Charlie Musselwhite's The Well Featured on B.B. King's Bluesville (Sirius/XM) August 24

Charlie Musselwhite was featured on B.B. King's Bluesville (Sirius/XM) August 24th discussing each song and the making of the his new album, The Well (out the same day). This is the first full-band recording in Charlie's nearly 50-year career for which he wrote or co-wrote every track on the album. One song features a duet with Charlie's close friend and fellow Rosebud artist, the legendary Mavis Staples. Check out tracks from the album here.

Charlie recently won the 2010 Living Blues Readers Poll Award for Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica). This is the fourth year in a row that he has been honored with this award and it is his eighth Living Blues Award to date. Charlie has been performing in concert with Cyndi Lauper around the country this Summer. He is a featured guest on Cyndi's new album of blues cover songs, Memphis Blues. Charlie will also be touring extensively on his own this Fall, please see Tour Dates >>

Pieta Brown will be supporting John Prine on his upcoming tour dates in the Midwest this Fall. The tour begins September 17 in Madison and runs through September 25 in Minneapolis. Check out all the tour dates here.  

In addition, Pieta has also contributed an unreleased song "King Of My Heart", produced by Don Was (an out-take from her Shimmer EP) to the Think Out Loud benefit compilation set for release on September 2.  Think Out Loud's goal is to raise awareness of and funds to fight homelessness in Minnesota by creating an amazing album of Midwestern music and donating 100% of the proceeds to those in need.  More information on the project & mission is available at thinktwincities.com.

Rosebud Signs The Stone Foxes

The Rosebud Agency is proud to welcome The Stone Foxes for exclusive worldwide booking representation. Influenced by some of the great artists of the late 60s and early 70s like The Band, Bob Dylan, and Led Zeppelin, The Stone Foxes are blending a new style of blues-rock that stands on its own. NPR says "The Stone Foxes have an energetic style that's rooted in swampy, foot-stomping blues-rock. Their freshly released sophomore album, Bears and Bulls, tackles ambitious arrangements with diverse moods ranging from acoustic twang to thunderous electric-guitar riffs" and USA Today says "Mr. Hangman" (track from the new CD) is a "ripping jam, irresistible". Catch The Stone Foxes on a Western tour of the US this Fall including a performance on September 5 at Jazz Aspen - see tour dates.

Booker T. & The Drive-By Truckers with Bettye LaVette Live from the Artists Den extended preview

Booker T., Bettye LaVette and Trombone Shorty Featured on Live from the Artists Den Premiering August 19th

Live from the Artists Den (PBS) features Rosebud artists Booker T., Bettye LaVette and Trombone Shorty taped at a very special performance on the eve of the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The show premieres August 19th - please check your local schedule at theartistsden.com for airdates. Booker and Bettye are each backed by The Drive-By Truckers, who played the same role on Booker's 2010 GRAMMY winning Potato Hole and on Bettye's GRAMMY nominated 2007 album, The Scene of the Crime. Sitting in are special guests Trombone Shorty and Ben Ellman (Galactic), who produced Trombone Shorty's album, Backatown (Verve Forecast).

Live from the Artists Den is a live music series produced in association with WNET.ORG (Great Performances, American Masters, Charlie Rose) for public television. This episode was taped in New Orleans at the architectural landmark Patrick F. Taylor Library at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

Catch Booker T., Bettye LaVette and Trombone Shorty individually live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>

Television Encores for Bettye LaVette, Jim Lauderdale With Elvis Costello, Trombone Shorty and Carrie Rodriguez

Bettye LaVette, Jim Lauderdale with Elvis Costello, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and Carrie Rodriguez have all been called back for encores of their recent network TV appearances.

Bettye's May 24th performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno just re-aired on August 9th. Jim Lauderdale's performance as a member of Elvis Costello's Sugarcanes band on Austin City Limits replays on August 14th. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue's June 22nd performance on The Late Show with David Letterman will be re-broadcast on August 20th. Carrie Rodriguez's Austin City Limits performance will replay on December 4th. Here's your chance to check out these great performances if you missed them the first time or enjoy them again. Catch all these artists live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>

David Lindley and Jackson Browne Featured In Rolling Stone - Contest For Their Polyester Fans

David Lindley and Jackson Browne are featured in Rolling Stone's Random Notes (August 19th issue) and in an online story that highlights their close musical relationship beginning in the early Seventies. RS notes that "Jackson Browne relied on sideman David Lindley so heavily, Browne named his touring band 'The Lindley Brothers.' The musician played everything onstage and in the studio: guitar, slide, Hawaiian steel, banjo and violin."

The story also quotes Browne about how Lindley's instrumental versatility keeps even his most popular tracks fresh on their current tour together. "I'll call out a song," says Browne, "and he'll play it on a different instrument every night." The two have been touring together all Summer throughout Europe and the U.S. In May they released a collaborative 2-CD live set of their 2006 tour of Spain, Love Is Strange.

David and Jackson are pictured in RS's Random Notes scouting for vintage polyester - an obsession of David's. They have created an online contest, Show Me the Polyester, where fans can submit photos of themselves sporting their best polyester. The musical duo will pick a winning photo at the end of August. The prize is a VIP trip to New York to see David and Jackson perform at the Beacon Theatre on September 14th.

Catch David playing with Jackson live on stage through the end of September, please see Tour Dates >>

Duke Robillard's Passport To The Blues Chosen As CD of the Month for September on House of Blues Radio

Duke Robillard's forthcoming album, Passport To The Blues (out August 17, 2010), has been selected as the Blues CD of the Month for September on House of Blues Radio and on their TheBluesmobile.com website. The House of Blues Radio Hour is hosted by Elwood Blues, otherwise known as Dan Aykroyd, and airs on 200+ stations across the U.S. and Canada.

Duke says of his new CD: "this all-blues album was a chance for me to reach back deep into the soul of what I do and let out a lot of steam and emotion - especially on the guitar tracks." Duke is a 2010 Blues Music Award Winner for Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year and a four-time winner of the Blues Music Award for Best Instrumentalist - Guitar. His recent CD, Stomp! The Blues Tonight, was nominated for both a GRAMMY Award and a Blues Music Award. Catch Duke live tour, please see Tour Dates >>