News Roundup (Freedom Train, Grammys, Podcasts)

Canada

• SOCAN buys Songwriter Hall of Fame

World

• New unreleased live Janis Joplin CD
• Podcasts: Black on Blues 53, Nothing but the Blues (Feb 8), Nothing But the Blues 177, Nothing But the Blues 178,
• Obama to hold celebration of the blues
• Grammys: The Winners, Bonnie Raitt & Alicia Keys Pay tribute to Etta James at the Grammys, Musicians to protest category cuts,
• New BB King Live DVD
• Mississippi Marvel Passes
• Lost Tommy Bolin (Deep Purple) album to feature Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, Derek Trucks and Frampton
• First 6 Rory Gallagher albums to be reissued
• New Joe Bonamassa Live DVD

Weird/Funny Stuff

• Why certain songs make us cry

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