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...(AP) -- Koko Taylor, a sharecropper's daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet "Queen of the Blues," has died after complications from surgery. She was 80. Taylor died Wednesday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital about two weeks...
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/03/koko-taylor-legendary-blu_n_211074.html
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Grammy-winning "Queen of the Blues" Koko Taylor is dead at 80.
Her record label, Alligator Records, made the announcement. She died in Chicago about two weeks after having surgery for a gastrointestinal bleed.
Taylor was considered one
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...Taylor, a sharecropper's daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet "Queen of the Blues," has died after complications from surgery. She was 80. Taylor died Wednesday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital about two weeks after having...
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2009296872_apusobittaylor.html?syndication=rss
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...CHICAGO (STNG) ― Koko Taylor, Chicago's long-reigning Queen of the Blues, died Wednesday afternoon at age 80, the result of complications from surgery on May 19 to correct a gastrointestinal bleed. Alligator Records, Taylor's Chicago-based label since the...
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CBS2 Chicago
http://cbs2chicago.com/entertainment/koko.taylor.dead.2.1030197.html
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CHICAGO (STNG) ―
Koko Taylor, Chicago's long-reigning Queen of the Blues, died Wednesday afternoon at age 80, the result of complications from surgery on May 19 to correct a gastrointestinal bleed.
Alligator Records, Taylor's Chicago-based label
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*Actress Tasha Smith and Keyshia Cole's mother and sister – Frankie and Neffie – will attend The Extreme Makeover for the Woman’s Soul Empowerment Summit and Wellness Retreat (EMFWS) on July 17 and 18 in Atlanta. The event is designed to uplift
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Koko Taylor [ tickets ] recently underwent surgery in Chicago to correct gastrointestinal bleeding, according to a press release. The May 19 operation at Northwestern Memorial Hospital was successful and doctors anticipate a full recovery for the
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LiveDaily
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Rick Estrin lives the life he loves. As a self-made bluesman, it will likely be the only life he ever knows.
the first of several trips to Chicago. Iglauer was still working behind the counter of a jazz and blues record store. Estrin was honing his
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Monterey County Herald
http://www.montereyherald.com/entertainment/ci_12441434?source=rss
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Rick Estrin comes up for a little air while bandmate Kid Andersen lays down some guitar licks.
Rick Estrin lives the life he loves. As a self-made bluesman, it will likely be the only life he ever knows.
An extraordinary blues harp player and witty
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Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/music/story/1869384.html?mi_rss=Music
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Advance tickets for Jubilee!JAM, Jacksons arts and music festival, go on sale today at area BeBop Records stores, the Mississippi Coliseum box office and ticketmaster.com.
The June 19-20 festival in downtown Jackson boasts performances by Joan Jett &
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The Clarion-Ledger
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090513/FEAT/90513021/1263/rss
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BMI blues legends dominated the 30th Annual Blues Music Awards, held Thursday, May 7 in Memphis, Tennessee. With three trophies, icon Buddy Guy walked away with the most wins, including album and contemporary blues album of the year for Skin Deep, as
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BMI.com
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Albuquerque will once again be dancing to the rhythms of some of world music’s brightest stars this September. ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico's 5th Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture, will take place September 25 and 26, 2009 at the beautiful
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World Music Central
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In a class all her own, blues queen Koko Taylor gave as hot a performance as the rich, dark beverage she's nicknamed after.
But before she took the Peace Concert Hall stage on Friday night, her four-member Blues Machine lit fire under the audience with
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GreenvilleOnline.com
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“Ain’t you the guy who used to set the paces
Riding up in front of a hundred faces
I don’t suppose you would remember me
But I used to follow you back in ’63”
Any school kid will tell you that when a donkey and a horse mate, the result is a creature
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Merry Swankster
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Blues queen Koko Taylor picks up the phone in her Chicago home and when asked how she is, says, "The old girl is hanging in there." She follows with a throaty laugh, ringing her famous pipes.
At 80, Taylor, a Grammy Award-winning artist with a nearly 50
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...queen Koko Taylor picks up the phone in her Chicago home and when asked how she is, says, "The old girl is hanging in there." She follows with a throaty laugh, ringing her famous pipes. At 80, Taylor, a Grammy Award-winning artist with a nearly 50-year storied...
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GreenvilleOnline.com
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Hank Raffetto's first band experience with a woman blues singer went so badly he lobbied against bringing in another one.
Luckily, he lost that argument.
Jill West, a big-voiced singer in a Koko Taylor / Etta James tradition,
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GoErie.com
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(Crain’s) — Chicago 2016 gets its chance to roll out the red carpet Monday night to entertain and impress the International Olympic Committee's evaluation commission at the Art Institute.
The commission and various guests will be treated to roasted
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This song will and can turn up the heat!
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CHICAGO (April 3, 2009)-On Monday, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission will be honored at a celebration showcasing Chicago's rich cultural treasures at the world renowned Art Institute of Chicago. City Night is Chicago
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WATERLOO --- In the 1930s and '40s it wasn't unusual for youngsters to test their boundaries behind the family barn, meeting to tell dirty jokes or sneak a bit of moonshine.
