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Monday, December 12, 2005
21st Century Blues inks with Ryko for distribution
21st Century Blues has inked a distribution deal with Ryko, a distribution company that is part of the major distributor WEA, a Warner Brothers company. The deal is for three years and covers North America.
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Chris Thomas King wrote and recorded song for “Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now”
Chris Thomas King, R. Kelly, Kanye West, Diddy, Common, Fred Hammond, Talib Kweli, Q-Tip, Rhymefest and Black Buddafly bring urban sound to multi-artist benefit album
Faith Hill, B.B. King, Josh Groban, Clint Black, among others, contribute recordings
All-star collection will be released November 22
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Helping Hands
As New Orleans continues to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, two local music companies have pitched in to help the effort with benefit CDs.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Chris Thomas King helps BB King celebrate 80th birthday
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Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Starz InBlack Presents the World Television Premiere of the Magical Blues Concert 'Lightning in a Bottle' featuring Chris Thomas King
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Thursday, September 15, 2005
King became storm evacuee, hopes to help other musicians
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Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Musicians suffered from Katrina to perform at music festival
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Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Chris Thomas King Join MTV, VH1 & CMT Special 'ReAct Now: Music & Relief' to Air Saturday, September 10 From 8pm-12am ET/PT
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Sunday, September 04, 2005
Evacuee King headlines jazz festival with thoughts on tragedy at home
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Saturday, May 21, 2005
King returns to Telluride Blues & Brews Festival
Colorado's 12th annual Telluride Blues & Brews festival is set for September 16 to 18 in the Telluride Town Park. Chris Thomas King headlines the final day
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Tuesday, April 26, 2005
The 60-Second Interview -- Special Edition
CHRIS THOMAS KING
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Chris Rose
Everybody knows the blues is a Mission from God. Chris Thomas King's mission is to update the software. I mean, the blues is so Windows 2000, if you know what I mean.
A second generation bluesman from Baton Rouge (the son of the legendary Tabby Thomas), King is the brain trust behind 21st Century Blues, a cozy Uptown recording studio, record label and think tank where he is grafting the elements of modernity -- that would be hip hop, specifically -- onto the old American art form.
The result: international acclaim, a rabid fan base and even a couple of movie roles (in "Ray" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?").
Soft-spoken but firm of thought and performance, King plays the Popeyes Blues Tent today at 4:05.
60-Second Video Interview
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Monday, April 11, 2005
King to release his best!
Chris Thomas King is planning to release his first best of album this summer. 21st Century Blues Films, is also preparing to release a DVD at the same time featuring rare never before seen live performances and music videos. The Best of CD and DVD will cover King’s rise from humble beginnings.
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Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Innovative musician brings blues back to downtown Baton Rouge
CONCERT REVIEW:
Chris Thomas King
He sang the blues, rapped the blues, shouted the blues and played the blues. Chris Thomas King, that bold blues innovator and actor from Baton Rouge, came home Saturday night for a blues variety show of the kind maybe only he can do.
The second-generation blues man, son of "Rockin'" Tabby Thomas, King played the second public concert at the newly opened Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center for the Arts. Joined by a four-piece band, he opened with his rap- and hip-hop-infused 21st century blues, moved to the electric blues that came of age in the 1950s and on to acoustic Delta blues from the 1930s.
THE ADVOCATE
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Friday, March 18, 2005
Chris Thomas King a blues man with few boundaries
By JOHN WIRT
jwirt@theadvocate.com
Entertainment writer
Photo courtesy CHRIS THOMAS KING
Chris Thomas King, left, with Jamie Foxx, star of Ray and winner of this year's Oscar for Best Actor. Fresh from Hollywood festivities surrounding the Oscar-winning Ray Charles biopic, Ray, Chris Thomas King is coming home to Baton Rouge.
The New Orleans-residing musician and actor plays blues man Lowell Fulson in Ray, but he won't be acting Saturday. King and his band are bringing the blues of yesterday, today and tomorrow to the newly opened Shaw Center, where they'll play the Manship Theatre's second public concert.
Baton Rouge Advocate
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Monday, February 28, 2005
Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx's speech includes tribute to grandmother
Foxx and King party in Beverly Hills during Oscar celebration Saturday Feb. 26 at Spago. A who's who of Hollywood attended the Universal Studio party. King later took the stage and performs "Everyday day I have the Blues" which he sang in the movie as Lowell Fulson and "What I Say" by Ray Charles which got the crowd on their feet.
