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	JOHNNY A. - Generally available Johnny A. is a virtuoso guitarist who excels equally at rock, jazz and blues, selling over 85,000 of his two albums in the US alone and notching a breakout AAA hit with "Oh Yeah". Johnny has demonstrated his appeal to large audiences with constant touring on his own and in successful pairings with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Johnson, Robert Cray and Peter Frampton. He recently toured the UK with Joe Satriani and performed at the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival.
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	MARCIA BALL - Generally available Marcia Ball’s current CD, Live! Down The Road, garnered Marcia a Grammy nomination, the 3rd of her career, and was also named #1 Blues CD by Living Blues Magazine. Over the course of her three-decade career, Marcia Ball has developed a large and enthusiastic fan base with her blend of sounds from the Texas-Louisiana border combined with New Orleans R&B and piano boogie. Marcia has drawn consistent raves from national print media such as Rolling Stone, USA Today, People Magazine, Fortune, Downbeat and Billboard who proclaimed “Ball is a formidable musical force”. She has also performed at The White House along with B.B. King and in Piano Blues a film directed by Clint Eastwood as part of Martin Scorsese’s The Blues Series.
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	BEAUSOLEIL AVEC MICHAEL DOUCET - Generally available Since forming in 1975, Grammy winners BeauSoleil have claimed their undisputed role as the world’s most esteemed Cajun group. BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet take the rich Cajun traditions of Louisiana and artfully blend elements of zydeco, New Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex, country, blues and more into a satisfying musical recipe. From The Grand Ole Opry to Newport Folk, from concert hall to dance floor, the music of BeauSoleil continues to captivate audiences the world over. BeauSoleil's latest recording, Live in Louisiana, is their first live album recorded at home, their 28th overall, and it celebrates their 30th anniversary with a wide-ranging set of tunes from across their discography and the full Cajun and Creole cultural spectrum.
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	THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA - October, November The Blind Boys of Alabama have thrilled and inspired audiences the world over since they formed in 1939, and they are still creating critically acclaimed recordings and reaching new career heights even today. In recent years the group has won FOUR consecutive Grammy Awards (2001-2004), been featured on 60 Minutes, Regis and Kelly, and The Tonight Show, performed on the 2005 Grammy Awards telecast, and appeared in the 2003 movie The Fighting Temptations alongside Beyonce and Cuba Gooding Jr. The Blind Boys have also been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and awarded the NEA's Heritage Fellowship for Lifetime Achievement, as well as many other prestigious honors, earning them the true distinction of "living gospel legends". For 2007, this remarkable group will continue to uplift their audiences with breathtaking performances that will include material from their highly acclaimed breakthrough CDs as well as time-tested traditional gospel favorites. A new release Down In New Orleans is out in January 2008.
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	THE TOMMY CASTRO BAND - September Tommy Castro just released his new CD, Painkiller, in January and also just won the poll for Blues Wax Artist of the Year Award. The CD was produced by John Porter, who has previously spearheaded projects with Santana, Los Lonely Boys, B.B. King, Elvis Costello and Keb’ Mo’. Painkiller is the follow up CD to Soul Shaker, which spent 19 weeks in the Billboard Blues Charts and was nominated for a Blues Music Award. The Tommy Castro Band will be touring worldwide in support of the new release.
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	THE DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND - July On their new CD What’s Going On (Shout Factory/Evangeline) The Dirty Dozen Brass Band reinterpret and pay tribute to Marvin Gaye’s classic CD. Adding even more weight to the project is the fact that the political and social issues of that era remain relevant today - emphasized by the fact that the CD was released on the anniversary of the Katrina hurricane disaster. The Dozen themselves were uprooted by the hurricane and the loss they shared with much of the Gulf Coast community is given voice here by the band and special guests G. Love, Ivan Neville, Bettye LaVette, Guru and Chuck D. Known for their genre-bending romps and high-octane performances, the band has toured over 30 countries in 25 years and collaborated on record with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Elvis Costello, Norah Jones and Dave Matthews.
