"The racial discrimination and socio-cultural differences go away with the music, and it’s the best part of it in my opinion. It equalizes everything and everyone, and it is extremely important in a world like the one with have today, where both in Europe and the USA old racial and social discrimination is coming back."…

"My hope is that people will start making more music with instruments and not machines and that good creative music will continue to be cherished & supported. My fear is that we will no longer own music and uses cd players etc and that everything will be controlled on a cloud type system."

David…

"The blues has changed for the good and bad. A lot of the blues today is basically rock blues. The guitar playing is fast and a there is a lot of distortion; for me some of it does not have any feeling."

James Armstrong:…

"Music with a message is getting to young people. That’s powerful. It brings people together and creates a more powerful energy. Just to know you’re not alone in your beliefs and thoughts brings confidence and unity to a movement."

Jennifer Batten: Rock n'…

"The blues allows us to express those deep and poignant feelings without saying a word. Sometimes you have to talk about the darkness before you can let in the light."

Cassie Keenum & Rick Randlett:

Fresh Old…

"The blues are born from struggle, hardship, and pain as well as lust, joy, and freedom. They represent the basic building blocks of the human experience."

Webster Ave: Roots Spectrum

“Daylight” (2017) is…

"Historically, the blues is the working man´s music, rebellious and true. Through blues lyrics, you often hear the writer’s pain and agony described. Still, for me the blues is also about friendship and erasing borders between people."

Eric Slim Zahl: Scandinavian Swing…

"It's (Blues) one of the last true American Art forms still going today."

Joel DaSilva: Everywhere Blues

Joel DaSilva has soul and blues running through his veins. Born in Rockford and raised in Chicago,…

"Any time you write a song, create art, you can speak the truth, you can send a message. I believe if enough of us stand up and say something it will change."

Chickenbone Slim: The Big Beat

Chickenbone…

"Blues is a feeling, that comes from within. That’s why most blues singers sing with there eyes closed. Most lyrics are written about what they are going through or how they feel about life. It sometimes be sad or sometimes happy feelings."

Martha High: The Soul of…