Honors and Grammy TV Appearance
• Grammy Congratulations! Allen Toussaint, The Blind Boys of Alabama, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Marcia Ball, Bill Frisell, Trombone Shorty, and James Burton
• Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet Win Big At New Orleans'


• Rosebud Artists Honored With New Orleans Best of The Beat Nominations
• Bettye LaVette Featured At Pre-Inauguration Concert
• Bettye LaVette To Duet At Obama Pre-Inauguration Event January 18 With Jon Bon Jovi
• Bill Frisell New Releases Including Download Series and Live DVD
• Jon Cleary Signs With The Rosebud Agency


• Rosebud Artists Depicted In New Hit Film "Cadillac Records" Chronicling The Story Of Chess Records
• Bettye LaVette's Standout Performance At The Kennedy Center Honors Is Pete Townshend's Favorite Moment
• Grammy Update: Blind Boys of Alabama To Be Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award, Allen Toussaint To Be Honored With Trustees Award, Trombone Shorty Featured On Grammy Nominated Dr. John Album
• Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Release New B-Sides Album "Positive Revolution"
• Rosebud Artists Nominated for the 2009 - 30th Blues Music Awards
• Ruthie Foster To Release "The Truth According To Ruthie Foster" February 3, 2009
• Carrie Rodriguez Wins Folk Songwriter of the Year - NPR World Café Feature December 16th
• Allen Toussaint Featured On Elvis Costello's Spectacle & New Album Coming Soon
• Blues Foundation Honors Rosebud Artist, The Late Muddy Waters, With Blues Trail Marker
• Loudon Wainwright III Guests On Late Show with David Letterman December 10th
• Rosebud Artists Score 5+ Grammy Nominations


• Three Rosebud Artists Among Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time"
• JJ Cale's "Roll On" Coming February 24th
• Nachito Herrera Signs with The Rosebud Agency
• The Blind Boys of Alabama Nominated for 2009 Stellar Award, Featured on Tavis Smiley Radio Show
• Meshell Ndegeocello Featured On "Soul Men" Soundtrack
• The Weepies ABC News Now Interview + Video Premier
• BeauSoleil's Alligator Purse Out January 20, 2009
• Duke Robillard Featured On New Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Vol. 8 and Upcoming House of Blues Radio Hour


• Rosebud Signs Two Time Grammy Winner Jim Lauderdale
• "After Midnight" by JJ Cale nominated for Official State of Oklahoma Rock Song
• Rosebud Artists Nominated For 2008 Roots Music Awards
• The Weepies Featured On ABC Hit Series “Dirty Sexy Money”
• David Lindley, a "Musicians' Musician"
• Marcia Ball and Charlie Musselwhite Honored Once Again With Living Blues Awards
• Bill Frisell Featured On New McCoy Tyner CD+DVD
• Allen Toussaint Honored at the 19th Annual Heroes & Legends Awards, “Sweet Touch of Love” Featured in New TV Ad


• Pieta Brown New EP "Flight Time" - Plus Wisconsin PBS-TV Appearance and Special Guest Duet on New Calexico CD
• Loudon Wainwright III On Conan O'Brien September 17th


• Mavis Staples New CD Live: Hope at the Hideout Out November 4
• Bettye LaVette's New Video For "Talking Old Soldiers" / Austin City Limits Appearance
• Loudon Wainwright III Music In New UK Play / Mountain Stage Feature


• Carrie Rodriguez’s New CD, She Ain’t Me, Out August 5
• Booker T. Jones Honored With 2008 Musicians Hall of Fame Induction
• Award-Winning Documentary "Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars" Available Now on iTunes


• Bill Frisell Honored As Guitarist Of The Year At 2008 Jazz Awards
• Loudon Wainwright III’s Recovery In Stores August 19
• John Hammond Plays Milestone 4000th Show As Rosebud Agency Artist


• Duke Robillard, Jay Geils and Gerry Beaudoin’s New Guitar Summit Album, Shivers In Stores July 8
• Carrie Rodriguez Joins Alejandro Escovedo's Band This June Opening For Dave Matthews Band
• Bettye LaVette’s Tell Me A Lie Set For Re-Issue May 20
• Michael Doucet Solo CD From Now On released by Smithsonian Folkways
• Tommy Castro, Bettye LaVette and the late Muddy Waters Score Blues Music Awards
• Booker T. Jones Featured at the Jammys


