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Johnny A. releases new instructional DVD "Taste • Tone • Space"
Bill Frisell, Mavis Staples and Bettye LaVette Named Among Best CDs of 2005 by Downbeat Magazine
Rosebud Artists Score Combined 13 Blues Music Award nominations - Marcia Ball, Tommy Castro, Bettye LaVette, Mavis Staples, Charlie Musselwhite, John Hammond, Robert Cray and Muddy Waters Named
John Hammond Featured on Acoustic Guitar December Cover
Grammy Noms for Marcia Ball, John Hammond, Robert Cray and Mr. Watts' Other Band
The Blind Boys of Alabama Return Appearance On The Tonight Show
Bill Frisell Wins Best Guitarist Title in Downbeat's Reader's Poll
Rosebud Artists Charlie Musselwhite and Mavis Staples Honored in Downbeat's Reader's Poll
Bill Frisell Featured in Hit Movie "Walk the Line"


John Hammond, Booker T. Jones, Pop Staples and Muddy Waters Featured On Mojo Magazine CD of Hendrix Influences
Tommy Castro Honored With Leadership Award
Bettye LaVette, Duke Robillard and Tommy Castro - Let the "Best Ofs" Begin
Duke Robillard and Mavis Staples Nominated In Canada's Maple Blues Awards
Daby Touré Nominated for BBC World Music Award


Mavis Staples Featured on All Star Collaboration CD "I Believe To My Soul"


The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Charlie Musselwhite Featured in Hurricane Katrina benefit concerts, "The Big Apple to The Big Easy"
JJ Cale Featured on All Star "Mad Dogs and Okies" Album
Mavis Staples Featured in Soundstage Appearance with Joss Stone and in Martin Scorcese’s Bob Dylan Documentary
Loudon Wainwright III Specials On BBC Television, Appears in 40 Year Old Virgin
Marcia Ball Joins Neville Brothers and Meters on Letterman Friday 9/16
The Blind Boys of Alabama Featured In All Star Tribute to Sam Cooke at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Mavis Staples and Charlie Musselwhite Win Living Blues Awards


Hurricane Katrina - BeauSoleil and The Dirty Dozen
Loudon Wainwright featured in upcoming Cameron Crowe film Elizabethtown
JJ Cale’s "Call Me The Breeze" in The Dukes of Hazzard Film & Soundtrack CD
Michael Doucet receives 2005 NEA National Heritage Fellowship


Bettye LaVette On David Letterman July 28!
Bill Frisell and other Rosebud Artists Honored in Downbeat Critics Poll
JJ Cale’s “Cocaine” in The Bad News Bears
Bill Frisell New Live CD East/West Out August 9
Loudon Wainwright III On Conan O’Brien July 13
Kaki King Named One Of Top 50 Players In Acoustic Guitar Magazine Poll


Elvis Costello Comments on Bettye LaVette's I've Got My Own Hell To Raise
Mavis Staples Day Proclaimed in Chicago
Bill Frisell On Downbeat July Cover, Relix Feature, New CD


Tommy Castro On Blues Revue June / July Cover
The Robert Cray Band’s New CD, Twenty Out May 24, Late Late Show appearance, TrueMajority.org to stream “Twenty”
BeauSoleil & The Dirty Dozen Repeat At Big Easy Awards
More Blind Boys of Alabama Honors plus Jazz At Lincoln Center Feature Performance
Rosebud Artists Win Big at 2005 W.C. Handy Awards
Mavis Staples and Charlie Musselwhite Lead Living Blues Award Nominations


Duke Robillard and Ronnie Earl Team Up For 'The Duke Meets The Earl'
Bettye LaVette Signs With Anti Records
The Rosebud Agency Signs Bill Frisell


Robert Cray Set For Induction In Hollywood Rock Walk April 4
The Blind Boys perform on NAACP Image Awards - March 25 on FOX
Legendary Blind Boys of Alabama vocalist George Scott Dies At 75


The Blind Boys of Alabama’s Atom Bomb follows fourth consecutive Grammy win
The Blind Boys of Alabama Score 4th Consecutive Grammy!, New CD in March
The Blind Boys on Tonight Show Tuesday February 15
Tommy Castro CD Debuts At #2 Billboard Blues
Mavis Staples On Jay Leno February 14!
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band On Conan February 8!