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Tuesday, February 08, 2005
OUR STORE IS UNDERCONTRUCTION
To by CTK CD's and DVD's please visit Amazon.com
Our Store will be closed for a few weeks because it is undercontruction. Thank you for your understanding.
Go to Amazon.com Store for CTK Music
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Thursday, February 03, 2005
'Ray' Earns $44M In First-Day DVD Sales
Six-time Oscar nominee "Ray," starring best actor contender Jamie Foxx, sold more than 2 million combined DVD and VHS units Tuesday during its first day in release on home video, according to industry sources.
See Clip From Ray
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Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Up coming projects for Chris Thomas King
King does not have time to celebrate the Oscar nominations for his latest movie "Ray." He has several exciting film and music projects which will keep him busy throughout 2005.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2005
CTK Talks About His Guitar Technique
In dept interview with Vintage Guitar Magazine. Circa 2000
Vintage Guitar
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Monday, November 22, 2004
Tabby's Blues Box Photo Gallery
View the last nights of the Historic Baton Rouge Blues Club.
Photo Gallery
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Monday, November 22, 2004
Dignitaries, friends party as Tabby, Blues Box make swan song
Tabby Thomas leaves the stage, closing out his last Hoodoo Party at Tabby's Blues Box and Heritage Hall on Lafayette Street. The nightclub ended a 24-year run with a finale that lasted into the early morning hours Sunday.
Tabby's Blues Box & Heritage Hall
1979 - 2004 (RIP)
Full Story and Picture Gallery/The Advocate
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Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Tabby Thomas is retiring as owner and operator of Tabby's Blues Box after more than 25 years.
This Thursday, Friday and Saturday November 18, 19, and 20 Tabby's Blues Box will close it's doors for the last time. Chris Thomas King Tabby's son, will be among many guest artists performing this weekend for the last time at the club located 244 Lafayette St. in downtown Baton Rouge.
For more information 225-387-9715
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Tuesday, November 16, 2004
CTK Scores Historic Documentary
Chris Thomas King Scores Music For Historic Documentary
Signpost to Freedom: The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
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Thursday, November 04, 2004
King Wows Apollo Crowd
Chris Thomas King was one of the highlights at the Apollo Theater in Harlem October 28. Taylor Hackford the directer of the hit movie "Ray" in which King has a major role, introduced the blues star who performed the Ray Charles classic "What I Say" .
New York Daily Review
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Saturday, October 16, 2004
CTK to attend Hollywood Premiere Of Ray
Chris Thomas King has a supporting role in the movie "Ray" starring Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles. King plays Lowell Fulsom a band leader who gives Ray Charles his first big break by hiring him to play piano in his touring band.
Kings new CD " Why My Guitar Sceams & Moans" will be released on November 9, 2004.
Preview "Why My Guitar Screams & Moans" CD
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Tuesday, October 12, 2004
A GREAT NIGHT IN HARLEM FOR CHRIS THOMAS KING
Chris Thomas King will make his Apollo Theater debut backed by a 17 piece band at the annual “A Great Night In Harlem,” gala, which will be hosted by Bill Cosby at the Apollo Theatre on Thursday, October 28, 2005 to benefit The Jazz Foundation Of America.
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Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Grammy Award Winner Chris Thomas King signs British Blues/Rock Band
Nublues to his 21st Century Blues Records
(New York, NY) Grammy Award winner Chris Thomas King and 21st Century Blues Records is pleased to announce the release of Nublues, Dreams Of A Blues Man on September 14th, 2004. Based in Colchester, England, the group is comprised of Ramon Goose, guitarist, songwriter, producer; Jay Nicholls, vocalist, rapper, songwriter; Ed Vans, bassist, groove-meister, songwriter; and Paul Francis, drummer.
Listen/Purchase
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Tuesday, September 07, 2004
King’s new CD, “Why My Guitar Screams & Moans,” features 11 original tracks and a cover of the Prince classic Kiss.
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Thursday, September 02, 2004
Blues Legend Raful Neal Succumbs to Cancer
Everyone at 21st Century Blues Records & Films is saddened by the loss of one of Louisiana’s finest bluesmen Raful Neal After a long battle with Cancer.
