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Author Vicki Welch Ayo talks about her book Boys From Houston, 60s music scene & Lone Star's bands

"Hopefully, we will see another music revolution soon, as it is nearly impossible for the Indie musician to keep re-inventing himself for the sake of survival."

Vicki Welch Ayo: Notes from Houston

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on July 21, 2013 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Μultinational artist Mike Cooper talks about the lap steel guitar, British Blues, Alexis Korner & Rembetika

"The most important experiences are the ones where I have learnt something new...not necessarily music either. Knowledge comes from experiences you live through and you can channel that into music."

Mike Cooper: Sliding around the world…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on July 20, 2013 at 6:03pm — No Comments

Blues master Ezra Charles talks about Leon Russell, Lightnin' Hopkins, Stones and Professor Longhair

"I learned that I knew when the blues music I made was right, or correct, and I could recognize the Truth of the Blues."

Ezra Charles: Burnin' Rockets 88

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on July 18, 2013 at 7:02pm — No Comments

Photographer Indra Tamang talks about Charles Henri Ford & Ruth Ford, Ira Cohen, Greece and Nepal

"When I take a good picture, it’s a very satisfying feeling and I feel that my efforts have paid off."

Indra B. Tamang: 

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on July 17, 2013 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Hard-living, old-school blues guitarist and singer ‘T-Model’ Ford dies at home in Mississippi

R.I.P. Taildragger T-Model Ford

James Lewis Carter Ford (1924 – 2013)

James Lewis Carter "T-Model" Ford, a hard-living blues singer who taught himself to play…

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Versatile bluesman Shad Harris talks about the legacy and magic of Blues, Etta James and Amiri Baraka

"The writers, poets, dancers, and painters, all contribute to the overall development and continuity of the cultural artistic community by way of media that are all mutually complementary."

Shad Harris: Keep it Simple and Groove!…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on July 15, 2013 at 11:16pm — No Comments

Lap steel guitarist Sterling Koch talks about the truth of blues, Kim Simmonds and Campbell Brothers

"I think the creativity is what I miss. Everything today is so pre-fabricated, pre-packaged, market tested and made for commercials to sell other products. The blues will always exist."

Sterling Koch: The Ruler of Slide…

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An Interview with Memphis-based Jeff Jensen -- The real face of a genuine bluesman beyond of music

"Blues can be a great unifier, and a great equalizer. Age, race, religion, it doesn’t matter, it’s all about soul."

Jeff  Jensen: The Blues Reality

Growing up listening to 50’s, 60’s and 70’s Rock-N-Roll,…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on July 14, 2013 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Interview with harmonicist Wingnut Adams, a bluesman who delivers the Blues and captures heart & soul

"All blues is real. Either Real good, or Real bad. You have to have lived it to feel it. And, if you do feel it, the people will accept it."

Wingnut Adams: Feel The Groove

Honored by The…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on July 12, 2013 at 11:55am — No Comments

Interview with Portland artist Lloyd Jones, the best-kept secret on the blues / roots / Americana scene

"I think blues music continues to generate a following because of its simple direct route to life. Popular music will go out of fashion by nature. Blues will remain connected to reality."

Lloyd Jones: Funky & storytelling…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on July 11, 2013 at 12:04pm — No Comments

VA-based singer/guitarist Cathy Ponton King talks about her experiences and friends in the Blues world

My mom, made me a needle point, which says:“For Heights and Depths No Words May Reach, Music is the Soul’s Own Speech”. I love that, and I think it says it all.

Cathy Ponton King: Tough & Tender Blues…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on July 8, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Interview with Memphis harpman Brandon Santini, a worthy artist to keep the blues alive the next decades

"According to researchers, blues music is listened to mainly by people in their 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s and we don’t have a strong younger audience and I am fearful that the blues audience won’t 're-generate' itself fully."

Brandon Santini: Memphis Breath…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on July 7, 2013 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Interview with The Planetary Blues Band - start from the blues and expandings into the musical universe

"Blues is both the natural and the spiritual element from which the musical expressions burst forth."

The Planetary Blues Band:

A Journey to the Blues…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on July 3, 2013 at 6:35pm — No Comments

Blues poet & artist Tony Moffeit, co-founder of Outlaw Poetry Movement talks about the Outlaw Tribe

"Outlaw is about bringing something new to the word, the poem, the lyric, or the music. Robert Johnson was an outlaw because of what he invented."

Tony Moffeit: Shaman of Outlaw's Tribe

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on July 1, 2013 at 12:00am — No Comments

An Interview with Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry, the most startling phenomenon to hit UK since The Beatles

"I think that it is because this music (Blues / Jazz) is generally “real, no frill”, and honest, it has no age or demographic barriers."

Mungo Jerry: King of the Groove

Mungo Jerry is a British rock group whose greatest…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on June 30, 2013 at 8:10pm — No Comments

Dani Wilde

Dani has a new single called "Loving You". It's an excellent track. Watch the video and buy it from I-tunes.

Added by Riku Rassi on June 30, 2013 at 7:05pm — No Comments

Interview with Lookin' For Trouble: Uniquely done classic blues, rocking blues, rockabilly, and soul

"It all began with the blues - a very simple, beautiful art form. Sometimes you need to go back to that well of ideas to find new ways to interpret this original style of music." 

Lookin' For Trouble: L.A. Troublemakers…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on June 30, 2013 at 6:02pm — No Comments

Bassman / songwriter George Bunnell of Strawberry Alarm Clock talks about Progressive era of 60s

"Acid Pop Rock is a modern term. It came from a lack of a better term. Fusion is a closer description of the times…but that term didn’t exist either. Progressive was more a kin to what we were thinking."

George Bunnell: Republic of Strawberry Alarm Clock…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on June 29, 2013 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Washington-based saxophonist Scott Ramminger talks about his experiences in music and New Orleans

"The blues evolved from field chants and very basic music. There is a real primitive element at its core. That give it a universal quality. I think the blues will always be around."

Scott Ramminger: Breathing of New Orleans…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on June 29, 2013 at 3:53pm — No Comments

Greek Blues Scene: An Interview with Rebetoven - The Blues has a brother and call him Rembetiko

"Both blues and rembetiko are ideas and way of life coming out of real people’s experience! Experience coming out the 'hard way'. Blues and rembetiko are the direct approach of interpreting and expressing your feelings."

Rebetoven: Standing at the…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on June 28, 2013 at 7:00pm — No Comments

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