Mavis Staples and The Blind Boys of Alabama to Perform at Grammys
¡Cubanismo! Now Exclusively Represented by Rosebud Worldwide
BeauSoleil and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Honored at New Orleans' 2005 Best Of The Beat Awards
Honors Pour In For Mavis Staples, New CD, Staple Singers
Rosebud Signs Daby Touré
• BeauSoleil - Live From The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival available 1/25/05 on DVD!
• Grammys to Honor Staple Singers with Lifetime Achievement Award



• Loudon Wainwright III in Martin Scorsese's, "The Aviator"
• 5 Rosebud Artists Honored With 12 W.C. Handy Blues Awards Nominations
• Rosebud Agency Artists Receive / Collaborators in 8 Grammy Nominations
- Mavis Staples, The Dirty Dozen Each Share Honors in Three Genres
• Robert Cray On Biography Channel, PBS, and Scorsese film
• Kaki King to perform on Letterman 12/20/2004


• Mavis Staples in Rolling Stone and on WBEZ's Eight Forty-Eight
• BeauSoleil Featured on "Christmas Gumbo" Holiday CD
• Kaki King On NPR's Weekend Edition
• Bettye LaVette Performs On Sirius Radio for Dan Aykroyd Special
• Robert Cray's "Time Will Tell" Released on New DualDisc Format
• Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival DVD Features JJ Cale and Robert Cray plus Duke Robillard


• Kaki King Featured On Acoustic Guitar Magazine Cover
• David Lindley Featured on Warren Zevon Tribute Album
• Ben Harper/Blind Boys "There Will Be A Light" #1 Gospel CD!
• Living Blues Polls Honor Bettye LaVette, Charlie Musselwhite
• JJ Cale Blues Revue Cover, Clapton Film and More


• Mavis Staples to appear on NPR's Tavis Smiley Show and NBC-TV's Conan O'Brien
• The Blind Boys of Alabama Rejoin The Award Winning Gospel At Colonus At The Legendary Apollo Theatre!
• Blind Boys of Alabama and Ben Harper Join Forces - Virgin releases "There Will Be A Light" on September 21st.


• Watts at Scott's
• Mavis Staples Set to Release First Solo CD in 10 Years & More


• Downbeat Critics Mainly Love The Bad Plus
• Mavis Staples to Perform At Democratic National Convention


• Eric Clapton Joins JJ Cale in Dallas
• Rosebuds Gather For Clapton Benefit
• JJ Cale's First Studio CD In 8 Years & On Tour Now


• Rosebud Artists Win Big At 25th Handy Awards
• New Charlie Musselwhite CD "Sanctuary" Available Now - Ben Harper, Charlie Sexton and The Blind Boys of Alabama Guest
• JJ Cale completes first studio album in 8 years, To Tulsa And Back, his Sanctuary debut, hits June 8


• ¡Cubanismo! 2004 US Tour Cancelled - Visas Denied - March 29, 2004
• John Hammond Wins Down Under Blues Album of the Year
• Rosebud Lauded For Green Work Environment
• The Bad Plus' "Give" in stores March 9


• Johnny A.'s "Get Inside" in stores February 24
• Congratulations to Grammy Winners The Blind Boys Of Alabama!


• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's "Funeral for a Friend" In Stores May 3, Special Appearances on New Widespread Panic, Modest Mouse CDs
• Duke Robillard Wins Third Consecutive International Honor At Maple Blues Awards
• Rosebud Artists Score Multiple W.C. Handy Blues Award Nominations - Bettye LaVette, Marcia Ball, Charlie Musselwhite, John Hammond and Duke Robillard All Named



• The Bad Plus Score Year End Honors, Prep New Release
• The Rosebud Agency Named among the most prominent Bay Area progressive businesses by San Francisco Chronicle
• Rosebud Agency Artists Score Grammy Nominations in Pop, Blues and Gospel Categories
• Loudon Wainwright III on Acoustic Café the Week of December 1
• Duke Robillard Honored With The Blues Foundation's "Keeping The Blues Alive" Award


• Kaki King On Conan O'Brien - Broadcast Date October 16
• DANCING TO NEW ORLEANS is now available on DVD
• David Lindley on World Café - Broadcast Date October 8


• Benefit CD For Earthjustice's "Where We Live" Campaign Out September 30 - Rosebud Artists and Mike Kappus are participants• Bettye LaVette Named #1 Artist Deserving More Attention by Living Blues
• Marcia Ball Set For Appearances On NPR Programs and PBS Series "The Blues"
• Loudon Wainwright III on WFUV and ABC Nightline, New York Family Reunion
• Marcia Ball Featured on Rosetta Tharpe Tribute Album
• The Blind Boys Of Alabama on NBC's Weekend Today Show Sept. 20 - Appearance to Promote New Christmas CD and Roles in "The Fighting Temptations"
• The Robert Cray Band on World Café - Broadcast Date September 24
• Duke Robillard's "Exalted Lover" In Stores September 23
• Loudon Wainwright III LA Shows Change Due To Film Role
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Guest Star on New Dave Matthews Record


• Mavis Staples and Booker T. Jones on PBS Special August 9


• Loudon Wainwright III's "So Damn Happy" in stores August 19
• Johnny A. Signature Gibson Guitar Unveiled
• Bettye LaVette Featured In Current Living Blues & Blues Revue Magazines
• The Bad Plus Named #1 Rising Stars In Down Beat
• Ruth Brown, Robert Cray, John Hammond, and Mavis Staples in Vanity Fair
• Mavis Staples Featured on Johnny Cash Blues Tribute Album
• Ruth Brown Named Among 50 Women Who Rocked the World By Women Who Rock Magazine
• The Blind Boys of Alabama and Mavis Staples Included Among Mojo Magazine's Top Ten Essential Gospel Album


• Loudon Wainwright III Teams Up With Van Dyke Parks and Bill Frisell in Germany
• Robert Cray's "Time Will Tell" in stores July 1
• Mavis Staples to Tour with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers


• Rosebud Artists Score Big at 2003 W.C. Handy Awards
• Duke Robillard Named Best Blues Guitarist For Third Time In Last Four Years
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, BeauSoleil, and Ann Savoy Featured On Bravo TV Special
• The Bad Plus On The CBS Early Show
• Marcia Ball To Co-Host 24th Annual WC Handy Awards


• Rosebud Signs The Bad Plus for Exclusive Worldwide Representation
• The Blind Boys of Alabama Inducted Into Gospel Music Hall of Fame
• Rosebud Founder, Mike Kappus, Recognized As Humanitarian At Celebrate A Legend Event
• Charlie Musselwhite Honored by The Blues Foundation and Chicago Blues Festival
• Mavis Staples and Bob Dylan Duet on Rolling Stone's Hot List
• Marcia Ball’s "So Many Rivers" to be released April 22
• Kaki King’s debut "Everybody Loves You" to be released April 22


• Tommy Castro’s Gratitude - Just Out & Nominated For California Music Award
• Loudon Wainwright III in Tim Burton’s upcoming film, "Big Fish" and More
• Bettye LaVette at the R&B Awards and Mountain Stage
• Eric Bibb of The W.C. Handy All Stars Earns 5 Star Live Review from London Times
• Mavis Staples and Bob Dylan sing together on forthcoming "Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan"
• Duke Robillard Wins International Honors At Maple Blues Awards


