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		<title>Mercy Street Blues Band Returns to Bangkok Blues Scene</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mercy Street Blues Band is a rough and tumble collection of competent blues musicians who play rough and tumble blues whenever they gets together.  Mercy Street Blues Band is described as a tight, high energy blues band usually no more than four-piece band, once fronted by Californian Blues legend Greg Carroll – who played with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesasianetwork.com/2012/02/17/mercy-street-blues-band-returns-to-bangkok-blues-scene/</link>
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		<title>Glenn Patrik Performs At Tokyo Joe&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Glenn Patrik is no stranger to playing the blues in Bangkok. Matter of fact, he has headlined the Bangkok Blues Festival two years in a row. Glenn has also brought his particular brand of the blues and style to Tokyo Joe&#8217;s and several other venues in Bangkok through numerous appearances with locally based Soi [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesasianetwork.com/2012/02/08/glenn-patrik-performs-at-tokyo-joes/</link>
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		<title>Coming Clampdown on Music Uploads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a musician or music fan who uploads music composed by someone else, your freedom to do so is about to end. The US Congress is considering legislation that will outlaw uploading any material not created by the uploader himself.  Known as SOPA &#8211; Stop Online Piracy Act [US House Bill HR-3261] &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesasianetwork.com/2012/01/12/coming-clampdown-on-music-uploads/</link>
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		<title>BLUES ASIA TV:  International Blues Challenge &#8211; 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, musicians from Asia and the Pacific have been participating in the prestigious International Blues Challenge [IBC], sponsored by the Blues Foundation and held each year during the first week of February on historic Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee.  The 24th IBC is coming up 31 January through 4 February 2012.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesasianetwork.com/2012/01/03/blues-asia-tv-international-blues-challenge-1/</link>
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		<title>FULL LINE-UP announced for Australian Blues Music Festival 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Artist line-up for the 2012 Australian Blues Music Festival has been announced with over 30 artists and bands to feature at the event in Goulburn, NSW next February. The Australian Blues Music Festival is four days of Blues &#38; Roots Music held annually in the Southern-NSW city of Goulburn. In 2012 the festival runs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesasianetwork.com/2011/12/14/full-line-up-announced-for-australian-blues-music-festival-2012/</link>
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		<title>BLUES ASIA TV 6.1: John Ferreira and Howard Levy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WE OFFER AN UNPRECEDENTED SHOW TODAY!  Globe-trotting music producer John Ferreira popped up in Manila for 3 days, and Blues Asia Network was able to grab him for the show.  John is also good friends with harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy.  Ah ha, we said.  Let&#8217;s also feature the work of Howard on the show, we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesasianetwork.com/2011/12/01/blues-asia-tv-6-1-john-ferreira-and-howard-levy/</link>
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		<title>BLUES ASIA TV 5.2:  Spotlight on Japan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SPOTLIGHT on JAPAN, plus a glimpse into the Himalayan Blues Festival. Again, we feature some video shot only within the past few weeks.  And we&#8217;ve made yet more new friends.  I particularly enjoyed online communication with &#8220;Weeping Harp&#8221; Senoh of Japan, who has been a major figure in the Japanese blues scene for over 40 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesasianetwork.com/2011/11/27/blues-asia-tv-episode-5-2/</link>
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		<title>BLUES ASIA TV 5.1: Spotlight on Australia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IN OUR FIRST EIGHT MINUTES, we discuss blues news from Bangkok, Jakarta, India, Singapore and the Philippines.  Blues is thriving.  We put the spotlight on AUSTRALIA in this segment, particularly featuring videos contributed by Matt &#8220;Harpdog&#8221; Dunn, our newest content partner.  And in our YOUTH SPOTLIGHT, we watch a 12-year-old Aussie boy bang out the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesasianetwork.com/2011/11/23/blues-asia-tv-episode-5-1/</link>
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		<title>BLUES ASIA TV 4.2:  Making Videos, Brendan Power&#8217;s Asian Tour and more&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[YouTube videos of live band gigs flood the internet.  But are they good advertising for bands?  Mostly, the poor quality does not show off a band in a good light.  BLUES ASIA TV addresses this problem in Episode 4.2.  Dom Turner of Australia&#8217;s Backsliders plans a drop-in appearance at Crazy Elephant in Singapore.  Brendan Power, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesasianetwork.com/2011/11/11/blues-asia-tv-4-2-making-videos-brendan-powers-asian-tour-and-more/</link>
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		<title>Bangkok:  Adhere the 13th Blues Bar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adhere the 13th Blues Bar, owned by musician Pong, is one of Bangkok&#8217;s blues secrets.  Our correspondent Ron McMillan rather brashly declares it &#8220;the best blues bar in the world.&#8221;  Ron has graciously provided us with directions on how to find the obscure music gem. ***** Address:  13 Samsen Rd., Banglumpoo (opposite Samsen Soi 2; tell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesasianetwork.com/2011/11/10/bangkok-adhere-the-13th-blues-bar/</link>
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