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Koko Taylor Originally uploaded by etown hall Our friend Jasper from Futuristic Films captured some great footage of Koko Taylor and Pinetop Perkins at last Thursday’s etown taping. Here is a still from the footage featuring the Queen of the Blues, Koko Taylor. If you missed the taping look for it on an upcoming etown [...]

I had to share this interview that I read on the Anti-records site. Tom Waits interviewing himself….asking questions like: -What’s the most curious record in your record collection? -What’s wrong with the world? -What are some unusual things that have been left behind in a cloakroom? My favorite question he asks/answers is: Q: What is [...]

For anyone who missed last weeks sold out show at The Boulder Theater!

This week we have feedback from a listener in Turkey! If you would like to send us feedback, email us at info@etown.org or comment on our blog! Here’s some of our favorites this week: “etown is a bit of America I enjoy here in Turkey (there aren’t many). I discovered the program in the summer [...]

Pinetop Perkins is one of the last great Mississippi bluesmen still performing. He began playing blues around 1927 and is widely regarded as one of the best blues pianists. He’s created a style of playing that has influenced three generations of piano players and will continue to be the yardstick by which great blues pianists [...]

Author Doug Fine posted on his blog about his etown experience: “Meanwhile, I made it to etown (recorded live in a beautiful theater in Boulder, Colorado) with about an hour to spare, and the show was a blast. Hosts Nick and Helen Forster are serious about trying to nudge society toward kindness and sustainability, and [...]

ROTHBURY is a Sustainable Camping Festival Revolution Celebrating Music, Art and Action taking place July 3-6, 2008 in Rothbury, Michigan. Headliners include Dave Mathews band, Widespread Panic and John Mayer. All of us at etown are heading out there to be a part of the Rothbury Think Tank. The Think Tank will host a mix [...]

The footage is a little old and fuzzy, but Koko Taylor’s voice is amazing! If you would like tickets to etown’s Icons of American Music Show with Koko Taylor go here. Missing out on the show all together…thats called the blues.

Over the course of her almost 50-year career, Koko Taylor has received just about every award the blues world has to offer and then some. She’s received Grammy nominations for seven of her last eight Alligator albums, and she won a Grammy in 1984 for the live multi-artist album Blues Explosion on Atlantic Records. In [...]

It’s important to listen to the listeners. Feedback has helped us to evolve and get better over the last 18 years. Thank you so much for sending it to us! If you want to send us some feedback email us at info@etown.org or become a member and comment away! Here’s some of our favorites this [...]