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Want to discover great new roots music from a group of like-minded listeners who enjoy an eclectic mix of blues, soul, Americana, folk, bluegrass, and jazz? – Check out the “It’s All Connected” room on the engaging new music service turntable.fm! – We can very often be found hanging out there and we’ve had a blast discovering new music from other listeners.
But don’t take our word for it.- – Our good friend Josh Hathaway of Blinded by Sound has written two excellent articles, the first explaining how turntable.fm works in general, and the second describing what’s so great about the “It’s All Connected” room in particular.- We’d call these recommended reading for anyone interested in music discovery in this day and age.
Drop by https://yellowdogrecords.com/turntable and say hello!
- UPDATE 12/13: The late, great Turntable.fm has run its course, but the fun continues on successor service Plug.dj!
- UPDATE 9/15: Plug.dj has come unplugged, but the fun continues on successor service Dubtrack.fm!
Last few days for Blues Blast Music Awards
Voting closes this Wednesday in this year’s Blues Blast Music Awards, sponsored by the weekly Blues Blast Magazine.
Eden Brent is nominated for “Female Blues Artist of the Year” – her third year to be nominated in the awards.
In addition to the streaming previews of Eden’s latest album, Ain’t Got No Troubles on our artist pages, Chicago-area radio station WGLT has also put together a page with sound samples of all BBMA nominees at http://www.wglt.org/programs/blues/blues_blast/blues_blast.phtml.
Voting closes on August 31st, so please visit http://www.thebluesblast.com/bbma/2011/11bbmavote.php today to support Eden with your vote! While you’re there, we can recommend Blues Blast Magazine as a high-quality source of blues-genre music news, so don’t hesitate to sign up for their weekly newsletter.
The Soul of John Black on House of Blues Radio
The Soul of John Black’s “Strawberry Lady” is the featured “Blues Breaker” track on the nationally syndicated House of Blues Radio Hour this weekend. As the music staff’s favorite new song of the week, the song will be intro’ed by Elwood Blues. Visit TheBluesmobile.com to find stations and broadcast times near you.