Twenty First Century Blues Blog
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Wednesday, July 14, 2004
21st Century Blues Records signs Nublues
21st Century Blues Records has signed UK hip-hop blues band Nublues to a multi-year contract. Their debut album “Dreams Of A Blues Man” will drop in September 2004.
Nublues Web site
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Monday, June 14, 2004
KIING PAINTS BLUES IN A WHOLE NEW WAY
June 11, 2004
BY JEFF JOHNSON Staff Reporter
Advertisement
Chris Thomas King's theme song could very well be Lou Christie's "Two Faces Have I."
He's a bluesman and a rapper, a musician and actor, a faithful re-creator of classic blues and a revolutionary who challenges the status quo.
He serves many masters as an entertainer, but works toward a single overriding goal: to bring the blues into the 21st century, even if it comes kicking and screaming.
Read More - Chicago Sun Tiimes
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Thursday, June 10, 2004
Ray Charles, Bluesy Essence of Soul, Is Dead at 73
By JON PARELES and BERNARD WEINRAUB
Published: June 11, 2004
ay Charles, the piano man with the bluesy voice who reshaped American music for a half-century, bringing the essence of soul to country, jazz, rock, standards and every other style of music he touched, died yesterday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 73.
New York Times
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Monday, May 31, 2004
CTK Tops At School Of Hip Hop
Quintasia Smith, 9, stands on the auditorium stage of Jamaica's Public School 140, a hand saucily propped on her hip as she raps the blues with Chris Thomas King and DJ Spin.
New York Daily News
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Saturday, April 24, 2004
MUSIC: Appreciation program hits high note in schools
Hip-hop/blues artist Chris Thomas King adds his touch to 'Harman: How to Listen' program
By Chuck Myers
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Grand Forks Herald
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Thursday, April 22, 2004
Gospel Movies Reveal Myth And Society
Whereas The Fighting Temptations portrayed black religious culture as Sunday morning Dance Fever, the Coens' have consistently examined its often ignored complexities.
Click Here! Africana
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Monday, April 19, 2004
Music program brings top acts to U.S. schools
Hip-hop/blues artist Chris Thomas King is hitting the road for a different kind of tour - appearing before elementary school children...
The Sun Herald
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Tuesday, April 13, 2004
21C-B-Boyz - Blues Jump Off
The Cradle of it all - mamma used to rock me there....
New Orleans is a mystical city, a world very much unto itself - eager to kick over a tradition, tread on tender feelings and open its legs to visitors and friends. And if “they got a certain way of doin’ things down there”, then it is safe to say that it is home to a lot of music, and a lot of life. There is a new generation of blues being born in ‘Nawlins, which is at the heart of the Delta. While this is certainly at the cradle of traditional blues, the 21C-B-BOYZ are a part of a new wave of music - they are a part of today.
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Monday, March 29, 2004
Hip-Hop Meets Blues at 21st Century
By Gail Mitchell
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Chris Thomas King believes a person doesn't have to be "65 years old to be considered a bluesman." To drive that point home, his New Orleans-based label released the hip-hop blues debut of the 21 C-B-Boyz.
Reuters
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Monday, March 29, 2004
Chris Thomas: King of Kings
"They call my style 21st century blues, some people call it hip-hop blues, I just call it the blues, really."
By Natalie Naquin, Revelry Writer
March 11, 2004
LSU Reveilie
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Wednesday, December 17, 2003
NOW OR NEVER the most anticipated blues release in years
NOW OR NEVER the most anticipated blues release in years
The new CD from the hip-hop blues duo 21C-B-BOYZ is now available exclusively at our online store. The album titled “Now Or Never” will be released nationally in February of 2004.
NY Times
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Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Latest News from Chris Thomas King
What has Chris Thomas King been up to lately? After producing and writing songs for the 21st Century Blues Records debut album by the 21C–B–BOYZ, Chris and his band featuring DJ Spin went on a two week European tour. They recently returned from the triumphant tour of Eastern Europe, which begin in Vienna, Austria and ended in Prague.
After a brief break for the holidays,
NY Times
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Monday, October 06, 2003
Where the blues still lives
by Dan Gilgoff | Oct 06 '03
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Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Blacks and "The Blues"
posted by Aaron Barnhart September 29, 2003 08:42 AM
by Tom Jacobs
Back in the day, that day being the early 1990s, Arsenio Hall was giving late night television a touch of the so-called "urban experience." As a regular part of his monologue he would feature a segment called "Things that make you go hmm."
