"The music that the blues and the country are aboriginality. Therefore we have the scene which I cannot understand, but think that a blues-rock is world music. I believe it with world common language."

Kunio Kishida: Rising Sun's Axeman…

"I think that everybody, at some time, feels lonely, desperate, hopeless, ashamed, and unexplainably angry. The blues is taking those experiences, weaving them to a melody, a lyric, an improvisation, and relieving yourself of that pain."

Giles Corey: Polyphonic Sounds In…

R.I.P Bobby Parker

Blues icon, guitar legend, Bobby Parker passed last night 31 Oct 13.

Bobby Parker was born August 31, 1937, Lafayette, Louisiana. He was best known for his 1961 song, "Watch…

"We wouldn't have Rock 'n' Roll, Heavy Rock, Metal or many other similar genres of music if it wasn't for the Blues."

Bob Daisley: The Hoochie Coochie Man…

"Blues was always about self expression and storytelling through music and I believe all music does that to some degree, so all music has the Blues in it."

King Pug: Rock-A-Rolla Blues…

"Learn to listen to yourself as you speak, most people don’t. Then learn to listen to others. Feel your feet mentally when in stressful situations, it can calm you, especially when you have stage freight."

Mac Gayden: The American…

"It isn’t heard as much as popular music and it comes from the soul. And if you don’t like the blues you have a hole in your soul."

The Bad Hands: New Roots Blues Band

The Bad Hands is a…

"Rockabilly, blues, country, these are the foundation of American music and everybody knows you can’t have a house without a good foundation."

Tony Balbinot: Angelically Visions

Tony…

“Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.”  -- Lou Reed

Lou Reed on the other side

(BBC) US musician…

"Writing is one way of documenting my actual experience—the content and sensations of my life, including my mental life, my emotional life, my physical surroundings, everything I become aware of."

Randy Roark: True sounds from a poet…

"Blues in to-day’s musical climate has a small existence, its followers the devoted few. The young generation doesn’t find it appealing. For it to survive you need young musicians connecting with their own generation."

Mākuini: Blues Waves In Pacific…

"The blues means a lot. It’s much more than music. It’s a philosophy a way of life, a way to handle challenges in life."

The Blues Overdrive: Danish Blues Roads 

The Blues Overdrive is regarded…

"Blues music deals with universal themes – it’ll console you when you’re sad, and make you dance when you’re happy. That appeals to everyone."

Rod Kennard: Dance with the Devils

The River Devils…

"The blues were born where people 'had it rough', just to put it simply and I think it is a music genre that really reflects someone's personal sensitivity in a pretty direct way."

Myles Therron: Through Blues Feelin'…

"Blues Music speaks the truth...you can't lie...it’s something deep, something can catch the crowd easily with genuine emotions." 

Luca Giordano: New Blues Ceasar

Luca Giordano was born…

"Although seeing appearances as illusion, there is joy, there is delight, there are the blues."

Peter Rowan: Blue(s)grass Sutra

Grammy-award winner and six-time Grammy nominee,…

"Real blues died with Muddy and Wolf and Sonny Boy and J.B. Lenoir and the like. The real testament to its power is that it still informs so much music today."

Bill Sheffield: Beyond the boundaries…

"There's more equality of the genders and races. Racism is not extinct but it's definitely not acceptable anymore. Unfortunately, the environment is going to hell."

Eric Burdon: The Healer of Truth…

"I miss most about the Beat family was their willingness to open their houses and lives to us, the next generation’s poets. It was an inspiration to meet people who were artists and that was enough and every conversation was between poets."

Randy Roark: The Lotus of the…

"If blues came from racism and prejiduce and hard living and struggles, yes it’s still alive in America and the rest of the world. And any person of any race can experience it and project it through their music."

Mike Gallemore: The Blues Hands…