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Article By Bo Emerson Feb 18, 2024
Excerpt "It’s a given that most original American music — country and western, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, the blues — came from the South. READ FULL ARTICLE
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Mavis Staples to Celebrate 85th Birthday With All-Star Concert Featuring Chris Stapleton, Black Pumas & More© Provided by Billboard
"Music legend Mavis Staples will celebrate her 85th birthday in style, with a star-studded celebration to be held Thursday, April 18, at YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, and produced by Blackbird Presents.
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William Bell tribute will appear on duo's upcoming 'Ohio Players' LP
The Black Keys JIM HERRINGTON*
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NEW YORK – It's a little late for John Leventhal to be considered a hot young thing in music.
He's won six Grammy Awards for songwriting and producing records, the latter a role that he essentially fell into as a journeyman guitarist in New York who befriended artists like Shawn Colvin and Jim Lauderdale. READ ALL ABOUT IT
Dear Grammy voting members of the Recording Academy, for your consideration:
BEST AMERICANA ROOTS SONG
"One Day Closer To Home"
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William Bell & Scott Bomar, songwriters
BEST AMERICANA ROOTS PERFORMANCE
"One Day Closer To Home"
William Bell
William Bell and Emmy Award-winning film composer Scott Bomar have crafted the title track from Bell's latest album fused with elements of Blues and Americana....thanks for your support!
Ryman in Nashville for the 22nd Annual Americana Honors & Awards. With performances by 49 Winchester, Adeem the Artist, Allison Russell, Angel Olsen, The Avett Brothers, Bettye LaVette, Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Logan Ledger, Margo Price, Marty Stuart, The Milk Carton Kids, Nickel Creek, Noah Kahan, Patty Griffin, Rufus Wainwright, S.G. Goodman, Sunny War, The War And Treaty and William Prince.
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William Bell New Single Release “Brag About You” Download available on all major platforms CLICK HERE
Jus’ Blues presents the Inaugural William Bell Blues & Soul Award For Outstanding Accomplishments as an Artist, Arranger, Writer & Producer in the Genre of Blues & Soul Music
by: Tim Sampson
William Bell is one of our favorite Stax Records artists of all time. He’s also one of the Stax Museum and Stax Music Academy’s most avid supporters, with academy students opening for him in Manchester, England in 2017, performing with him in Orlando, Florida, students featured in his video for his 2020 NEA National Heritage Fellowship… Continue to read
https://staxmuseum.com/country-soul-blog-william-bell-is-back-to-bring-home-soul/
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EXCERPT: Early in life, William Bell had thought to become a doctor. Singing was just a relaxing pastime reserved for social gatherings. But friends convinced him to try his hand at entertaining and he and his group won second prize at the annual Mid-South Talent Contest of Memphis, Tennessee. The prize was a recording contract with Stax Records.
As a sideline to his music career, William Bell is also an actor. A graduate of the two-year program at the Theatre Academy of Dramatic Arts in Atlanta, , where he now resides, he has played a variety of acting roles in stage plays while enrolled at the school. He is probably the only Black actor to play the role of Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. END OF EXCERPT
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