• The Weepies New CD Debuts at #31 on Billboard Chart, Song Featured on Sex And the City Soundtrack
• Bill Frisell's New CD "History, Mystery" In Stores May 13
• Trombone Shorty Earns Best Male Performer Honors, Fats Domino Tribute Album Featuring Numerous Rosebud Artists Wins Best Album at Big Easy Music Awards
• Duke Robillard’s, A Swingin' Session With Duke Robillard In Stores May 13
• The Weepies New CD Hideaway In Stores April 22


The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band’s Marc and Ann Savoy Release New Album With The Savoy Family Band, Turn Loose But Don’t Let Go
BeauSoleil’s Michael and David Doucet Featured On New CD, A New Orleans Visit: Before Katrina
Daby Touré's New CD, Stereo Spirit In Stores April 22
The Tommy Castro Band / Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue Live Album, Command Performance Out March 18
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Nominated as Best African Entertainers in International Reggae & World Music Awards
Prince Joins The Blind Boys of Alabama Onstage in Hollywood
Rolling Stones Concert Film “Shine A Light,” In Theaters April 4
Booker T. Jones on "Be Kind Rewind" Soundtrack


Marcia Ball’s Peace, Love & BBQ In Stores April 8
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Featured On In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2, In Stores April 1
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet and Marcia Ball Featured Guests on A Prairie Home Companion
• JJ Cale Honored With First Grammy Win For The Road To Escondido With Eric Clapton
• Bettye LaVette’s Winning Year Continues
• Mavis Staples and John Hammond Honored With Top Album Awards In Australia's Rhythms Magazine 2007 Readers Poll
• Tommy Castro’s Painkiller Voted BluesWax 2007 Album Of The Year
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Allen Toussaint And Trombone Shorty Featured in NBA All-Star Festivities


• Mavis Staples' "Eyes on the Prize" Featured In Soundtrack For Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights
• Allen Toussaint's "Yes We Can Can" Featured in Young At Heart Documentary
• Blind Boys Featured Guests On Late Night and The Tonight Show
• Tommy Castro and Duke Robillard Featured on House of Blues Radio's Top 10 CDs of 2007
• Bettye LaVette, Mavis Staples And More Rosebud Artists Recognized In Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll
• Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and BeauSoleil Honored at Offbeat Awards
• David Lindley's New CD Big Twang Out Now
• Bettye LaVette On Conan O'Brien January 16th
• Rosebud Artists Marcia Ball and The Late Great Albert Collins Featured On Stevie Ray Vaughan & Friends, Solos, Sessions & Encores
Holiday Concert Gift to New Orleans Matched With Honors For Trombone Shorty


Johnny A. Performs At 20th Anniversary Of The Boston Music Awards
Blind Boys of Alabama's, Down In New Orleans, Out January 29
Blues Music Award Nominations for Bettye LaVette, Tommy Castro, Duke Robillard, Ruthie Foster and Muddy Waters
Loudon Wainwright III Caps Off A Memorable Year With Performance at WFUV's Holiday Benefit
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars’ “Black Nature” featured on MTVu’s “Cause Effect” Program
Carrie Rodriguez New CD with Chip Taylor Out Now + Track on Neil Young Tribute
Rosebud Artists Honored on Amazon's Best Music of 2007
Grammy Nominations For J J Cale, Bettye LaVette and Meshell Ndegeocello - Just Announced
Michael Doucet Awarded United States Artists Grant
Bettye LaVette Pollstar Cover Story


Folk Alliance Honors Mavis Staples
The Weepies Featured In Old Navy & JC Penny Holiday Ad Campaigns
Pieta Brown Featured on KCRW, WFUV, etown and Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour
Staple Singers 1962 Christmas Album Reissued
Bettye LaVette, Duke Robillard Nominated for Canada's Maple Blues Awards


Booker T. Jones and Jolie Holland Collaborate on Remake of 'What a Wonderful World'
JJ Cale Covered in New Eric Clapton CD and Lauded in Clapton's Autobiography
Trombone Shorty Scoring Major Media & Best Performance Award - Billboard, USA Today, Good Morning America, MSN, Village Voice features


