Since starting in a basement apartment in Seattle back in 2001, Light In The Attic has established itself as one of the best and brightest reissue labels around. With releases ranging from D’Angelo to Serge Gainsbourg, Lewis to Betty Davis, Sly Stone to Karen Dalton, LITA prides itself on the breadth of its output.
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When RL Burnside passed in 2005, a momentous era in popular music went with him. With a deeply affecting vocal style, Burnside played the Mississippi Delta blues in a way that linked him directly to the origins of the scene, and the people who created it. Early in his life, Burnside was a student of blues pioneer "Mississippi Fred" McDowell, before moving to Chicago and falling in with Muddy Waters. Burnside never stopped playing, often touring, but remaining relatively obscure. His first album was released in 1991 to widespread plaudits, catapulting him to fame in the blues world.
Listen to an hour of glorious, raw blues from RL Burnside's discography on this In Focus.
When RL Burnside passed in 2005, a momentous era in popular music went with him. With a deeply affecting vocal style, Burnside played the Mississippi Delta blues in a way that linked him directly to the origins of the scene, and the people who created it. Early in his life, Burnside was a student of blues pioneer "Mississippi Fred" McDowell, before moving to Chicago and falling in with Muddy Waters. Burnside never stopped playing, often touring, but remaining relatively obscure. His first album was released in 1991 to widespread plaudits, catapulting him to fame in the blues world.
Listen to an hour of glorious, raw blues from RL Burnside's discography on this In Focus.