Nokia Develops Table-Top Net Radio

From RAIN:

NOKIA’S FIRST DESKTOP NET RADIO PLAYER BRINGS FRESH LOOK TO OLD DESIGN

Nokia’s Home Music Wi-Fi desktop Internet radio player is the company’s first such device. Featuring a design similar to other desktop players, with a small display off-set by a single speaker, the Home Music player has a sleek and smooth look — quite different from those wood-paneled models.In addition to streaming Internet radio and accessing podcasts, the device can play stored music via a home network. And with SPDIF and RCA outputs, you can connect the device to a home stereo or home theater set-up. Read more at Engadget here.

Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77

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December 3, 2008

Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77

Odetta, the singer whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. She was 77.

The cause was heart disease, said her manager, Doug Yeager. He added that she had been hoping to sing at Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Odetta sang at coffeehouses and at Carnegie Hall, made highly influential recordings of blues and ballads, and became one of the most widely known folk-music artists of the 1950s and ’60s. She was a formative influence on dozens of artists, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Janis Joplin.

Her voice was an accompaniment to the black-and-white images of the freedom marchers who walked the roads of Alabama and Mississippi and the boulevards of Washington in the quest to end racial discrimination.

Rosa Parks, the woman who started the boycott of segregated buses in Montgomery, Ala., was once asked which songs meant the most to her. She replied, “All of the songs Odetta sings.”

Odetta sang at the march on Washington, a pivotal event in the civil rights movement, in August 1963. Her song that day was “O Freedom,” dating to slavery days: “O freedom, O freedom, O freedom over me, And before I’d be a slave, I’d be buried in my grave, And go home to my Lord and be free.”

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Outside The Box - #24

Artist

Title

Album Name

Nicola Conte

All Gone

Blue Note Trip - Somethin’ Blue

Junior Parker

Drivin’ Wheel

The Blues: A Musical Journey [CD 4]

Ramblin’ Thomas

Ground Hog Blues

The Essential Recordings Of Texas Blues

Dale Hawkins

Susie-Q

The Golden Era Of Rock ‘n Roll

Flamingos

Golden Teardrops

The Doo Wop Box (Disc 1) - [1948 - 1955]

Dave Specter and Lenny Lynn

Kiddio

Blues Spoken Here

Billie Pierce & Dee Dee Pierce

Careless Love

Blues Masters [Disc 11 - Classic Blues Women]

Maria Alice

Sol Na Tchada

Putumayo Presents: Cape Verde

Julian Avalos

Mujer Magica

Putumayo presents: Afro-Latino

Corey Harris

Roots Woman

The Alligator Records 25th Anniversary Collection (Disc 2)

Wynonie Harris

Rebecca’s Blues

Everybody Boogie

Andy Narell

Baby Steps

Tatoom

Kenny Neal

Bayou Blood

The Alligator Records 25th Anniversary Collection

“Yancey Jimmy & Mama”

Mournful Blues

Chicago Piano (Volume 1)

Jimmy Page & Sonny Boy Williamson

Little Girl

Jam Session

The Four Tops

Standing In The Shadows Of Love

The Four Tops - Ultimate Collection [Disc 1]

Percy Sledge

Out Of Left Field

Percy Sledge - Ultimate Collection

The Flirtations

Nothing But A Heartache

“Beg Scream & Shout [Shout 2]”

T-Bone Walker

Long Skirt Baby Blues

No Worry Blues

Jimmy Reed

Odds And Ends

Blues Masters [Disc 16 - Harmonica Classics]

The Midnight Creepers

Harder Than I Figured

Harpbeat Of The Swamp

Lonnie Brooks

Big Leg Woman

Sweet Home Chicago

Angela Strehli

Never Like This Before

Blues Across The USA

Habib`Koite

Bamada

Namania Afriki

Quarteto Em Cy

Tudo Que Voc Il Podia Ser

Blue Note Trip - Sunset

The Dells

Nadine

The Dells - On Their Corner

John Hammond

Too Tired

Trouble No More

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

The House Is Rockin’ (Live)

In Step

Little Richard

Tutti Frutti

The Golden Era Of Rock ‘n Roll

Ben E. King

Young Boy Blues

Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1957-1960 [Vol. 4]

“Arthur “”Big Boy”" Crudup”

That’s All Right

The Blues [Disc 3]

Slim Harpo

I’m A King Bee

The Blues: A Musical Journey [CD 3]

Jnr. Walker & The All Stars

What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)

Motown Chartbusters [Vol. 4]

Lizzie Miles

I Hate A Man Like You

When The Sun Goes Down [Vol. 2]

Victoria Spivey

Blood Hound Blues

Moaning The Blues

Big Joe Williams

My Grey Pony

Big Joe Williams & The Stars Of Mississippi Blues [Vol. 1]

Arthur Adams & B.B. King

Get Next To Me

American Blues

Boy Green

Play My Juke Box

The Blues Collection 81 - 92 [Vol. 84]

Blind Willie McTell

Drive Away Blues

Blind Willie McTell [Vol. 1]

Carolyn Crawford

My Smile Is Just a Frown (Turned Upside Down)

Hitsville USA - The Motown Singles Collection [Disc 1]

