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Independence has always been the root of jazz and blues. It helped create the early sound and giants of this music and Delmar Records is continuing that fine tradition.

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Miles Davis recorded many masterpieces aside from Kind of Blue. However, it remains as the largest selling jazz album of all time.

Barbara Morrison has recorded with some of the finest jazz and blues musicians of her generation, traveled the world and remains a respected educator and businessperson.

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A legendary album from one of the forebears of British Prog Rock

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The Isle of Wight Festival has become an annual gathering of old, established and postively new bands. This article focuses on the newcomers at the 2007 event.

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The Rheingau Musik Festival is a classical music series with concerts in Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Kloster Eberbach, Schloss Johannisberg, churches, and wine estates.

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The Beatles revolutionized music in the 1960s. They invaded the USA with their unique sound and image as Beatlemania ruled. This is the story of their rise to glory.

Ubeda, world heritage city of fine Renaissance architecture in Jaen, Spain. Take in the array of monuments and stay in the 16th century palace - now the Parador de Ubeda

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Short overview of some of the best albums produced by sixties icon Davy Graham

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In Music is My Life, Politics My Mistress, director donnie l betts is the first to comprehensively tell the life story of Oscar Brown Jr. He talks about the challenges.

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