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Tuesday, September 30, 2003
First the Birth of the Blues, Then the Fight Over Who Owns the Baby
By BRENT STAPLES
The rap impresario Sean Combs, known as P. Diddy, had a huge hit this fall as the lead producer of the soundtrack for the movie "Bad Boys II," which included the hot party tune "Shake Ya Tailfeather." Rap fans would be surprised to know that the title dates back to the Mississippi juke joints of the early 20th century, where black field hands gathered to hear blues music after long days in the cotton fields.
Northern rap artists pride themselves on being urban sophisticates but are playing a version of the music enjoyed by black field workers in the Deep South more than 50 years ago. Stripped to its essentials, "Shake Ya Tailfeather" is a dead ringer for any number of blues tunes by Mississippians, including "Shake Your Moneymaker," by Elmore James, and "Wang Dang Doodle," by the legendary Willie Dixon.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Baton Rouge blues musicians have mixed reactions to Year of the Blues
By JOHN WIRT
jwirt@theadvocate.com
Entertainment writer
Saturday night in Baton Rouge. As usual, downtown is dark and empty. Few cars on the streets, fewer people on the sidewalks. In the stillness, though, are pockets of life. Folks are digging the blues at two music clubs sitting just three blocks apart.
Rosco Chenier is playing blues and soul for a handful of listeners in Tabby's Blues Box and Heritage Hall on Lafayette Street. The club's founder, Tabby Thomas, isn't holding court this particular night. He's playing for a full house at The Circle Bar in New Orleans. And over at Swamp Mama's on Third Street, a bigger crowd is enjoying one of Baton Rouge's world-traveling blues men, singer-guitarist Larry Garner.
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Monday, September 29, 2003
"The Blues" producer responds
(Alex Gibney writes:)
I am the producer of "The Blues." Re: Tom Jacobs - He should know that the producer and the line producer of the Scorsese segment are both black. Apparently skin color cannot always be divined through the content of a film. But then, isn't that the way it should be: judge a film by the content of its character not the color of its skin.
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Friday, September 26, 2003
Royalties From PBS Dismay Bluesmen
n Sunday PBS is scheduled to begin its weeklong documentary series "The Blues," with Martin Scorsese as executive producer. In the episodes, directed by Clint Eastwood, Wim Wenders, Mike Figgis and others, the past, present and future of the blues are honored, explored and explained.
But some record labels and music publishers say there is one old blues tradition being honored by PBS that would be better off left in the past: underpaying the artist.
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Monday, September 15, 2003
CHRIS THOMAS KING online chat @ Washingtonpost.com about upcoming film THE SOUL OF A MAN
TRANSCRIPT
PBS: The Blues
With Chris Thomas King
Musician
Monday, September 15, 2003; 1:00 p.m ET
TO READ THE FULL TRANSCRPIT CLICK BELOW.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Living Blues Magazine Covers CTK
The new issue of Living Blues feature a cover story on King. Living Blues gives King the royal treatment in this must have issue for Chris Thomas King fans. Living Blues is on news stands now!
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Friday, July 11, 2003
YOUNG MANS' BLUES
Kipori Woods might be tempted to use the blues cliché that he’s standing at the crossroads, but he looks at it from another angle. “I’m at a turning point in my career,” said the New School New Orleans blues star who’s ascended to prominence as “Baby Wolf” under the wing of Walter “Wolfman” Washington.
Last year’s Big Black Cadillac earned Woods renewed acclaim and the title track was nominated for an Offbeat award. But Woods has just finished a collaboration with New Orleans rapper MYSELF for Chris Thomas King’s 21st Century Blues Records. The duo calls themselves 21C-B-Boyz and the album is titled Now Or Never.
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Friday, June 27, 2003
Blues great B.B. King was the star attraction last night (June 17)
Hubert Sumlin, Les Paul and Chris Thomas King join B.B. King to celebrate the third anniversary celebration for the New York night club that bears his name.
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Thursday, June 12, 2003
Chris Thomas King concert will bring blues to Central Park
Chris Thomas King, the Grammy-winning former Baton Rougean who co-stars in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? and is featured on the movie's multi-million selling soundtrack, performs in New York's Central Park June 14. King's father, Baton Rouge blues artist and club owner Tabby Thomas, joins his son for a guest appearance.