But a young Koko Taylor sought out the shade behind her Memphis home for an
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WCFCourier.com
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Despite only picking up a guitar in 2002, young British guitarist Oli Brown has been setting the blues world on fire for the past few years.
When he was just 16, Oli, who hails from Norfolk, had already toured America twice, opening for legends
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ExpressandStar.com
http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/02/27/browns-blues-go-on-the-open-road/
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Pico's Pick: Shemekia Copeland - Never Going Back
Shemekia Copeland is the offspring of one blues legend (Johnny Copeland) in pursuit of the lofty status of another one (Koko Taylor). With Never Going Back she gains more ground on Taylor. Never Going
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BROADCAST ON KENNEDY CENTER HONORS TO MORGAN FREEMAN
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FRIDAY
Forecast: Scorchin
There arent many musicians who can claim Mother Nature as pardon the pun their warm-up act, but the headliners at this weekends Chase Away the Blues certainly can do so. Thanks to the past weeks unseasonably warm temperatures,
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koko taylor Don't Mess With The Messer .
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The real issue is, where the hell are all the music multi-millionaires who owe their riches in part to the legacy of performers like Koko Taylor. And why aren't they at least fund raising for the measley couple hundred grand to get this woman off the
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Riehl World View
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Her income has dropped precipitously, her expenses haven’t, and she has little savings or other hard assets besides a house in a Chicago suburb that Zillow.com figures is now worth only $280,000.
Nevertheless, the IRS says Taylor must pay $400,000 in
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TaxProf Blog
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Grammy-winning blues singer Koko Taylor has lost her unusual lawsuit seeking to force the Internal Revenue Service to scale back its efforts to collect upward of $400,000 in back taxes, penalties and interest from her, some dating to 1998.
In a 42-page
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Grammy-winning blues singer Koko Taylor has lost her unusual lawsuit seeking to force the Internal Revenue Service to scale back its efforts to collect upward of $400,000 in back taxes, penalties and interest from her, some dating to 1998.
In a 42-page
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A famous blue's singer in excellent performance.
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Koko Taylor & Willie Dixon - Insane Asylum
Umphreys McGee with Koko Taylor on NYE at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago
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CBS-TV broadcasts the annual "Kennedy Center Honors" Dec. 30 at 9 PM ET; check local listings.
Recipients of the 31st Annual Kennedy Center Honors include stage and screen star Morgan Freeman; singer George Jones; Academy Award-winning actress,
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Playbill
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This week in real life "Snob News" I took dear Mama Snob to see "Cadillac Records." Despite her disdain for all profanity (and the fact that she hadn't seen a film in a theater since "Harlem Nights" back in 1989), she wanted to see the film because she
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The Black Snob
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They've saved Barbra Streisand for last, but another woman may gain more scrutiny when the “Kennedy Center Honors” are broadcast.
Caroline Kennedy hosted the event, which taped Dec. 7 – before she made headlines by announcing her political
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San Diego Union Tribune
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2008/dec/29/1c29kennedym02343-kennedy-honors-bonus-caroline/?currents monday
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They've saved Barbra Streisand for last, but another woman may gain more scrutiny when the "Kennedy Center Honors" are broadcast.
Caroline Kennedy hosted the event, which taped Dec. 7 - before she made headlines by announcing her political ambitions.
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The Poughkeepsie Journal
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20081228/LIFE/812280306/1005/RSS04
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By ANDREW S. HUGHES
Tribune Staff Writer
Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty admired Little Frank Krakowski’s Les Paul, while Pete Townshend chatted with him about musical equipment and Jack Black “bopp(ed) his head” to the music when the South Bend-based
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South Bend Tribune
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Kevin Moore, alias Keb' Mo, nacque il 3 ottobre 1951 a Los Angeles, CA, USA. All'età di 21 anni si unisce ad una band blues e soul prima di lavorare come chitarrista per Papa John Creach. È solo nel 1980 che riesce a pubblicare l'album d'esordio: Rainmaker. Però non succede nulla. Mo torna al suo lavoro di musicista di studio e aspetta 14 anni per registrare il disco successivo. Questa volta l'album eponimo ha successo. Specialmente alla Germania piace il suo cocktail di blues e soul sul genere di Taj Mahal. Nel 2001 fa un incursione nel pop con: Big Wide Guy. (Di Koko Taylor credo non ci sia bisogno di "raccontare" nulla...Grandissima!)
Feed the Future 2007-2008
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A host of artists from the worlds of stage and screen were among those paying tribute to the six Kennedy Center Honorees Dec. 7 in Washington, DC.
The recipients of the 31st Annual Kennedy Center Honors who were celebrated Dec. 7 at the Kennedy Center
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Playbill
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...Shelby Lynne, Idina Menzel, Ne-Yo, Kelli O'Hara, Brad Paisley, Luciana Paris, Pinetop Perkins, Queen Latifah, Joss Stone, Koko Taylor, Rob Thomas, Lily Tomlin, Randy Travis and Denzel Washington. CBS will broadcast the annual "Kennedy Center Honors" Dec. 30...
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