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Waterfront Blues Festival, Part Three
Another round of shots from the blues festival, with Mr. A.C. Reed providing the soundtrack: A.C. Reed – These Blues Is Killin’ Me Everybody Needs Their Kit – The Tools of Hillstomper Henry C.
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Laura Marling The folks at Amazon will be happy to know their “others who bought” gizmo, which I’ve dutifully ignored since its invention, actually sold a record. I think I was looking up Terra
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UPDATE [7/10/08] These photos have been archived. Please click here to see them. Some more shots of the blues festival, with a little Elvin Bishop to keep you rockin’… Elvin Bishop – Fannie Mae
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I’m pretty ambivalent about rap music. I’m not an ultra-conservative flame-thrower who curses it as the soundtrack to the fall of the western world. Neither am I a red-capped revolutionary who sees it as
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UPDATE [7/10/08] These photos have been archived. Please click here to see them. One of the nation’s largest blues festivals, Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival, kicked off yesterday with some great music. From local faves
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