Monthly Archives: February 2007

The blues are an essential part of music history and touches every genre, be it rock and roll, jazz and even country music. It’s very much a social thing, and KNON Blues Radio is a hub of blues activity in North Texas. The two hour show is on the air five nights a week, from six to eight pm, broadcasting from Dallas.
There’s a different host every weeknight…JMAC on Mondays plays all styles of blues, from the classic years of the early 20′s and 30′s, through country blues and 50′s Chicago, up to today’s contemporary artists. There’s Big [...]

The 49th Annual Grammy Awards were more of a disappointment than anything else, but there were a few surprises. The Police only got one song, but how cool was that to hear them play together again, and then announce a world tour this year?
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards were given to those artists whose careers influenced the music industry the most. This was the real high point of the show for me; to see some of my favorites honored for their life’s work.
“Keyboardist Booker T. Jones, guitarist Steve Cropper, bassists Donald “Duck” Dunn, Lewis Steinberg, and the wife of [...]