Sally Walker Salt Path

Blues guitarist and singer/songwriter Robert "Bilbo" Walker was raised in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. Born February 19, 1937, on the Borden Plantation in Clarksdale, Walker counts Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke, Chuck Berry, and Ike Turner among his early stylistic influences. He lives in California and gets back to Mississippi frequently, and it shows. The music Walker and his bandmates produce on their two Rooster Blues releases, 1997's Promised Land and 2001's Rock the Night….

For those who may have forgotten that all American music – pop, jazz, R&B, rock, show tunes, even gospel music – has its roots in the blues, Seth Walker offers a refresher course in blues based American music. Walker's been pigeonholed as a blues man, but he's much more. His songwriting is professional in the old sense of the word; like Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer, he uses the blues as a backbone for tunes that will equally please roots, Americana, folk, pop, and blues fans. He's a fine guitarist, but his playing never calls attention to itself, it's always placed in service of the song and the lyrics crackle with insight and subtle wit. He laughs with us, not at us…..

On what may seem like a readymade gag, the psych-folk favorite covers the lost Dave Matthews Band album in full. He convincingly connects his adolescent love to his adult explorations.

The performers write: ‘Selecting the repertoire for our album Path to the Moon, we wanted to explore a number of possibilities for binding together a programme. To place different works alongside one another is a wonderful way of bringing out new and unusual qualities in each piece. William T. Horton’s fantastic image The Path to the Moon immediately inspired a flurry of ideas, including works on the subjects of both night and the moon, as well as pieces which invoke the exploratory nature of humankind’s voyage to the moon…'

Sally's early albums (especially "Water Bearer", "Easy", and "Playing in the Flame") are prime examples of an innovative and creative folk-pop style, with some jazz mixed in here and there. Her later labums, like "Instincts", "Femme", and "Natasha" are a blander adult contemporary pop which, while pleasant to listen to, is nothing to get excited about. This album, "Strange Day in Berlin" is a a transitional album…

Jeux Olympiques d'hiver 2002 à Salt Lake City. La juge française, Marie-Reine Le Gougne, est accusée d'avoir favorisé, au détriment du couple canadien Salé-Pelletier, le couple Berezhnaya-Sikharulidze à la suite d'arrangements avec les Russes. Une enquête est ouverte par la Fédération internationale de patinage (ISU). …