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	Ruthie Foster - July The Texas singer/songwriter’s blend of gospel, blues, folk and soul has drawn comparisons to Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald as well as Tracy Chapman and Joan Armatrading. Her new album, The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster, was produced by Austin swamp guitarist Malcolm "Papa Mali" Welbourne and is out now on Blue Corn Music. “’Phenomenal’ is no idle boast” raved the Boston Herald, and according to the Washington Post Ruthie “demanded attention with the sheer power of her mezzo-soprano” at her performance at the 2007 South by Southwest Music Conference last March. Upcoming European performances include appearances at the Cognac Blues Passions in France and Cambridge Folk Festival in England with more extensive touring being planned worldwide.
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	JOHN HAMMOND - July Grammy Award winning blues veteran, John Hammond, is just releasing his new CD, Push Comes To Shove, on Back Porch in Europe. Already out in the United States the CD was produced by G Love (Garret Dutton III), who counts Hammond as one of his own main musical influences. It features five John Hammond original compositions, a bold collaboration with Dutton in the hip hop-tinged blues of “Tore Down”, as well as a handful of personalized renderings of traditional blues numbers. Hammond gives major credit for the stellar sound and feel of the songs on the album to the musicians on the CD who also perform with him live when he is not performing solo. The band features Stephen Hodges on drums, Marty Ballou on bass and new addition Bruce Katz on piano and organ. A tireless live performer, watch for John to tour extensively worldwide in support of the new CD. He is available solo acoustic and as quartet electric.
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	BOOKER T. JONES - Generally available Booker T. Jones just received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work with seminal instrumental group, Booker T. & the MG's at the 2007 Grammy Awards ceremony. The group were million-sellers as one of the top instrumental outfits of the rock era with hits including "Green Onions," "Time Is Tight," and "Hang 'Em High." Booker T. & the MGs also backed recordings by such artists as Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Albert King, The Staple Singers, and Wilson Pickett and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. Booker is currently working on his first recording of solo or MG's material since 1994, and 2007 tour dates in the US and Europe are planned for Booker’s own great new band.
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	BETTYE LAVETTE - July After releasing the Joe Henry produced, critically acclaimed CD I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise (Anti), Bettye LaVette has been knocking out audiences everywhere. 2006 European festival highlights included Rock Werchter in Belgium, North Sea Jazz Festival in The Netherlands, Jazz Fest Vienne in France, and Cambridge Folk Festival in England. She has appeared on European television shows such as Later with Jools Holland on the BBC, Album De La Semaine on the French Canal Plus, and the Dutch Barend Van Dorp Show. Critically acclaimed, the CD received 4 stars in The London Times, The Daily Mirror, The Guardian, and Time Out London, 4 1/2 stars in Uncut and Le Monde, and the French national newspaper Liberation raved. Bettye also graced the cover of this fall’s issue of Living Blues Magazine and was just nominated for two Blues Music Awards.
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	DAVID LINDLEY - Generally available David Lindley will return to Europe solo in 2007 after touring Spain and the UK with Jackson Browne last year. Lindley can be heard on Ben Harper’s new double-CD Both Sides of the Gun. He is a master of all things stringed, renowned for his many years of work as the featured accompanist of Jackson Browne and as studio sideman for countless artists including Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Linda Ronstadt, Crosby and Nash, and Warren Zevon. He performs music that redefines the word "eclectic", is a true champion of world music and combines American folk, blues and bluegrass traditions with elements from African, Arabic, Asian, Celtic, Malagasy and Turkish musical sources.
