"The Blues means there is a way to not only tell a story, but also to convey those emotions that can only be achieved with the use of notes."

Bobby Flurie: Music Eclectic Kaleidoscope 

Bobby Flurie was born in New York City, grew up in the Baltimore Washington D.C. area, and became a guitar fanatic at age 16, playing some of his first gigs in…

"It’s always the People who decide on the shock music has in our everyday lifestyle. Today it’s impact is with rap and dance: “let’s get loose man…tomorrow may not be there again”. The music is much more physical than cerebral. The body is rolling loose. Sex is the epicenter. I would like to hear a fairer repartition of both."

Nirvana: The Music Bliss of Mind &…

"Music has - perhaps most of all arts - the ability to touch you unconsciously. You don't have to understand it, you don't have to analyze it, and yet it penetrates into your inner being."

Banging Colours: Imaginative Brain Music

The year 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. On this occasion, many rare finds from the London…

"The Arts are not a decoration. They are not to follow the understanding of political curves. The Arts are hear to inform the body politic—-to inform as well as entertain—and to resist authority if it doesn’t stand inspection."

Van Dyke Parks: Make The World More Beautiful

Van Dyke Parks established a recording career as artist,…

"Blues has been a guiding force in my life and without it I don’t know what would have happened to me."

Lowell Levinger: Down To The Roots

Celebrating the 55th anniversary of the founding of The Youngbloods, at age 75, Lowell Levinger (aka Banana from the Youngbloods) is still rocking, playing and singing better than ever. Penning his own…

"I've learned that if you focus on music as a craft, you have a better chance to have real art happen to you."

Bill Champlin: The Son of Rock n' Roll

Bill Champlin’s musical career began in 1961 when he formed a band called the Opposite Six. A year later he began writing music. After forming the Sons of Champlin in 1967 he focused his songwriting…

"I’d say that the world is round; we all breathe the same air; people who have less can be nicer than people who have a lot and...if you look around you can always find something good to eat and something really good to listen to..."

Peter Kaukonen: World Music Traveler

Peter Kaukonen, San Francisco Bay Area guitarist, has played, toured, and…

"COMPASSION FOR OTHERS AND EMBRACE OUR DIFFERENCES is my wish for now and beyond."

Ann Cohen: The Artist of Compassion

Counterculture activist and painter Ann Cohen talks about ORACLE and her memories…

"There is always hope in poetry and music unless art is disoriented by the needs of the market."

Katerina Koutsogiannopoulos:

The Summer of Love, Peace &…

"I think what I miss most is the “spirit” of the post war 1960's. It was an exciting time. A time of discovery, discovering the Blues and hearing great American music for the first time. I guess that for me there's nothing new or exciting anymore."

Terry Clemson: TNT Rock n'…

"The Hippie Movement and 1960s music had an enormous influence on civil rights and human rights issues."

Adam Wojtanek: Peace & Love

Adam Wojtanek is an American songwriter, musician, guitarist, world…

"Is for 'counterculture'. I right clicked on it and the example given was: 'the idealists of the sixties'. I suppose they could have said: 'the nihilists of the seventies'."

Peter Kraemer: Originality Of Art…

"Writing itself is a form of self-therapy, sometimes unearthing some deep issues from your subconscious ...as for the blues, that’s a strong emotion to work with, to express through music life's frustrations and pains."

Phil May: The Pretty Things of…

"I believe the blues has been a tremendous racial healing force worldwide."

Buddy Reed: Gutbucket & Pure Blues

Ivan Elmo "Buddy" Reed got his start playing the blues in San Bernardino, California in…

"If I could change anything it would be reducing the onslaught of overproduced cookycutter meaningless garbage on the radio."

FARM: Going Up The Country Blues

Farm was a late '60s band from…

"The rock and roll world is full of distractions. What I learned was to just focus on the music and forget the other crap. It’s all about the music."

Michael Stuart-Ware: Rock n' Roll Carousel…

"My hope for the future is that the music will take first place over the technology again. These days, the technology seems to control and influence the music too."

Preston Ritter: The Beat Of Storyteller (R.I.P) You will be sorely missed…

"Nowadays, every other person is a musician and the standards are so much higher. Yet that has not necessarily translated into more exciting musical experiences."

Antion: Vic Briggs' Rock n' Roll Echos…

"The Record Labels should allow the Artists and writers the freedom, time and room to grow; make them feel secure while they find their inner core."

P. F. Sloan: Let Me Be (In Life & Music)!…

"Love what you do & Do what you Love...and always do the very Best that you can...Be the Best You!!"

Good Girls Go to Heaven, …