Rosebud Artists Nominated For Living Blues Awards - Vote

Living Blues Magazine has honored Bettye LaVette, Marcia Ball, and Charlie Musselwhite with nominations in their Annual Reader's Poll. Bettye LaVette is honored with two nominations: Best Live Performer and Most Outstanding Blues Singer. Marcia Ball and Charlie Musselwhite are nominated in categories both won for the last two years straight: Most Outstanding Musician, Keyboard and Harmonica, respectively. Marcia is also nominated for Blues Artist of the Year (Female). You can cast your vote at - livingblues.com - by clicking on 2009 LIVING BLUES AWARDS VOTE HERE! All ballots must be received by July 5, 2009.

Best of luck to all the nominees! Catch them all on the road this summer and beyond - please see their tour dates at: Bettye LaVette tour dates, Marcia Ball tour dates, Charlie Musselwhite tour dates

Bill Frisell Repeats As Guitarist of the Year In Jazz JournalistsAssociation Poll

Bill Frisell was honored as Guitarist of the Year for the second year in a row by the Jazz Journalists Association. The Jazz Award ceremonies were held in New York City June, 16 2009. Frequent collaborator Brian Blade won the award for Drummer of the Year. The Grammy Award winning artist is preparing to release his new album, Disfarmer, on July 21,2009 through Nonesuch Records. Frisell is joined on the record by long-time musical collaborators Greg Leisz (steel guitars, mandolin) Jenny Scheinman (violin) and Viktor Krauss (bass). Catch Bill Frisell on tour throughout the year - please see tour dates>>

Bill Frisell's Disfarmer Set for July 21 Release

Grammy Award-winning guitarist, composer and bandleader Bill Frisell will release his new CD Disfarmer on July 21, 2009 (Nonesuch Records). The album is inspired by the artist and photographer known as Disfarmer, who recorded stark black-and-white photographic portraits of his fellow townspeople in the rural community of Heber Springs, Arkansas, during the 1940s-1950s. Decades after the photographer's passing, a cache of work made by this solitary and oft-reviled man was rediscovered, and he has come to be regarded as an important outsider artist. Frisell himself says "I was blown away when I saw his photos for the first time and started to learn a little about his life. What a fantastic story...I try to picture what went on in Disfarmer's mind. How did he really feel about the people in this town? What was he thinking? What did he see? We'll never know, but as I write the music, I'd like to imagine it coming from his point of view. The sound of him looking through the lens." Frisell is joined on the record by long-time musical collaborators Greg Leisz (steel guitars, mandolin) Jenny Scheinman (violin) and Viktor Krauss (bass). Catch Bill Frisell on tour throughout the year - see tour dates >>

The Truth According To Ruthie Foster #1 On B.B. King's Bluesville

The Truth According To Ruthie Foster is currently #1 on B.B. King's Bluesville, his weekly radio show on XM Radio. A song from the album, "I Really Love You," was recently featured as Song of the Day on NPR and Ruthie is featured on the cover of the June issue of Keyboard Player Magazine. Ruthie continues her extensive touring throughout the summer and beyond, playing some of the world's most prestigious festivals and concert dates.  Please see tour dates >>

Ruthie Foster Featured In Keyboard Player Magazine Cover Story

Ruthie Foster is the cover story of the June 2009 issue of Keyboard Player Magazine.  "...While Foster is not a self- consciously retro artist, she is definitely a singer from the old school, whose huge, full-bodied voice has drawn frequent comparisons with such legends as [Aretha] Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald," writes Douglas McPherson.  The interview explores Ruthie's evolution as a musician and songwriter, her experiences recording her new album, The Truth According to Ruthie Foster, in Memphis and her love of the analogue sounds of the Wurlitzer used on it.  Ruthie continues her extensive touring throughout thesummer and beyond, playing some of the world's most prestigious festivals and concert dates.  Please see tour dates >>