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Classical Blues Cabaret's Phil Weaver on 10th anniversary show, why classical and blues overlap, how career-threatening injury changed his guitar playing

Classical Blues Cabaret's Rosa Vidro Richardson, left, Phil Weaver, Ingrid von Spakovsky and "Microwave Dave" Gallaher. (Courtesy image/ photo Dennis Keim/ graphic Meredith Kilby) HUNTSVILLE, Alabama ...
Jazz

Twin Sons from Different Mothers?: Harmonic Convergence in Jazz and Classical Music, Part 1: "The Blues"

Viewed in this way, we can see the blues as a quest for existential answers to questions that have always been, and always will be—they have no beginning, and no end. In my article about Harmony and ...
Billboard

Jon Batiste Scores First No. 1 on Billboard’s Classical Albums Chart With ‘Beethoven Blues’

It also bows in the top 10 on Top Album Sales with his best sales week yet. By Keith Caulfield Jon Batiste scores his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Classical Albums chart, as his new project, Beethoven ...
The Washington Times

Jon Batiste’s ‘Beethoven Blues’ transforms classical works into unique blues and gospel renditions

NEW YORK — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds - participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in night ...
Yahoo

From classical to blues: How Iowa musician Kathryn Fox found her voice

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I have early memories of sitting in the grocery store parking lot with my dad and my sister, patiently waiting for my mom to come ...
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Classical-Blues Cabaret to perform at Princess Theatre Saturday night

DECATUR, Alabama – The Classical-Blues Cabaret featuring Huntsville favorites Microwave Dave, Phil Weaver, Ingrid von Spakovsky, Ken Watters and Emily Jones with special guest ballerina Patricia ...
Yahoo

Jon Batiste Blends Classical Music & New Orleans Roots on 'Beethoven Blues'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Some people might be clutching their pearls hearing that..." Jon Batiste dishes on his new album "Beethoven Blues," and explains ...
PopMatters

Cacophonies and Heavenly Choruses: A Cure for the Classical Blues

For generations, cultural cynics and grumblers have warned that “serious music” (i.e., classical orchestral music) is suffering from some incurable crisis of conscience. The complaint usually and ...
Houston Public Media

Classical Classroom, Episode 191: Talkin’ About the Blues (Dialogues) with Rachel Barton Pine

Rachel Barton Pine. Photo by Andrew Eccles. Violinist (and veteran Classical Classroom guest) Rachel Barton Pine talks all about her Music by Black Composers initiative, a project that’s been in the ...
Wall Street Journal

iTunes Site Leaves Classical Music Fan Singing the Blues

This week I browsed for classical music on the iTunes site, a promising thing to do, even for classical professionals. There's a lot of classical music there -- and also on competing legal download ...
WSLS 10

Jon Batiste's 'Beethoven Blues' transforms classical works into unique blues and gospel renditions

NEW YORK – When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in night ...