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Check out this interview on NPR with James Cotton . KebMo is also featured on a couple of the new tracks on Mr. Cotton's new album "Cotton Mouth".

A series of terrific collaborations highlight this May 6, 2013 edition of New Music Monday - beginning with Brian May's out-there turn with those pioneering space-music gurus in Tangerine Dream. Patty Griffin has emerged with a new studio effort that includes several tunes alongside Robert Plant. And, in what may be our favorite of them all, Robben Ford sets a [...]

Rod Stewart is rocking again, even as Queen's Brian May gets himself shot out into space with Tangerine Dream. Meanwhile, Patty Griffin is collaborating with Robert Plant - this time on some new music. We're also vibing on fresh stuff from those lovable bluegrass goofballs the Austin Lounge Lizards, blues legend James Cotton (he's got a bunch of Allman Brothers [...]

James Cotton has long referred to his regular working band as "my family," so close is their sense of musical symbiosis, so long is their history. Still, to my ear, he's never put out a more personal album than the forthcoming Cotton Mouth Man. Due May 7, 2013, from Alligator Records, the album is the first to feature a vocal [...]

ARTIST: James Cotton - [Album] DATE: 04-26-13 REVIEW BY: G. Murray Thomas These days, every musician over a certain age (and some well under it) seems to be writing their memoirs. But, if you're a musician, why write them? Why not sing them? James Cotton, a blues harp player who has been recording for over fifty years, has done just that on his new CD, Cotton Mouth Man .

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Sorry President Obama, I think last night's tribute to the blues, in the form of a memorial concert for late bluesman Hubert Sumlin, might have your recent event at The White House beat . A who's who of legendary musicians including Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Billy Gibbons, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Jody Williams, Henry Gray, Eddie Shaw and James Cotton came together with younger stalwarts Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, Todd Mohr, Robert Randolph, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Gary Clark Jr., Quinn Sullivan and Susan Tedeschi to pay their respects to Sumlin at the Apollo Theatre. [...]

Quiet! Master slasher at work.

Like an aging boxer making an heroic late-round stand, James "Superharp" Cotton brilliantly tangles on a timeless favorite from his 1960s tenure with Vanguard, giving fellow harp master Billy Branch all he can handle. Even now, Cotton's playing style closely resembles his bandleading heyday - a memorably robust player, you imagine smoke and spit blasting out of the other side

Buddy Guy is a finger-licking wonder on the forthcoming 2-CD Chicago Blues: A Living History; The (R)evolution Continues, an old-blues-meets-new-blues set scheduled for a release on June 7 by Megaforce/RED. The followup to a similar Grammy-nominated homage from 2009, this 22-track compilation includes guest appearances by the likes of James "Superharp" Cotton, formerly of the Muddy Waters band; Billy Branch,

The blues harmonica legend is back with his first album in six years, and it's dedicated to the memory of Koko Taylor. James Cotton, the Grammy-winning blues harmonica player who was once a member of Muddy Waters's band, really needs no introduction. Most blues fans would pay big money to hear Cotton blow into a tin can. So it's quite an event when Cotton, now 75 years old, records new music, especially when the release itself, Giant, is so enjoyable. Backed by a stellar group of blues veterans -- Slam Allen and Tom Holland on guitar and...

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