“Music is like a virus you know … it finds things in your head, your heart, your gut … it finds you and takes you for a ride that for a lot of us it’s a ride that just becomes necessary. What would you do without the subway in New York, as bad as that can be. What would you do out raising hogs in the mud and shit without some help with that ride? So you just love it, need it, hell like your mother.”…

“Music evolves, and we're very lucky to have the entire history of recorded music at our fingertips so we can actually see that evolution and we can think about what those names mean.”

Charlie Parr: Folk Blues Poetic Stories

Critically Acclaimed Acoustic Folk Blues musician…

“Blues inspired music is timeless. I truly believe that. Having said this, I also believe when we gate keep a genre or refuse to allow it new veins of inspired sub-genres we keep it limited to a very specific audience.”

Miss Emily: Music is The Medicine

JUNO-nominated and…

“Well, they  say musicians never reaches maturity and that’s probably true …keep a childlike passion at all times!...When I’m looking for musicians to play my songs, what I really want is someone that has a naïve, almost punk, approach to the way they play their instrument but also has a very good technique in their arsenal …and believe me…it’s very hard to find players like this…I’m the only one I…

"I guess that I regret seeing blues get removed from the regional life experiences that created it. I fear that it is and will continue to be more homogenized."

Steve Howell: Jazz Vehicle, Blues Wheels

When Steve Howell first heard Mississippi John Hurt's happy style of fingerpicking country blues in 1965 at the age of thirteen, he…

“Honestly, it's not so much about learning. The blues is the train running through my life, a constant line from my 'year zero' to my final one, with its own hidden and sometimes strange tracks. I'm not forced to get on this train, but every single day, I inevitably do.”

Patrick Moschen:…

“I learned that blues is the truth. I started very young focusing more on music, guitar and technique. Now I am deeply moved by the lyrics. I didn´t know about it but it was all premonitory because the blues talks about life. Blues means a lot to me, it´s my foundation in music, my way to understand the world through music. And luckily it's been my main support for buying food and paying the rent for the past…

“I miss a lot about the older days. I spent quite a few nights playing gigs with Anthony "Packrat" Thompson, who even as a young man, had an old school, respectful approach to performing live blues. I tried to learn from him and other mentors like Noble Watts and Lazy Lester. It is inevitable that times will change and it is natural to reminisce about the good 'ol days, but there is an amazing amount of great new blues talent out there right…

“The Blues has taught me that being sad, being happy or just going through life is an experience worth living. The blues is a feeling which I love as it helps me to express things that occur during life’s journey through song. I have many stories to tell regarding life’s experiences.  To me the best way to express is through music. The music speaks when words might fall short.”…

"The blues means everything to me. I have grown up loving this music and making friends with some of the greatest of blues musicians. Most of life’s lessons have been learned in the context of this music. The greatest life lesson I have learned is to follow your heart and to believe in yourself."

Bob Corritore: Nothin' But The Blues…