• Congratulations to Grammy Winners Rubén Blades & The Blind Boys Of Alabama!
• Marcia Ball Joins The Hackberry Ramblers on NBC's Today Show Feb 21
• New Orleans' Offbeat Magazine's Best Of The Beat Awards Honor BeauSoleil, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and Ann Savoy of Savoy Doucet Cajun Band
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's Jazz Fest Residency 2003!
• John Hammond’s "Ready For Love" Released On February 11
• BeauSoleil's Best From Rhino Out February 11


• Rosebud Artists Featured In Radio City "Salute To The Blues" Concert
• David Lindley’s New Studio Album "Twango Bango III" Available Now
• Bettye Lavette Signs To The Rosebud Agency
• Rosebud Artists Chalk Up 8 W.C. Handy Blues Award Nominations - Charlie Musselwhite, Marcia Ball, John Hammond and Duke Robillard named
• Rosebud's, Mike Kappus, Named Manager / Agent Of the Year By Blues Foundation For Unprecedented Fourth Time
• National League Manager of the Year Drafts Robert Cray
• Rosebud Agency Artists Score Grammy Nominations in World, Folk, Blues and Gospel Categories



• Mavis Staples To Receive African American History Makers Award
• Mavis Staples To Perform at Illinois Governor-Elect Inaugural Ceremony
• The Blind Boys of Alabama Nominated for NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel Artist
• The Blind Boys of Alabama on Austin City Limits Dec. 21
• Kaki King Signs To The Rosebud Agency
• Tommy Castro’s Music Named Among Best For Sex!
• Eric Clapton Covers JJ Cale’s “Cocaine” Once Again


• Rubén Blades on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition, November 30
• Shop Amazon.com through Rosebud and help music charities
• Savoy Doucet’s Ann Savoy featured on Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood
Soundtrack CD
• Amazon Editors Name The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's Medicated Magic CD the #3 Jazz Record of The Year
• Amazon Editors Name Rubén Blades' Mundo CD #2 Latin Music Record of The Year
• Amazon Editors Name The Blind Boys of Alabama #1 Christian/Gospel Record of The Year


• Loudon Wainwright III On Grounded For Life
• Rosebud and Mike Kappus noted for environmental commitment
• Rosebuds Booker T. & The MGs, Mavis Staples, and Loudon Wainwright III featured in Vanity Fair Music Issue
• E Town Airs Rosebud’s JJ Cale, The Blind Boys of Alabama, and Mike Kappus
• The Best of the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band CD Just Released
• The Blind Boys of Alabama to Tour With Peter Gabriel. Song In Upcoming Sigourney Weaver Film.
• Staples / Hammond Songs In the Films "Barber Shop" and "The Last Castle"
• Loudon Wainwright III Featured in Fox TV's Grounded For Life
• The Best of Robert Cray - The Millennium Collection Available October 15


• The Dirty Dozen Liven Up Emeril Live on Food Network, Oct. 2
• Rubén Blades Guests On New MANA and Derek Trucks CDs
• Rubén Blades Special Guests On Resurrection Blvd Sept 11


• Rolling Stone Gives Blind Boys a Four Star Rave
• Blind Boys of Alabama’s Higher Ground Welcomed with Extensive Media - Time Magazine, 60 Minutes II, Letterman
• Rubén Blades, Award Winning Actor and Four Time Grammy Winner, Signs With Rosebud
• Savoy Doucet Cajun Band Signs With Rosebud
• Rosebud Signs Rising Irish Group, Solas, for Exclusive Worldwide Representation


• Ruth Brown in U. S. News & World Report Music Issue
• Loudon Wainwright III on John Peel Show on BBC Radio 1, July 16
• JJ Cale Live DVD, "The Lost Session", Due August 27 From Classic Pictures
• The Blind Boys of Alabama's New CD due on September 3 from Real World Records
• Offbeat Magazine's July 2002 Issue Features The Dirty Dozen
• The Blind Boys of Alabama Featured on CNN Entertainment Website
• Rosebud Founder, Mike Kappus, Featured In Environmental TV Program