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	COCO MONTOYA - July, September, October, November Coco Montoya uses blues as a blasting off point for his emotional, soulful music on his new Alligator CD, Dirty Deal. Little Feat members Paul Barerre, Kenny Gradney, Richie Hayward and Bill Payne guest. Produced by Barrere, Dirty Deal is Coco’s rawest, most stripped-down and impassioned recording to date. “Montoya is at the forefront of the contemporary blues world” according to Guitar World. After a chance meeting in the 1970’s with legendary blues man, Albert Collins, Coco Montoya was asked to join Collins’ band as their drummer. Collins eventually taught Montoya to play guitar and served as his mentor. Montoya then went on to play guitar for ten years with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. He will be touring worldwide in support of his new release.
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	CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE - Generally available With 18 Blues Music Awards to his credit and 6 Grammy nominations, Charlie Musselwhite is firmly entrenched in musical history and many of his recordings have become classics. He is currently nominated for five more Blues Music Awards including Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year, Album of The Year for Delta Hardware (Real World) and Song of the Year for “Church is Out”. Amazon.com editors recognized Delta Hardware as the #1 CD of the year in the blues category. The release expands on Charlie’s tougher edge, first evident on his breakthrough 1967 release Stand Back. In his early days Charlie befriended and jammed with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Little Walter just as today he plays with the likes of Ben Harper and Tom Waits.
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	MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO - October, November, December Meshell Ndegeocello is a renowned bassist/singer/songwriter and 9-time Grammy nominee who has spent nearly two decades as an uncompromising innovator in the worlds of rock, jazz, funk, soul and beyond. Her latest CD The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams is set for a Sept 2007 release.
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	THE DUKE ROBILLARD BAND - March, April 2008 Duke Robillard's guitar work has seamlessly spanned the worlds of jazz, blues, and swing since he founded the renowned big band, Roomful of Blues in 1967. Since 1980, Duke has recorded over a dozen acclaimed solo albums and his current release Guitar Groove-A-Rama (Stony Plain) garnered a 2007 Grammy nomination. Duke toured the US last year as the guitar player in Tom Waits’ band, and earlier in his career he was a member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds. A four-time Blues Music Award winner as Best Blues Guitarist, Duke was also honored by The Blues Foundation with a Keeping The Blues Alive Award for Best Producer last year for his work with Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon, Billy Boy Arnold and Debbie Davies. He also had three consecutive wins as International Blues Artist of the Year in Canada’s Maple Blues awards from 2001-2003.
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	CARRIE RODRIGUEZ - October Carrie Rodriguez is a soulful singer, songwriter and fiddler who grew up in Austin, Texas, and now calls Brooklyn, N.Y., home. She released her solo debut album, Seven Angels on a Bicycle, in August of 2006 on Back Porch Records / EMI with contributions from fellow Rosebud artist Bill Frisell, Chip Taylor and others. No Depression called the album "mesmerizing ... The confident way she leads this ensemble through sessions that mix country, soul, jazz and avant-garde sounds is remarkable." Carrie is supporting Lucinda Williams in April and headlining in Europe through mid-May and will be back again in October.
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	THE SAVOY-DOUCET CAJUN BAND - Generally available The Savoy Doucet Cajun Band play traditional Cajun music laced with an earthy sensuality. The band has recorded five CDs and features Grammy winner and BeauSoleil founder Michael Doucet, Grammy nominee Ann Savoy (for Adieu False Heart with Linda Ronstadt) and National Heritage Fellow Marc Savoy. Performance highlights include appearances at the Newport Folk Festival, Berlin Jazz Festival, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes at the Smithsonian Institution, National Geographic Concert Series, and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, England. Additionally, Ann Savoy continues her film soundtrack work, contributing significantly to the film All The Kings Men starring Sean Penn, working closely with esteemed producer T Bone Burnett.