Pieta Brown's New CD, Remember The Sun, Out September 25
Meshell Ndegeocello's New CD, The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams, Out September 25
"Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino" featuring Allen Toussaint, Marcia Ball, Trombone Shorty and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band out September 25
"Song of America," featuring tracks from Bettye LaVette and The Blind Boys of Alabama, out September 18


Duke Robillard’s Stellar Year Continues With HoB Radio Hour
Rosebud Artists Score Living Blues Awards
JJ Cale's "Rewind: Unreleased Recordings" Due In October
Bettye LaVette On Blues Revue Cover, New Album Out Soon


Booker T. Jones, Mavis Staples Featured On PBS’ Great Performances
Bill Frisell’s Special Project, Floratone, CD Out August 14
Rosebud Artists Score In Downbeat Critics Poll
Film "Talk To Me" Features Songs By Rosebud Artists Meshell Ndegeocello, Booker T. Jones & The Staple Singers
Meshell Ndegeocello Signs With Rosebud Worldwide


Illinois Lt. Governor Declares Mavis Staples Day
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars On The Road And Beyond
Charlie Musselwhite Voted Best International Harmonica Player in Australian Bluestar Awards


Duke Robillard’s World Full Of Blues Due June 26
Rosebud Signs Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Loudon Wainwright III On Late Night With Conan O’Brien Tuesday, May 22
Loudon Wainwright III’s, "Strange Weirdos," Out May 22, 2007
Dirty Dozen Brass Band to appear on Live With Regis and Kelly May 24
Rosebud Artists Triumph At Blues Awards


Ruthie Foster Featured on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’ and etown
Charlie Musselwhite Featured On Score To "Black Snake Moan"
Ruthie Foster Joins Rosebud
Mavis Staples On Jay Leno, David Letterman, Today Show & More


Carrie Rodriguez Signs With Rosebud
Booker T. Jones On NPR's Fresh Air, Jams at SxSW
The Weepies Hit 100k Downloads, Nominated for Shortlist Music Prize
J J Cale Makes Rare Concert Appearance with Eric Clapton
Mavis Staples Featured On Televised NAACP Image Awards / New CD


"Living Like A Refugee" Set For Australia / New Zealand Release On March 24 by ABC Music
Tommy Castro Wins BluesWax Artist of the Year – New CD, Painkiller, On Billboard Blues Chart
Charlie Musselwhite featured with Ben Harper on The Carson Daly Show
BeauSoleil and Dirty Dozen are repeat winners at Best of The Beat Awards
Allen Toussaint Honored as Best Pianist and for Album of the Year / Toussaint Songs Featured on Harry Connick Jr. CD


The Weepies Featured In New Mandy Moore CD and Film (with Mandy and Diane Keaton)
Tommy Castro’s new CD, Painkiller, in Stores January 30, 2007
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Performing at World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland - Also Featured on NPR’s World Café
John Hammond Kicks Off 2007 With New G Love Produced CD, "Push Comes To Shove"


Coco Montoya’s new CD Dirty Deal in stores January 16, 2007
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Early January Mountain Stage Radio Broadcast
Booker T. Jones Honored with Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Allen Toussaint in Film, Soundtrack and DVD
Mavis Staples to Release New CD Produced by Ry Cooder in April 2007
Blind Boys of Alabama perform on Tonight Show, December 20th
John Lee Hooker Box Set Named #1 Reissue of the Year by Rolling Stone
Bill Frisell Named One of the First United States Artists Fellows
Rosebud Artists Score Combined 14 Blues Music Award Nominations
Grammy Nominations and Awards for Rosebud Artists
Rosebud Artists Honored on Amazon's Best Music of 2006
Rosebud Signs Pieta Brown
OPRAH! - Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dec 4!