• The Dirty Dozen on The World Cafe, July 4th
• David Lindley Featured in Relix Magazine
• JJ Cale, Randall Bramblett Perform with Widespread Panic
• Guitar One Magazine's July 2002 Issue Featured an Interview with Duke Robillard
• Loudon Wainwright III On PBS’ Life 360 June 13
• RobertCray.com Is Up And Running
• The Robert Cray Band's "No One Special" Video Winner of Two Awards
• Johnny A. Featured On Gibson.com
• The Blind Boys Of Alabama's "Way Down In The Hole" Is Theme For HBO's "The Wire"


• John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters Honored With Memphis' Brass Notes
• Rosebud Artists Score Big at W.C. Handy Awards
• Legendary Ruth Brown Inducted into Blues Hall of Fame
• Mavis Staples Caps BMI Tribute to Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Little Richard
• Booker T. Jones on tour with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young / Neil Young
• Duke Robillard Featured on Blues Foundation’s Blues Greats CD
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Dr. John on Conan May 7


• Rosebud Founder, Mike Kappus, Honored At Wisconsin Music Awards
• Mavis Staples Named Phenomenal Woman Of The Year
• Mavis Staples Joins Bonnie Raitt At Chicago Theatre
• Duke Robillard, Epiphone and Harmony-Central Offer Free Guitar and Trip to Handy Awards
• BeauSoleil Continues Dominance In Big Easy Awards Best Cajun Band Category
• Charlie Musselwhite Plays His Favorites on House of Blues Radio
• Mavis Staples/Bob Dylan duet noted in Entertainment Weekly
• The Blind Boys of Alabama featured at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Loudon Wainwright III on CBS Sun Morning April 7, Guesting on Ally McBeal April 15, Loudon's "No Sure Way" on Village Voice Benefit CD and PBS' Life 360
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band set 11 consecutive shows during New Orleans' Jazz Fest!


• Loudon Wainwright III Hosts / Wins at AFIM Awards Event
• The Blind Boys Of Alabama on Tonight Show
• BeauSoleil Honors For Best Cajun Band / Best Cajun CD in Offbeat Awards


• The Blind Boys of Alabama "Spirit" Scores Grammy Win
• The Blind Boys of Alabama perform at White House - Airs On PAX In March
• Rosebud Welcomes Award Winning Guitarist, Adrian Legg and agent Brad Stewart
• Duke Robillard Wins Maple Blues Award for Best International Artist
• Loudon Wainwright III On Canada's "Vicki Gabereau" Show, Tickets Available


• JJ Cale Adds First Live Shows In Over Five Years
• The Rosebud Agency Welcomes Johnny A.
• Rosebud Congratulates our 2002 W. C. Handy Award Nominees. Marcia Ball tops all contenders with Five W. C. Handy Awards Nominations. John Hammond, Charlie Musselwhite and Duke Robillard also score Handy nominations
• The Blind Boys of Alabama Triumphs Continue To Pour In - NAACP Image Award Nomination, Grammy Nomination, Featured Collaborations, More Top 10 placings and Award Nominations
• Loudon Wainwright III On Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn January 14 & More
• The Legendary Mavis Staples Re-Signs With Rosebud
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's Medicated Magic Due April 2
• The Robert Cray Band's "No One Special" Video In Moondance Film Festival
• Grammy Nomination for The Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Clarence Fountain
• BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet Score 9th Grammy Nomination
• Loudon Wainwright III and John Hammond on Grammy Nominated Washington Square Memoirs



• Duke Robillard Awards News - Maple Blues Nomination and ASCAP Performance
• Howard Tate producer Jerry Ragavoy Honored at ASCAP Awards
• Loudon Wainwright III Covers The Networks - CBS, Fox, Bravo, PBS, BBC as well as the cover of Dirty Linen
• Booker T & The MGs News, in Ali Soundtrack, On Tour, and more
• Loudon Wainwright Joins Elton and son Rufus at AIDs benefit