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Monday, June 09, 2003
Bring on 'The Blues'
Chris Thomas King & clips from Scorsese TV films
showcase Devil's music at SummerStage
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Saturday, June 07, 2003
21c-B-Boyz debut album near completion
Hip-hop blues duo in the studio with Chris Thomas King.
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Thursday, May 22, 2003
Chris Thomas King to Perform at NYC's Summer Stage June 14
Chris Thomas King to Perform at NYC's Summer Stage June 14
Summer Stage, an annual fixture of outdoor arts and entertainment performances in New York's Central Park, will open with a weekend of blues-themed programming to coincide with the Congress-designated "Year of the Blues."
On June 14, Summer Stage will host a preview of Martin Scorsese's PBS documentary series "The Blues," featuring excerpts from seven films by Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Wim Wenders and others. The event which marks the first time films will be shown in Central Park will also feature a 45 minute performance by blues musician/actor Chris Thomas King ("O Brother, Where Art Thou?").
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Monday, May 12, 2003
King records Rock Island Line for Cash tribute
NORTHERNBLUES MUSIC SET TO „CASH‰ IN
Award-winning Label Schedules Tribute to Johnny Cash for Summer ‚03 Release
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Monday, April 28, 2003
Jamie Fox arrested. Don’t Believe the Hype!
Chris Thomas King from the set of Unchain My Heart – the Ray Charles story filming in New Orleans
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Thursday, April 24, 2003
The Complete CTK discography has been compiled 1984-2003
If you have been looking to complete your collection of Chris Thomas King music then here is a listing of all of his recordings.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2003
Down From the Mountain CD Certified Gold
Grammy award winning New Orleans hip-hop blues artist and actor Chris Thomas King continued his dominating prominence on the popular scene this month, achieving gold status (500,000 units sold) of his hit song ?John Law Burned Down The Liquor Sto? which he recorded for the ?Down From The Mountain ? soundtrack.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Five Hours' Worth of Stars, Celebrating the Mournful
Chris Thomas King proves blues genre not done yet.
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Sunday, February 02, 2003
Hip-Hop Blues Tour Dates Coming Soon
King to hit the road heavy this summer.
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Saturday, February 01, 2003
Chris Thomas King - among Louisiana's Twenty Most Influential African Americans!
King honored.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2003
Chris Thomas King Takes Hip-Hop Blues to Radio City Music Hall
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Tuesday, January 21, 2003
2003 W. C. Handy Awards nominate Chris Thomas King contemporary blues artist of the year
W. C. HANDY AWARDS NOMINATE CTK BUT FAIL TO SELECT THE GROUNDBREAKING ALBUM DIRTY SOUTH HIP-HOP BLUES
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Monday, January 13, 2003
From Blues to Hip-hop, from Elvis to Eminem
HIP HOP'S ULTIMATE BATTLE:
RACE AND THE POLITICS OF DIVIDE AND CONQUER
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Monday, December 16, 2002
2003 is the time to catch the blues
Converts know there's nothing monochromatic about the blues, a vital and earthy musical wellspring that fed jazz, rock and country as it snaked into countless tributaries.
In 2003, the blues get red-hot in a year-long Year of the Blues toast, designed to indulge believers and indoctrinate the uninitiated. An overview:
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Monday, December 16, 2002
Celebrate a new Year of the Blues
After seeping from swamps, deltas and juke joints in the 20th century, the blues finally gets a prominent pop-culture pedestal.
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Wednesday, December 04, 2002
Scratching Without Vinyl: A Hip-Hop Revolution
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Tuesday, December 03, 2002
21st Century Blues Records Sign the “21CB Boyz” a hip-hop blues duo from New Orleans, LA.
21CB Boyz will release their debut album on New Orleans based label 21st Century Blues Records in 2003. Grammy Award Winner Chris Thomas King will produce the album.
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Saturday, November 30, 2002
The hip-hop blues of Chris Thomas King
O BROTHER'S LITTLE HELPER: Chris Thomas King portrayed Delta bluesman Tommy Johnson in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a role he's finally moved beyond with his new Dirty South Hip-Hop Blues.
