'Heavenly Sight' radio documentary celebrates blind musicians al.com Gary Davis, Arizona Dranes, Blind Willie McTell, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, the Blind Boys of Alabama — all have had a unique role in giving American song its soul. The project has produced a wealth of original recorded interviews, transcripts and ...
Watch Tom Morello Explain Power of Bob Dylan, Rage's Clear Channel Battle Spin Magazine By Spin Staff on February 2, 2012 8:22 AM Comment "One thing I'm blessed with is a tremendous sense of self-confidence," jokes Tom Morello, explaining what gave him the courage to take on Bob Dylan's "Blind Willie McTell," for Chimes of Freedom, ...
G. Love talks blues, New Orleans and his new album, 'Fixin to Die.' NOLA.com The album includes covers of songs by Blind Willie McTell and Bukka White along with sparely strummed originals. We spoke with G. Love earlier this week about recording in New Orleans, how Bob Dylan is a gateway drug to the blues and why his latest is ...
Chimes of Freedom: Artists Talk Amnesty Huffington Post "Blind Willie McTell is my favorite Bob Dylan song. And it's one of the lesser-known songs, but it's a brilliant, dark, poetic indictment of the way that racism is inextricably wound up in the DNA of the United States." And does Mr. Morello think that ...
Chimes Of Freedom: The dos and don'ts of covering Bob Dylan A.V. Club New York That would certainly explain Daniel Bedingfield's goth-flavored, acid-folk version of “Man In The Long Black Coat,” and Tom Morello's excessively echo-y, haunted-house take on “Blind Willie McTell.” The artist on Chimes Of Freedom who does Cash best is ...
Guy Davis loves to sing the blues MyCentralJersey.com The album and the stage show are a mix of original compositions and vintage blues songs by the likes of Blind Willie McTell, Charley Patton and Big Bill Broonzy. Over the years, Davis has evolved Fishy Waters. “Fishy has definitely grown,” Davis said.
A bluesman and a storyteller Mail Tribune Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy. The album is a "road story" in the truest sense. Davis performs the songs and tells the stories as Fishy Waters, a person who's traveled throughout the South, met dozens of vivid characters and ...
TINSLEY ELLIS - City Guide Magazine Atlanta Magazine declared Ellis "the most significant blues artist to emerge from Atlanta since Blind Willie McTell." Since first hitting the national scene with his Alligator Records debut Georgia Blue in 1988, Ellis has toured nonstop and continued ...
Album Review: Various Artists – Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Consequence of Sound (Also worthy of shout-outs: Tom Morello's “Blind Willie McTell”, Bettye LaVette's “Most of the Time”, and Lucinda Williams's “Tryin' to Get to Heaven”.) Still, plenty of versions here simply don't quite get the job done. Rise Against, as is their ...