• ¡Cubanismo!'s new CD, The Very Best Of ¡Cubanismo! - ¡Mucho Gusto!
• John Hammond's Wicked Grin named #1 Blues CD on Amazon, Loudon Wainwright III's Last Man On Earth #2 Folk CD
• Rosebud Founder and 2001 Blues Music Association A.G.E.S. Award recipient Mike Kappus talks about Management on the Blues Music Association web site
• J J Cale's Long Way Home in Bandits
• Amazon Names Rosebud Artists Loudon Wainwright III, John Hammond and The Blind Boys of Alabama's Releases Among Year's Best CDs
• Rosebud signs Soul Legend Howard Tate
• Robert Cray On Discoveries Magazine November Cover


• Now buy CDs Via Rosebudus.com and help music charities
• Marcia Ball Featured On Blues Access Cover, 25th Week on Blues Chart
• The Blind Boys of Alabama are featured on CBS' Saturday Morning October 20
• Loudon Wainwright III, The Last Man On Earth, Scores On Conan, Fox's Undeclared, 28 Days, Radio, Press


• Undeclared Debut, featuring Loudon Wainwright III Postponed to Sept 25
• The Robert Cray Band Stages Benefit For Red Cross


• Robert Cray's "Playin' With My Friends" featured as title track on Tony Bennett's new all star duets CD
• Charlie Watts And The Tentet Set Tokyo and New York Dates
• Loudon Wainwright III Is Rolling Stone's Hot Dad


• The Rosebud Agency Welcomes Soul Manifesto Featuring Rodney Jones
• The Robert Cray Band US Tour Kicks Off With Blues Revue Cover and People Magazine Review


• John Lee Hooker passes
• Craig Kilborn Show Features The Robert Cray Band June 12


• W. C. Handy Awards Honor Rosebud Artists
• The Blues Music Association Honors Rosebud Founder, Mike Kappus
• JJ Cale's first ever live CD coming soon, Cale cover in American Express TV ad
• Robert Cray Online Chat Thursday May 24 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time
• The Robert Cray Band - On Line, On Tour and On Sale
• Billboard Magazine Covers Rosebud's The Blind Boys of Alabama, Marcia Ball, John Hammond and The Robert Cray Band in features and on the charts
• Dirty Dozen Brass Band Pay-Per-View Webcast


• Marcia Ball's New CD, Presumed Innocent, Sample Available
• BeauSoleil's Spring 2001 Anniversary Tour A Major Success
• The Blind Boys of Alabama Letterman Appearance May 7
• John Hammond's Wicked Grin Scores Accolades and Radio Play
• Loudon Wainwright III song featured on son Rufus' New CD
• Billboard Magazine Spotlights The Blind Boys, Two feature articles with endorsements from Peter Gabriel and Tom Petty


• Robert Cray's Debut CD, Who's Been Talkin', Re-release March 13th
• Eric Clapton Covers JJ Cale On New Reptile CD, Cale Live CD Upcoming


• Grammy Congratulations To Ivan Lins and Joe Lovano
• John Hammond's, Wicked Grin, Produced by Tom Waits Out March 13
• Handy All Stars Honored Again
• Newport Jazz 2002's Joe Lovano Scores Grammy Nomination


• BeauSoleil 25th Anniversary CD Scores Billboard Rave Spotlight Review
• Duke Robillard Projects Score Handy Nominations
• Ivan Lins Tribute is #1 at Smooth Jazz and a Double Grammy Nominee
• Four Rosebud Artists Honored with W. C. Handy Award Nominations
• Charlie Musselwhite Scores Third Grammy Nomination
• Looking Back Tomorrow: BeauSoleil Live! Due For Release on January 16
• The Rosebud Agency Nominated As Best Boutique Agency


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