All Blog Posts Tagged 'George' (33)

Q&A with bass player George Kapitanellis of Cosmic American Derelicts, a true rock and roll band in every sense

"Most popular music today is all fluff with no substance. No one sings about love, and I think that is what's been lost on today's music. People sing about fucking, their giant asses, how cool they are, who they beat up, raped or killed, how gangster they are, calling women hoes and bitches."

George Kapitanellis: Bergenfield Blues

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on June 12, 2023 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Q&A with Athens and London-based musician George Gaudy, building catchy, skilfully crafted, and carefully arranged songs.

"Within the reality of our society everything is consumed by the commodification machine. I’m not sure that art or music can stop that by itself. I think that art carries truth, and that truth is sometimes not the same as the existing realities served by systems. It can make people contact the Real, and this is all it can do."

George Gaudy: Human Experience…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on February 25, 2023 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Q&A with Big Harp George - San Francisco Bay Area singer and harmonica player plays his artisanal blues

"Music is a different, but very powerful medium for reaching people - for giving ourselves hope, purpose, a sense brother/sisterhood, and just having a hell of a good time! Which we sorely need, all of us, in a challenging world."

Big Harp George: The Artisanal Blues

Big Harp George/George Bisharat is a San Francisco Bay Area blues singer,…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on February 16, 2023 at 10:00am — No Comments

Q&A with Greek band of Omonoia Circus; hand-made real music, psychedelic, jazz, and progressive rock

"Poetry can have the same subversive power as music. Although it is much more solitary both in creation and appreciation, it can open minds, unite them. Poetry is a door. It can open galaxies of space. It is infinite. In fact it is not much different that music and where music and poetry join, magic can result."

Omonoia Circus: Sappho's Little Boat…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on February 4, 2023 at 9:30am — No Comments

Q&A with California-based legendary blues guitarist Buddy Reed, an uncompromising original blues veteran

"If you are true to yourself and really know yourself as an artist and know what you’re laying down is the real deal, then you rise above all the noise and the crap that’s involved."

Buddy Reed: The Real Blues Deal

Ivan Elmo "Buddy" Reed got his start playing the blues in San Bernardino,…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on January 21, 2023 at 11:00am — No Comments

Q&A with NYC-based poet/writer/editor George Wallace, author of two dozen chapbooks of poems, editor of Poetrybay

"Keep dreaming the big dreams, but don't forget to take out the garbage."

George Wallace: A Rebel With A Cause

George Wallace is writer in residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace, author of two dozen chapbooks of poems, editor of Poetrybay and associate editor of Great Weather For Media. A New York City poet, he travels throughout…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on December 17, 2022 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Versalite artist Van Dyke Parks talks about the Beats, Horatius, Sinatra, Pythagoras, Ry Cooder; and the 60s

"The Arts are not a decoration. They are not to follow the understanding of political curves. The Arts are hear to inform the body politic—-to inform as well as entertain—and to resist authority if it doesn’t stand inspection."

Van Dyke Parks: Make The World More Beautiful

Van Dyke Parks established a recording career as artist,…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on April 29, 2020 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Q&A with multiple Blues Music Award winner Doug MacLeod - superb songwriting, guitar wizardry, warm soulful vocals

"Take your time - Taste and Space - When in doubt leave it out- less is more- only write and sing about what you know about and never play a note you don’t believe."

Doug MacLeod: Real Life Blues

Doug MacLeod is known for his superb songwriting, guitar wizardry, warm soulful vocals, wit and unforgettable live performances. At the heart of a Doug…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on April 22, 2020 at 11:30am — No Comments

Q&A with trombonist and horn arranger Greg Boyer, who everybody calls when they want to bring the full bells and whistles to their sound

"Technology had made making music much easier than in the past. The bad part of that is ANYBODY can do it! You don't need any instrumental proficiency, just an idea and some buttons!  I'm looking forward to the return of the days when actually PLAYING an instrument is cool. Then music will have a "soul" again."

