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Rock n Roll Paul McCartney recording "That's Alright, Mama" with Elvis Presley's original band mates Gareth Branwyn

music The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" as a Delta Blues song David Pescovitz
music Watch blues maestros Son House and Buddy Guy on TV in 1958 David Pescovitz
Rock n Roll Jack White thrills with last-minute SNL performance Gareth Branwyn
music Paul K, songwriter and guitarist, RIP David Pescovitz
music Lead Belly sings about Mr. Hitler (1942) David Pescovitz
music Pianist Henry Butler dead at 69 Séamus Bellamy
crowdfunding Hazmat Modine's new album is killer but they need your help to finish it Séamus Bellamy
happy mutants Dom Flemons, late of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, plays music that makes me very happy Cory Doctorow
happy mutants American Folk Blues Festival 1962 – 1966: British festivals featured some of the greatest American blues artists of all time Cory Doctorow
music Kurt Cobain's birthday: "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" David Pescovitz
music The (true) legend of Stagolee Maggie Koerth
music Lessig Sings the Blues: "Walden Pond Blues" Cory Doctorow
Entertainment Tuba Skinny: Old timey blues and jazz street act from New Orleans Cory Doctorow
Entertainment Uptempo boogie-woogie blues that will get you moving: The Phantoms "Alive at the Diamond" Cory Doctorow
Culture Youthful harmonica prodigies have the blues Cory Doctorow
Entertainment Skip James plays "Crow Jane" in 1967 Mark Frauenfelder
Entertainment Count Basie Paints A Picture Of The Birth Of The Blues ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
censorship New school board president sworn in on stack of banned books Mark Frauenfelder
Tom The Dancing Bug Tom the Dancing Bug: Billy Dare in the Ominous Jungle Ruben Bolling