Bill Frisell Wins Best Guitarist Title in Downbeat's Reader's Poll
Rosebud Signs Richard Thompson's 1000 Years of Popular Music
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Collaborate with ninemillion.org to Help Refugee Youth


Sierra Leone's Refugee All-Stars joined by Aerosmith's Joe Perry and Steven Tyler to Kick Off US Tour
John Lee Hooker Box Set Released by Shout! Factory
Bettye LaVette Living Blues Magazine Cover Feature
Marcia Ball Featured in Three National Television Programs
Allen Toussaint Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Mayor of San Francisco declares October 14 "Tommy Castro Day"
JJ Cale's "Collected" Goes Gold in The Netherlands
Marcia Ball featured in PBS special, "Cincinnati Pops: Take Me to the River"


Rosebud artists Allen Toussaint and The Dirty Dozen's Gregory Davis featured in National TV Broadcast of Superdome Re-opening Celebration
Mavis Staples featured on Aaron Neville's new album "Bring It On Home - The Soul Classics"
JJ Cale and Eric Clapton join forces on new CD, "The Road To Escondido"
Muddy Waters and The Staple Singers Featured on Mojo's "The Roots of Bob Dylan"
Loudon Wainwright III and Bill Frisell Featured on All Star "Rogue's Gallery"


Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars CD Living Like A Refugee Hits Stores September 26
Bettye LaVette and Joe Henry Win Living Blues Critic's Poll Awards
JJ Cale's "Collected" is #1 on Netherlands Pop CD Charts
Ann Savoy and Linda Ronstadt release "Adieu False Heart" on Vanguard Records
Allen Toussaint and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Featured in Katrina Benefit DVD, “From The Big Apple to The Big Easy”
The Weepies Release Live EP on iTunes and Feature Song on Maximum Ride Soundtrack
Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian CD Set for September 12 Release


Bill Frisell, Bettye LaVette, Marcia Ball Honored in Downbeat Critics Poll
Duke Robillard Joins Tom Waits Touring Band for August dates
Rosebud Artists Featured on Amazon.com's Best of the Decade (So Far) List
Rosebud Signs The Legendary Allen Toussaint


Bettye LaVette To Receive R&B Foundation Pioneer Award, Featured on House of Blues Radio, PBS American Routes
The Dirty Dozen Reinterpret Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On For Katrina Anniversary
Mavis Staples receives 2006 NEA National Heritage Fellowship


Kaki King's ...Until We Felt Red To Be Released August 8
Bill Frisell featured on Paul Simon CD, CD / Tour with Jack DeJohnette
Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet Celebrates their 30th Anniversary With The Release of Beausoleil: Live in Louisiana
JJ Cale New Documentary, Best Of CD & Clapton Revisits "After Midnight"
Rosebud Artists Triumph At Blues Music Awards
JJ Cale and Refugee All Stars Documentaries Feature on the International Film Festival Circuit
New Charlie Musselwhite CD Delta Hardware Hits Stores 5/16
The Weepies songs featured on prime-time TV


J J Cale and Refugee All Stars Documentaries Double Bill at Nashville Film Festival
The Refugee All Stars - Documentary Awards, NPR Feature
Blind Boys awarded GMA Album of the Year / Featured on new Dan Zane's release
Charlie Musselwhite To Guest at Jammy's at MSG in New York on April 20
The Tommy Castro Band releases Whole Lotta Soul DVD


Bettye LaVette To Be Honored by The Rhythm & Blues Foundation
Six Rosebud Artists Featured at SXSW
David Lindley On Tour With Jackson Browne and Special Guest on Ben Harper CD


John Hammond's In Your Arms Again Honored by Rhythms Magazine's 2005 Readers Poll as International Blues Album of the Year
Duke Robillard’s ‘Guitar Groove-A-Rama’ Out March 14
Marcia Ball's Live Down the Road Named #1 Blues CD by Living Blues Magazine Extending Her Honors Over The Past Year


Rosebud Signs The Refugee All Stars of Sierra Leone
Rosebud Signs The Weepies
Kaki King Rejoins La Guitara For Spring 2006 Tour
Rosebud Artists Bettye LaVette, Mavis Staples and Booker T. Jones featured on Starbucks compilation CD, "I'll Take You There - Voices in Classic Soul"
Starz InBlack to Present the World Premiere of "Blues Divas" Featuring Bettye LaVette and Mavis Staples
Bettye LaVette to be featured on World Café January 25, 2006
Loudon Wainwright Triple-Encore on XM Radio's Loft
Coco Montoya Co-write Kicks Off Solomon Burke's Grammy Nominated Album


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