Greg Boyer: Soul Cool Music

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on March 14, 2020 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Q&A with legendary boogie-rock pianist George Frayne: The adventures of Commander Cody and the Pop Art

"All art and the making of all art magnifies and illuminates the soul ... makes you feel good too!!"

George Frayne: Welcome to the Ozone

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen formed in 1967 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with George Frayne taking the stage name Commander Cody. The band’s name was inspired by 1950s film serials featuring the character…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on May 13, 2019 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Q&A with British keybord player George Glover of Climax Blues Band - flown the flag with tremendous passion and style

"Listening to different music whilst travelling around the world is an education in it self and even if you don't speak the language you can communicate with music. Perhaps the politicians of the world should do the same then maybe there might be less problems in the world."

George Glover: Climax Blues Band

Founded in the 60's, by Colin Cooper,…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on November 25, 2018 at 10:00am — No Comments

Q&A with fiery lead guitarist and vocalist Laurie Morvan - high energy, rockin’ blues from Long Beach, CA

"Music is one of the most powerful healing forces in the universe, and in my opinion blues-based music is the most healing of all! When people have a shared musical experience, their hearts open up, and that helps bridge the divides that may exist between different groups."

Laurie Morvan: Intergalactic Blues Rock

The Laurie Morvan Band is a…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on June 12, 2018 at 12:06am — No Comments

Q&A with Detroit’s Laura Rain and the Caesars transform funky soul and r&b into their own unique vision

"Music brings people together, crosses all barriers, even if they are just tapping their toes to the beat. If they listen to to words and emotion of many of my songs, it goes much deeper. We all have a voice."

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on September 1, 2017 at 12:00am — No Comments

Q&A with Andrew Chapman a.k.a JoJo - blend of many genres from R&B, Rock ’n Roll, to C&W and Blues

"More broad organic & pure music."

Andrew Chapman aka JoJo:

It's About (Real Good Music) Time!…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 12, 2017 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Q&A with Greek drummer-composer George Trantalidis - one of the major figures of the European jazz scene

George Trantalidis is the living history of the Greek jazz: one of the major figures of the European jazz scene.

George Trantalidis: Global Jazz

George Trantalidis is the living history of…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on July 6, 2017 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Greek Blues Scene: Q&A with Aces and the Dame (George Stefanakis & Evina Biniari) - Let the Good Times Roll

"Even since the beatniks’ era (or earlier?) music plays a very significant role in youth culture. Most young people’s sub-cultures are characterized by their preference to one or the other music genre. And very much of the music that’s been popular since the mid-war owes a lot to the blues, directly or not."…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on June 24, 2017 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Q&A with Greek musician George Stefanakis - combination of rock & classical, without excluding other musical forms

"Both literature and music are the indicator of the cultural level of a society. They participate, decisively enough, in the process of interaction between politics, society and culture. In addition, the members of a group are united emotionally and communicate more easily."

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on May 16, 2017 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Q&A with St. Louis based artist Carol Boss - musician portraits, to still lifes, to landscapes and mural work

"Music and visual art definitely reflect what is happening with the times."

Carol Boss: St. Louis Art n' Blues

Carol Boss is a St. Louis based artist who paints mostly in acrylic. Paintings vary from musician portraits, to…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on December 8, 2016 at 11:30am — No Comments

Poet/editor/poetry organizer George Wallace talks about the musicality of language and the force of music

"My hope is that each pioneering vanguard of artists and writers will have the wisdom and selfless good sense to recognize the truest horizons before them."

George Wallace: Playful As A Whip…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on November 21, 2016 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Interview with Romanian guitarist George Baicea - one of the most powerful Blues Rock guitarists of Balkan

"There are indeed some lines that connect Blues from US to Romania. In what we call old traditional Romanian music we really have similarities: message, rhythm, balance, somehow the same story of people bondage."

George Baicea: Electric Blues…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on January 7, 2016 at 12:26pm — No Comments

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