On Thursday, May 5, 2011, The Blues Foundation awarded blues master and Alligator Records recording artist Charlie Musselwhite with two coveted Blues Music Awards.
Musselwhite, whose latest CD The Well has been hailed as the best of his long career, received the awards for Traditional Blues Male Artist Of The Year and Best Instrumentalist–Harmonica.
The Well is the first full-band recording in Musselwhite’s almost 50-year career in which he wrote every track on the album, and it is the most personal and emotionally open cycle of songs he has ever created. The revealing, autobiographical songs recall specific events and places in Musselwhite’s amazingly colorful life. His worldly-wise vocals and masterful harmonica work are perfectly matched with the stories he tells.
The Chicago Tribune said, “The Well is among the best Charlie Musselwhite releases in a career that stretches back to the explosive Chicago blues scene of the 1960s. He is in top form with his deeply personal tales… a formidable talent, he defines the cutting edge in contemporary blues, putting a Chicago accent on his rural Southern harmonica chops.”
The 32nd Annual Blues Music Awards were presented in Memphis at the Cook Convention Center.
Charlie will be performing in Tel Aviv, Isreal June 13, 2011
For More Info and Ticket information visit http://www.e-tickets.co.il/TemplatesPage/showcat.aspx?id2=605
Charlie will be playing 2 sets at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
(5/5 in the Blues Tent and again with Cyndi Lauper’s Band)
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Featured on the House of Blues Radio Hour this weekend (4/9 – 4/10). Elwood welcomes Charlie Musselwhite back to the Radio Hour, to talk about his Grammy-nominated album, The Well. Along with some diet tips, his unusual path to sobriety, and the first blues he ever heard. To listen, go to www.thebluesmobile.com/upload/blues_mobile_player2_2.php
Recent Syndicated Radio Features:
- World Café (1/20 – 27)
- e-Town (1/19 – 25)
- Thacker Mountain Radio (10/14)
- American Routes (Sept 2010)
Recent Features: Pacific Sun, Connecticut Post, Syracuse New Times, American Blues Blog, Voice of America News, Oregon Music News , Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Big City Blues, Berkshire Eagle, Newport Daily News, Pollstar, Middletown Times Record, Hearst Connecticut News, Atlantic City Weekly, Roanoke Tribune
Recent Reviews: Buffalo News, Blues Revue, Southland Blues, Living Blues, Relix , Washington Post, Downbeat, Blues Revue, Seattle Post Intelligencer, New Yorker , USA Today, Pittsburgh Post Gazette , Blurt, Chicago Sun Times
Video: This performance (Oct 14, 2010) was broadcast on Thacker Mountain Radio – a live, unrehearsed broadcast from Off Square Books in Oxford, MS, one of America’s most prestigious independent bookstore - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww-QoKSqObU
Charlie Musselwhite is Special Guest on Big Head Blues Club record out now playing harmonica on three Robert Johnson classics
Check out Charlie Musselwhite playing harmonica on the classic Robert Johnson tracks “Come On In My Kitchen”, “Last Fair Deal Gone Down”, and “Sweet Home Chicago” on the album Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson which is out now. The record which was put together by Big Head Todd & the Monsters also features other great guests including BB King, Hubert Sumlin, Honeyboy Edwards, Ruthie Foster, Cedric Burnside, and Lightnin’ Malcolm.
Purchase your copy through Amazon today: http://amzn.to/dH5Obi or it’s available on iTunes at www.itunes.com/bigheadbluesclub
For more information visit http://www.itunes.com/bigheadbluesclub
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Hear Charlie perform songs from his latest record and talk with World Cafe host David Dye about the album, getting sober and his mother’s murder.
Click to Visit the Show Page http://www.npr.org/2011/01/20/133076331/charlie-musselwhite-on-world-cafe
Charlie Musselwhite on e-Town airing this week (1/19 -25).
Find your eTown affiliate http://bit.ly/12uWUt.
View some some pictures from the show – http://on.fb.me/eDGdF8
NPR’s World Cafe will be broadcasting a session with Charlie Musselwhite on Thursday, January 20, 2011.
National Public Radio’s World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on over 200 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station at the following link by selecting a state from the pull-down menu:
http://www.npr.org/templates/stations/schedule/?prgId=39
…or, worldwide, fans can connect to the WXPN Philadelphia stream Monday through Friday, 2pm to 4pm EST, here:
http://www.xpn.org/music-artist/xpn-stream
Late in the day of broadcast, the audio will be available on the National Public Radio website if permission has been granted for this session:
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=39&agg=1