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Monday, November 25, 2002
BILLBOARD
King's Own Brand Of Blues
Artist's 21st Century Blues Label Debuts with "Dirty South" CD
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Sunday, November 03, 2002
Pure Genious! Reviewer: Alan Kaplan
"Dirty South Hip-Hop Blues" is the work of pure genious rave critics from Amazon.com, Rolling Stone, Mojo, Washington Post ...
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Friday, November 01, 2002
Chris Thomas King takes a break from his O Brother persona to invigorate the blues.
“I can be an actor in a movie,” he says, “and play someone from a different time. But in my art, in my music, I think that honesty is what it’s all about.”
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Friday, November 01, 2002
O Brother! Chris Thomas King Art Back
Chris Thomas King's latest CD, "Dirty South Hip-Hop Blues," is permeated with a weary but defiant tone. (John Byrum - Spartanburg Herald-Journal via AP)
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Friday, November 01, 2002
Run-DMC DJ Jam Master Jay (real name: Jason Mizell) was shot dead in the Jamaica section of Queens
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Wednesday, October 30, 2002
DIRTY SOUTH HIP-HOP BLUES GET REVIEWS!
ROLLING STONE
Album Reviews
Nov. 14, 2002 issue
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Wednesday, October 16, 2002
NEW CTK TOUR DATES
CHRIS THOMAS KING WILL MAKE A VISIT TO THE EAST COAST IN NOVEMBER
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Thursday, October 03, 2002
TABBY THOMAS RECOVERING FROM AUTO ACCIDENT
Tabby’s daughter Joyln Wright told us "his condition has improved and we are hoping to have him home soon".
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Tuesday, October 01, 2002
TABBY THOMAS HURT IN ACCIDENT
Bluesman and downtown club owner Tabby Thomas suffered serious injuries in a car accident Monday.
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Thursday, September 12, 2002
CHRIS THOMAS KING FESTIVAL-BOUND
STAR OF O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU NEXT APPEARS IN BLUES DOC LAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI JUKES
PREMIERING ON BLACK STARZ! DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH
SOLO ALBUM DIRTY SOUTH HIP-HOP BLUES IN STORES OCT. 8
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Monday, September 09, 2002
THE HIP-HOP GENERATION GRABS A GUITAR
Today's black rockers see such obstacles as challenges they gladly accept. They are moved by the sonic aggression of hip-hop, its obsession with rhythm and the way it reflects, reports on and evokes the lifestyles of black people around the country. They are also turned off by the current state of hip-hop and R & B, with their limited subject matter and emotional options.
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Thursday, August 29, 2002
21CB RECORD STO' IS NOW OPEN!
"DIRTY SOUTH HIP-HOP BLUES"
On Sale for $12.99
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"Dirty South" will be in stores October 8, 2002.
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Saturday, August 17, 2002
BLUES IS A BUSINESS: THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
"We're going to make blues music that's geared toward youth," says King. "One way of doing that is using hip-hop instead of the tried-and-true formula that everybody's been using since the '60s: mixing blues with rock.
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Saturday, August 17, 2002
CHRIS THOMAS KING TO RELEASE
New Album Expands Blues Framework to Encompass Hip-Hop, Rap & Neo-Soul
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Thursday, April 18, 2002
Grammy Winner is local ‘Leadbelly
Chris Thomas King, who won three Grammy Awards (best album, best soundtrack, best traditional folk album) and acclaim for his acting debut in "O Brother, Where art thou?" could write his own ticket anywhere. So what’s he doing next? He’s starring in a play at the Anthony Bean Community Theatre.
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Thursday, March 14, 2002
This week, `O Brother' tops the chart
Entertainment briefs
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Wednesday, March 13, 2002
Brandy Blocked From #1 Slot By 'O Brother' Soundtr
The man of constant sorrow should have plenty of cause to celebrate, though Brandy might be kind of crabby. After 63 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack will levitate to #1, beating out the R&B crooner, who seemed headed for a chart-topping debut.
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Friday, March 08, 2002
Chris Thomas King 'on cloud' after Grammy wins
By JOHN WIRT
Blues artist, actor and Baton Rouge native Chris Thomas King won a remarkable three Grammy awards last week. King attended the ceremony in Los Angeles and was seen in the Grammy broadcast as participants in the roots-music filled O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack invaded the stage to accept the album of the year award.
