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“Dazzling, Tender, Greasy, Thought Provoking” Music For Hard Times: The Blue Tide’s “Plague Blues” Album Reviewed

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There's no doubt that we are living through hard times; times described as "The Right Time (To Sing The Blues)" on the new "Plague Blues" album, recently reviewed by Rick J. Bowen of the Washington Blues Society.

“Where I Got My Name (Down in Mississippi)” Music Video: A family revelation turned into medicine for historical trauma on Juneteenth

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"As I continued to work on our 'Plague Blues' album over the summer, my dad Gerald Lenoir made a stunning discovery: our family was enslaved on the same plantation in Morgantown, Mississippi as the family of the legendary blues artist, J.B. Lenoir."