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	SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALL STARS - July With a spirited and infectious fusion of traditional West African music and roots reggae, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars craft music that transforms and uplifts. Their debut album Living Like A Refugee (Anti) decries the insanity of war and calls out for social justice while instantly compelling you to get on your feet and dance. The band’s song, “ Ankalah”, is featured in the Leonardo DiCaprio film Blood Diamond and in the film’s soundtrack CD. They also just recorded “Give Peace a Chance” with Aerosmith legends Steven Tyler and Joe Perry for an Amnesty Darfur compilation due out mid 2007 including other major artists covering John Lennon originals. Joe Perry also joined the band in studio to record a version of U2’s “Seconds” for inclusion on a benefit compilation due mid 2007 featuring African artists performing U2 songs. The band’s strong press includes reviews in The Times and The Independent of London, Newsweek who compared the band to Buena Vista Social Club, The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. Formed in a refugee camp in the West African nation of Guinea, the band is the subject of the award winning documentary film, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars. The band recently appeared on television on the Oprah Winfrey Show, at The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Transmusicales Festival in France, Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, East and West Coast Blues & Roots Festival in Australia and in the United States at Bonnaroo and New York’s Central Park Summerstage where they headlined.
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	MAVIS STAPLES - April, May 2008 Soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples recently completed work on her new CD, We'll Never Turn Back (Anti), produced by Ry Cooder and set for release April 24, 2007. Ry also plays on the record which features backing from the original Freedom Singers, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and others. The album combines raw, emotional, contemporized versions of some of the freedom songs that provided the soundtrack to the civil rights movement of the 1950s/60s, along with other traditional songs and new originals written by Mavis and Ry. Mavis Staples is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Lifetime Achievement winner who, as lead singer in The Staple Singers, has been a driving force in music and social change since the group helped provide the spiritual soundtrack of the 1960's civil rights movement. The Staple Singers drew their inspiration from the church and like Martin Luther King, John Lewis and the other civil rights leaders, were a major voice in the civil rights movement. As lead singer of The Staple Singers she had eight Top 40 hits, including the two #1 singles “I'll Take You There” and “Let's Do It Again.”
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	ALLEN TOUSSAINT - Generally available Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, pianist, writer, arranger and singer, Allen Toussaint has collaborated with, produced, or had his songs covered by artists as diverse as The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, The Band, Paul Simon, Joe Cocker, Dr. John and many more. Allen's collaboration with Elvis Costello on the CD The River In Reverse, earned Allen a 2007 Grammy nomination and coaxed Allen from the studio to what is now a healthy appetite for live performances. He is available solo, with quintet or big band.
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	TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE - Generally available New Orleans native Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, a bandleader since age 6, has earned rave reviews both for his jazz artistry and as leader of a blazing funk/rock/hip-hop band. The 21-year-old musician dazzles on both trumpet and trombone, and Offbeat Magazine recently named him Performer of the Year as well as Best Contemporary Jazz Performer.
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	THE WEEPIES - Generally available The Weepies’ CD Say I Am You was just released on Nettwerk Records. Confident, lyrical and accessible, the new CD has the taste of a classic pop album with the wistful track "World Spins Madly On" included in the upcoming Jennifer Aniston film, Friends with Money. Already available online, the new CD reached #3 on the iTunes folk Chart in the US and has not left the Top 20 since its' Dec digital release. The CD has reached #1 on the iTunes folk chart in 8 countries: Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Spain and Portugal. The live show is a mix of vocal harmonies, tasteful guitar work and engaging stage personalities. The Weepies are the folk/pop duo of Deb Talan and Steve Tannen on Nettwerk Records. Their second album, Say I Am You, was released in 2006 and hit #1 on the iTunes folk album charts in nine countries including the USA, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Spain and Portugal. They supported the Indigo Girls in the Fall in the US and their recent headline shows have been marked by advance sellouts in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Boston. Highlights of last summer’s European festival schedule included appearances at the Wireless Festival in London, Glasgow’s T in the Park, and Oxegen Festival in Ireland, among others. The Weepies favorite, "World Spins Madly On", is featured in the new film Because I Said So starring Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore. They also co-wrote five new songs and play and sing on the forthcoming Mandy Moore CD, Wild Hope, slated for a May 8 release.
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