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Thursday, January 31, 2002
The blues brother
CHRIS THOMAS KING
Part of Down From the Mountain with Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless, Ralph Stanley, the Whites, Norman & Nancy Blake, the Peasall Sisters, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Rhonda Vincent, the Del McCoury Band, Bob Neuwirth. Wednesday, Feb. 6. Sears Theatre, Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay. $39.50-$69.50 from Ticketmaster or ACC box office.
BY MARY DICKIE JANE
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Wednesday, January 30, 2002
Down From The Mountain (Various Artists)
Newark, N.J. (New Jersey Performing Arts Center)
It seems fitting that last night (Jan. 30) inside Prudential Hall in the sparkling New Jersey Performing Arts Center, itself a beacon of hope in Newark's slowly burgeoning cultural rebirth, that the bluegrass and roots music revivalist Down From the Mountain tour staked its latest claim in the resurgence of the art form. For there over the course of three hours, luminaries such as Ralph Stanley and Norman and Nancy Blake stood shoulder-to-shoulder with younger artists such as Patty Loveless and the Peasall Sisters and performed songs from this uniquely American genre to the delight and wonder of a nearly sold-out urban audience.
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Saturday, January 05, 2002
King nominated for 4 Grammy awards
By JOHN WIRT
Baton Rouge native Chris Thomas King has been nominated for four Grammy awards.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2001
"O BROTHER" SOUNDTRACK IS CERTIFIED PLATINUM
The Soundtrack to O Brother Where Art Thou? have been certified platinum by Billboard magazine. The CD has sold more than 1,000,000 copies in the USA so far. O Brother is currently at #1 for the ninth straight week on the Billboard country charts and #14 on the pop charts.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2001
O Brother continues winning ways For King
Chris Thomas King's acting debut has won praise by fellow actors and gained the attention of Hollywood executives. O Brother, Where Art Thou? grossed over 70 million dollars at the box office was nominated for 2 Oscars and won George Clooney a Golden Globe. King is currently reading scripts for his next film.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2001
21st Century Blues Inks Distribution Deal
21st Century Blues has signed distribution deals with Valley Entertainment one of the leading independent record distributors in the United States and the Stony Plain label for Canada which is distributed by Warner Music. 21st Century Blues is the record label founded by actor and musician Chris Thomas King. The first release will be October 9 of his CD "The Legend of Tommy Johnson Act I" which was originally only available via the Internet.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2001
Chris Thomas King forced to cancel New York dates
In wake of the great tragedy in New York City Chris Thomas King has canceled shows in Troy, New York September 15 and his Woodstock film festival performance September 23.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2001
21st Century Blues Shopping Cart is under construc
21st Century Blues Records is developing an on-line store which will accept credit cards for CDs and merchandise. Do to the overwhelming response from fans around the world who are interested in the Chris Thomas King discography but find it difficult to find his CDs in countries like South Africa, Spain, and Japan. You don't have to wait impatiently anymore.
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Friday, November 16, 2001
Another King remakes the blues
By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
Controversy is mother's milk to Chris Thomas King, so he is having the time of his life right now. His bold fusions of blues with rap, hip-hop, and modern R&B have earned him fans all over the world but also kept him in a hot cultural crossfire: He's too bluesy for straight-up hip-hop, too hip-hoppy for blues purists.
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Thursday, November 01, 2001
Two Oscar nominations for O Brother
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Thursday, November 01, 2001
21CB's Rap Hip Hop/Blues CD Near Complition
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Thursday, November 01, 2001
Baton Rouge Advocate have Fun covering Chris Thoma
Oh, Brother!
Chris Thomas King enjoying new acting career with his role as - go figure, a blues musician - in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
By JOHN WIRT
Entertainment writer
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Thursday, November 01, 2001
The Times-Picayune Profiles King
THE BLUES BROTHER
Chris Thomas King's determination to push the limits of traditional blues have made him a prodigal son among his peers. Now, with a prominent role alongside George Clooney in 'O Brother, Where Art Thou,' the New Orleans musician is hoping fame will ...
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Thursday, November 01, 2001
CHRIS THOMAS KING
"You can call me blues, because that's the language we speak in America," Chris Thomas King counsels writer John Swenson. "I'm a blues guy in America but in the rest of the world I'm Chris Thomas King." Son of Baton Rouge blues patriarch Tabby Thomas.
