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Boo Boo Davis featured in French magazin

nice article on Boo Boo Davis by Eric Hauswald was published in CAUSETTE #67:

BOO BOO DAVIS    le blues à l’état pur

Schermafbeelding 2016-05-31 om 12.01.32Tombé tout petit dans la marmite du blues, ce septuagénaire né dans le delta du mississippi a été révélé au public il y a moins de vingt ans. Une voix profonde, sans artifice, à découvrir d’urgence dans un nouvel album. Il y a fort à parier que vous n’avez jamais entendu parler de Boo Boo Davis. En effet, ce bluesman de 72 ans ne sachant ni lire ni écrire ne défraie pas la chronique. Et pourtant… Une voix pareille vous prend aux tripes et vous donne immédiatement le senti- ment que la musique a une âme. C’est exactement ce qu’a ressenti Jan Mittendorp il y a presque vingt ans. Jan est néerlandais, guitariste, passionné de blues et créateur du label Black & Tan Records, qui produit des artistes américains de blues très authentiques. Un jour de 1997, alors qu’il écoute un titre d’Arthur Williams où le batteur chante également, il est saisi par une voix profonde, directe et sans artifice qui se révèle être celle d’un certain Boo Boo Davis. Il entame alors des recherches et réussit à convaincre ce dernier de se tourner vers le chant et d’enregistrer sous son nom, ce qu’il n’avait jamais fait. C’est le début d’une belle aventure. S’ensuivront huit CD dont ce One Chord Blues est un florilège.

Boo Boo, Papa et les futures stars
L’histoire de Boo Boo Davis commence le 4 novembre 1943 à Drew, dans le delta du Mississippi. Cette ville de 1 600 habitants à peine, au cœur de la région la plus sudiste des États-Unis, est entourée de plantations de coton. La ségrégation raciale y est très forte. À l’époque, il n’est pas rare que des policiers blancs abattent arbitrairement des citoyens noirs au prétexte qu’ils ont l’air d’évadés du pénitencier de Parchman, à une douzaine de kilomètres de là. Sale temps pour les descendants d’esclaves. Continue reading Boo Boo Davis featured in French magazin

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new single BLu ACiD

BA 516 – BLu ACiD – Silence

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an electro soul ballad, released digital only and available on all major download and streaming platforms. Here are the links to itunes and spotify.

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Black and Tan will release a new Rivherside album

In a few weeks we will release

B&T 956 – Rivherside – Electraw Blues Album

It will be the first full album of this French electro blues pioneer and here you can listen to a few samples and get an idea about the music.

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After playing for many years in different blues bands, Renaud Villet, a singer / guitarist / producer based in Clermont-Ferrand, France, launched his solo career in 2012 under the name Rivherside. His first album, “Something on My Mind,” was strongly blues / roots orientated.  It got great reviews and as a result Rivherside did more than 80 concerts as a one-man-band. In 2014 he decided to broaden his horizon and began to mix Blues with Electro and Hip-Hop sounds, releasing the self-produced, 4-track “Electraw Blues EP.” Rivherside also began performing live in this electro configuration, playing samples and using Ableton Live software. In 2015 he collaborated with rapper TDB and together they released the “Inner Voices” EP in early 2016 . And now, he’s back with a new 12-track album. The release date is set for June 13, 2016 and the album will be available at all download and streaming platforms.

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Boo Boo Davis track on new Timewarp compilation

Bamboola BoogieWe are very honored that one of our tracks (Bye Bye Baby by Boo Boo Davis & BLu ACiD) will be released on this upcoming compilation release on Timewarp Music (Greece).

VA – Bamboola Boogie

All tracks were selected carefully by Timewarp Music together with The Zuzu Club; a music blog that presents great fresh music from all around the world. The compilation features all styles of modern electronic music. From dub – reggae and dancehall to nu funk, soul – breaks and nu disco and from world and international styles to electro blues and nu swing. The release date is May 30.

Here is the complete tracklist: Continue reading Boo Boo Davis track on new Timewarp compilation

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miXendorp – live impression

It is very hard for me to explain what I do during my live sets. I use my computer as a second instrument and it gives me access to my complete record collection and I can use, mix and manipulate everything that is on the hard disk with my guitar and also add images. As you can clearly see it is a Work-In-Progress; trying to create a new musical language by using all technical possibillities that I can lay my hand on. Here is a short video impression of miXendorp live at Roepaen Blues Festival in April this year. It will help to visualize a little of what I am doing during a live set.
Material is shot and edited by Erik Spikmans of VormEnVast.

 

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review David Philips concert from last weekend in Bad Iburg (D)

review by Frank Muscheid in Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung:

MUSIK WIE AUF FLÜGELN IN BAD IBURG / Grandioser David Philips im Casablanca

Bad Iburg. Großartige Musik hat das Casablanca am Freitagabend präsentiert: Mit David Philips baute ein Ausnahmekünstler seine sieben Sachen vor kleinem Publikum auf. Der gebürtige Engländer, der im siebten Stock gleich unterm Dach im sonnigen Barcelona wohnt, den Ausblick auf die Vögel liebt und aus einer Zigarrenkiste aus der Dominikanischen Republik eine Blues-Gitarre baut, hat der Kneipe einen kultigen Abend beschert. Irgendwo zwischen Jazz, Blues, Rhythm’n’Blues, Folk und Ragtime. Musikalisch festzunageln ist David Philips kaum. Da spielte ein unterschätztes Multitalent, das längst auf großen Bühnen auftreten müsste. Dafür konnte das Bad Iburger Publikum hautnah genießen, was dieser Mensch mit jeder Faser abfeierte. Continue reading review David Philips concert from last weekend in Bad Iburg (D)

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new single / Byther Smith remixed

Today we released a new track:

B&T 955 – Same Thing On My Mind remix – Byther Smith & miXendorp

a remix of an acoustic Byther Smith track. The original track was released also on Black and Tan Records in 2001. The track will be released digital only and is available on all download and streaming platforms. Here are the links to iTunes and Spotify.

Byther Smith & miXendorp - Same Thing On My Mind Remix (2016)