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Mavis Staples on Prince, Trump, Black Lives Matter, and Her Exercise Regimen | The New Yorker

By Elon Green The last eight months—roughly the amount of time since Donald J. Trump’s Inauguration—haven’t smothered Mavis Staples’s irrepressible optimism, but it’s been palpably tempered. She faced dark days even before the election in Read more…

By Chicago Blues Experience, 3 years ago October 11, 2017
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Chicago Blues Experience Coming to Loop – NBC Chicago

Chicago took a major step to preserving its blues history. The Chicago Blues Experience is moving to the city’s Loop. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter tells us when it will open its doors. Source: Chicago Blues Read more…

By Chicago Blues Experience, 3 years ago September 5, 2017
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Crain’s Chicago Business: How a venture-capital veteran got the blues

Sona Wang, 58, began her venture-capital career at Allstate Venture Capital, then went on to found three independent VC firms. When the last one, Ceres, began winding down five years ago, she and a group of partners created Chicago Read more…

By Chicago Blues Experience, 3 years ago September 5, 2017
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Daily Southtown: “Bluesman John Primer returns to play Beverly Arts Center”

“The sound and style of Chicago blues was built by artists such as singer and guitarist John Primer, who migrated to Chicago in 1963 at the age of 18. Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band Read more…

By Chicago Blues Experience, 4 years ago July 12, 2017
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WGN Radio: “Highway to ‘Blues Heaven’: Preserving and promoting the past and future of Chicago’s musical legacy”

“…Co-founders Bill Selonick and John Boncimino, of the upcoming Chicago Blues Experience Museum, slated for a downtown location at 25 E. Washington, talk about their five-plus year long process of creating an immersive music museum Read more…

By Chicago Blues Experience, 4 years ago May 16, 2017
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APP: “Legendary guitarist Buddy Guy back in Red Bank”

“Guy, who will return Wednesday to the Asbury Park Press Stage at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, is routinely near the top of Rolling Stone magazine’s ‘100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time’ list Read more…

By Chicago Blues Experience, 4 years ago May 12, 2017
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uDiscoverMusic.com: “Mick Jagger & Buddy Guy Together On New Rolling Stones Cover”

“Mick Jagger makes a guest appearance on a new version of the Rolling Stones’ ‘Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker),’ from their 1973 album Goats Head Soup, by blues giant and longtime Stones ally Buddy Guy. The Read more…

By Chicago Blues Experience, 4 years ago May 8, 2017
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WROR: “Jagger Collaborating With Buddy Guy on Stones Tribute Album”

“The Rolling Stones front man has signed on to join Buddy Guy for a new version of the group’s 1973 hit ‘Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)’ for Chicago Plays The Stones, a tribute album being put together Read more…

By Chicago Blues Experience, 4 years ago May 8, 2017
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Crain’s: “Mick Jagger backs Buddy Guy on new Chicago blues museum record”

“Chicago Plays the Stones features Chicago blues musicians covering a dozen Rolling Stones songs…One highlight is a rendition of ‘Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)’ sung by Buddy Guy and Mick Jagger.” Read the full Read more…

By Chicago Blues Experience, 4 years ago May 3, 2017
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Chicago Tribune: “Editorial: Chicago, take this Blues experience into the neighborhoods”

“We’d like to see the city get more involved through the Blues Experience’s planned nonprofit arm, a foundation that will create neighborhood and classroom opportunities to teach Chicagoans about the city’s musical heritage.” Read the Read more…

By Chicago Blues Experience, 4 years ago April 3, 2017

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