Jimmy Rogers

Left Me With A Broken Heart

That’s All Right

Lowell Fulson

It’s All Your Fault Baby (It’s Your Own Fault

The Complete Chess Masters

Johnny Otis Quintette & Little Esther & The Robbins

Double Crossing Blues

The Blues: A Musical Journey [CD 2]

B.B. King

Everything I Do Is Wrong

Take A Swing With Me

Willie Dixon

Little Red Rooster

The Blues Collection - 60

Marlena Shaw

The Feeling’s Good

Anthology

Albert King

I’ll Play the Blues For You (Parts 1&2)

The Very Best of Albert King

Tutu Jones

Chronic Late Arriver

Blues Guitar Power

Robert Cray Band

That’s What I’ll Do

Who’s Been Talkin’

Brook Benton

The Boll Weevil Song

Endlessly - Greatest Hits

Jackie Wilson

You Keep Me Hangin’ On

The Brunswick Story [CD 1]

Son House

Levee Camp Blues

Delta Blues

Clifton Chenier

I’m the Zydeco Man

Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Collection (Disc 2 of 2)

Compay Segundo

Juliancito (Tu Novia Te Botó) (w Martirio+Raimundo Amador)

Duets

Muddy Waters

I’m Ready

The Chess Box - CD 2 [1954-1959]

Dave Hole

Purple Haze

The Live One

Ruth Brown

Teardrops From My Eyes

Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974 [Vol.1]

Lobi Traore

Dounouya

Putumayo presents: Mali To Memphis

Stevie Wonder

Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer

At The Close Of The Century [Disc 1]

Robben Ford

Something For The Pain

Blue Moon

Lonnie Johnson

What A Real Woman

Tomorrow Night [1941-1952]

The Mighty Reapers

Mistreated Woman

Trouble People

Michael Burks

Fire And Water

Iron Man

Ali Farka Toure

Zona

Grn

Lowell Fulson

Tollin’ Bells

The Complete Chess Masters

Diana Ross & The Supremes

Love Child

Motown Chartbusters [Vol. 3]

Professor  Longhair

Crawfish Fiesta

The Alligator Records 25th Anniversary Collection

Outside The Box - #23

 

Artist

Title

Album Name

Magic Sam

I Have The Same Old Blues

Essential Blues Guitar

Etta James

Tell Mama

“Beg Scream & Shout [Shout 2]”

Roy Buchanan

Green Onions

Messiah On Guitar

Compay Segundo

Viejos Sones De Santiago (w Dúo Evocación)

Duets

Marvin Gaye

Pride and Joy

Hitsville USA - The Motown Singles Collection [Disc 1]

Joe Liggins

Honeydripper Pt.1

The Blues: A Musical Journey [CD 2]

Buddy Guy

Best Damn Fool

Skin Deep

Tampa Red

Uncle Bud (Dog Gone Him)

The Essential [Disc 1]

Lillie Miles

My Man O’ War

Blues Women

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells

Sweet Black Girl

Alone and Acoustic

Joe Tex

Show Me

Beg Scream & Shout [Scream 1]

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

I Don’t Know

Blues Shouter

The Marvelettes

When You’re Young And In Love

Motown Chartbusters [Vol.1]

Genies

Who’s That Knocking

The Doo Wop Box Vol. 1 [Disk 3]

Lowell Fulson

Low Society

Lowell Fulson - The Complete Chess Recordings [CD 2]

Diana Ross & The Supremes

Reflections

Diana Ross & The Supremes - 25th Anniversary

Billy Boy Arnold

Prisoner’s Plea

Back Where I Belong

Skyliners

Since I Don’t Have You

The Doo Wop Box Vol. 1 [Disk 3]

Ronnie Earl

Marie

Ronnie Earl & Friends

John Lee Hooker

Trouble Blues

The Blues Collection - Disc 3

The Crusaders

Put It Where You Want It

The Best Of The Crusaders

Lonnie Johnson

Jersey Belle Blues

Jersey Belle Blues [1930-1941]

Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon

This Little Light

Soul Sensation!

Fabulous Counts

The Bite

Right On! [Vol 4]

James Harman Band

It’s All Right Now

Extra Napkins

Floyd Dixon

Hey Bartender

The Alligator Records 25th Anniversary Collection

Cuba L.A.

Cuba Linda [Beautiful Cuba]

Cuba L.A.

Stevie Wonder

If You Really Love Me

At The Close Of The Century [Disc 1]

Sonny Boy Williamson

Bring It On Home

Blues Masters [Disc 6 - Blues Originals]

B.B. King

You Know I Love You

Take A Swing With Me

Larry Davis

I’m Working On It

Blues Across The USA

The Capitols

Cool Jerk

“Beg Scream & Shout [Shout 2]”

Deborah Coleman

Light Of Day

Livin’ On Love

Nathan James

The Well

Make A Change Sometime

Sleepy John Estes

Working Man Blues

Drop Down Mama

Bukka White

Aberdeen Mississippi Blues

Mississippi Blues

Wynonie Harris

In The Evenin’ Blues

The Blues Collection 81 - 92 [Vol. 90]

Little Charlie And The Nightcats

Don’t Do It

Genuine Houserockin’ Music IV