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June 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Ruthie Foster Big Band: Live At The Paramount

Ruthie Foster Big Band Live At The Paramount BLUE CORN MUSIC (ORCH) Ruthie Foster has been releasing great gospel and blues music across the last three decades – always with hints of pop-song writing, jazz and folk too –if Cassandra Wilson is “jazz” but branching out to see and gather from there, then Foster is […]

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June 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 88 – B.B. King, Auckland, 2011

Still feels like such a heavy weight, knowing he’s gone. I, like a lot of others, have said my goodbye, and was expecting B.B. King to die for the last few years – in fact, in a way, this gig was my goodbye to him. The chance to (finally) see him. Okay, so he wasn’t […]