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Thursday, November 01, 2001
CHRIS THOMAS KING GETS CAST IN MARTIN SCORCESE PRO
"More than just a crafty Brother spinoff, Tommy Johnson has plenty of art as well. "
Entertainment Weekly
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Thursday, November 01, 2001
Louisiana blues legend Tabby Thomas singing cell p
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Thursday, November 01, 2001
King nominated For Big Easy Award
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Monday, October 29, 2001
The Green Room Featuring Chris Thomas King
Tune into Chris Thomas King @ House of Blues Digital Radio Network hosting the celebrity green room radio hour and playing some of his favorites songs of all time.
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Monday, October 01, 2001
Down From The Mountain tour
Chris Thomas King dates for the O brother where art thou inspired tour confirmed. Featuring artists from the soundtrack recordings.
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Thursday, September 20, 2001
La. Blues Hall of Famer "Guitar " Kelley Dead
by The Associated Press
BATON ROUGE- Arthur Lee Kelley, who was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame under his more familiar name of "Guitar" Kelley, is dead at the age of 83. Kelly died Monday, Services was held Saturday at Winnfield Funeral Home at 10 a.m.
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Thursday, August 30, 2001
O Brother! Where Art Thou?
Once again "O Brother! Where Art Thou?" soundtrack stayed at the top of the Billboard country albums charts for the week ending Sept. 9. On the overall top 200 albums, "O Brother" was 12th
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Wednesday, August 29, 2001
O Brother receives 4 Country Music Association Nod
He sings “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues” on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, but Chris Thomas King was all smiles Tuesday (Aug. 28) after learning that O Brother was nominated for album of the year by the Country Music Association awards.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2001
Chris Thomas King to work with The John F. Kennedy
The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts has requested Chris Thomas King’s participation as a panelist for the Kennedy Center Department of State Jazz Ambassadors program. As a panelist, King would help to select Jazz groups to travel abroad on four-to six-week tours, under the auspices of the United States government.
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Tuesday, July 03, 2001
The film 'Down from the Mountain' coming soon to a
The New York Times wrote:
"A number of songs performed in "Down from the Mountain", a documentary by D. A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob, are about the promise of life after death. If you have any affection at all for traditional American music, the movie itself is pretty close to heaven".
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Tuesday, July 03, 2001
Career Crossroads
Scott Jordan sneaks onto the set of O Brother, Where Art Thou? to see Chris Thomas King don the garb of bluesman Tommy Johnson.
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Sunday, June 24, 2001
"Down From The Mountain" in stores July 24, 2001.
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Sunday, June 24, 2001
Chris Thomas King's Carnegie Hall debut was a big
Carnegie Hall was sold out on June 13, 2001 when the artists from the million selling soundtrack from the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" performed. It earned rave reviews in The New York Times and the soundtrack is now back on #1 on the Country chart.In the audience were the makers of the film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Ethan and Joel Coen along with some of the actors from the movie.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2001
Chris Thomas King to make Carnegie Hall debut
A surprising hit at retail, the bluegrass and delta blues soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? has spurred the organization of a June 13, concert at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City. Sales of the Mercury Nashville disc has topped 1,000,000 units. The show will include Gillian Welch, Chris Thomas King, the Fairfield Four and other acts from the soundtrack.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2001
MTV Movie Will Feature Music of Chris Thomas King
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Saturday, January 06, 2001
CTK On National Public Radio's Weekend-All Things
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Tuesday, December 19, 2000
New CD from Chris Thomas King ready for release
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Tuesday, December 19, 2000
O Brother Premiered In New York City December 19,
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Wednesday, November 01, 2000
City won't pay Tabby for lost business
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Wednesday, November 01, 2000
Tabby's Blues Box has a new address
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Wednesday, November 01, 2000
"O Brother, Where Art Thou" The Concert
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Wednesday, November 01, 2000
Blues Revue.com
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Wednesday, November 01, 2000
Blind Pig and Chris Thomas King part ways
Chicago based blues and roots label Blind Pig Records and Chris Thomas King have decided to part ways. Blind Pig had a license and distribution agreement with King's 21st Century Blues production company.
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Wednesday, November 01, 2000
Benefit concert for Tabby's Blues Box was a succes
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Monday, November 01, 1999
Chris Thomas King Goes To Hollywood
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