"The blues is about dealing with day-to-day life. Good times, bad times, all the in between times. I’ve learned that there’s no escaping your responsibilities. If you deal with “the blues” daily, don’t use drugs/alcohol to escape from them you stand a real good chance of living a productive, long and peaceful life." 

Harvey Brooks: View From The Bottom…

"Well, I really miss it being more commonly treated with the reverence it deserves and within the spirit it is intended. I hope that we can capture the attention of younger generation so they can enjoy it as fully as past generations have."

The Wicked Lo-Down: Out of Line…

"Soul is everything in music, but it is not as attainable without the practice of technique."

Jim Casson: Funky, Fun, and Uplifting

2022 Maple Blues Award Drummer of the Year, Jim Casson (Downchild, The Maple Blues Band, The Hogtown Allstars, Dark Orchard) releases the second album from his musical adventure Davis Hall & The Green…

"Music is life -there is music everywhere, not just in the concert halls with instruments, but on the street corners, and certainly in nature - but you just have to listen for it...With that said, not everyone is cut out to be in the music business as a profession and doing your 'artistic thing' -AND- trying to make money, which is not easy and not for everyone (no matter how talented you are!). Whatever you do--enjoy the music above…

"The impact of music, no matter what, will always be stronger than the impact of anything else. Music breaks down walls. The same two groups hating each other today, will be singing in unison and laughing together at some concert somewhere tomorrow."

Dyer Davis: Dog Bites Back

Dyer Davis is an American singer / guitarist, who is currently working…

"Expression, it’s just individual expression and what’s wonderful when you get a group of individuals who can actually do that together."

Robben Ford: Shambhala Blues Tantra

Robben Ford is one of the premier electric guitarists today, particularly known for his blues playing, as well as his ability to be comfortable in a variety of…

"The Blues and I are the same. My life is the blues and blues is my life. The blues deals with all the basic raw elements of life; good and bad, plain and simple."

Boo Boo Davis: Nothin' But The Blues

He was born and raised in Drew, Mississippi in the heart of Delta. It was the richest cotton land in the South and the large amounts of field…

"One of the most outstanding lessons I have learned in the business is the power of music, especially Blues, to touch people on a very personal and emotional level. Plus, the Power that it has in making and cementing friendships."

Eb Davis: Treasures From The Vault

Ebylee "EB" Davis is an internationally known blues singer. Davis, who not only…

"To me, Jazz is music, and music is a language of the heart. And I think that helps people in so many ways."

Mike Stern: The Sound of Jazz Heart

One of the great jazz guitarists of his generation, Mike Stern has the unique ability to play with the finesse and lyricism of Jim Hall, the driving swing of Wes Montgomery and the turbulent, overdriven…

"That is the great thing about blues...we ALL have awful stuff that happens to us...rich man - poor man - black man - white man - bad times and hard time come to us ALL - and to be a good songwriter for the blues..."

Chris Daniels: The Sound of Kings…

"Most of what’s considered blues today, I don’t regard as blues. It’s mostly blues-rock, or just rock, as far as I see. Blues followers generally seem to like it though so I try to keep opinions to myself, unless it pertains to festival line-ups that repeatedly book electric guitar and harmonica show-boaters."…

"The blues is a very deep, and also many-faceted style of music that can be traced to almost everything (lyrically, melodically or as a feeling) ..."

Lauri Ankerman: Vanhat Juuret, Uudet Näkymät…

"Jazz is an African-based music. You don't have to be African to play it but you must understand the "African" aspects of the music in order to play it the right way. What is great is that Jazz is America's only original art form."

Larry Coryell: The Jazz Vision of…

"I think without music things would have been worse and at the same time I wish that music could connect people even more. "

Mischa den Haring: Acid Blues Groove

BLu ACiD is Mischa den Haring and Jan…

"Blues is not nostalgia, Blues is History, and Blues is Truth."

Andy Cohen: On The Roots Road Again

Andy Cohen is a virtuoso fingerstyle guitarist who has been described as "a walking,…

"It’s such a special thing, many people are not in touch with deep emotions, and the Blues has a way of connecting to those feelings many times without words, it’s an unexplainable thing."

Dave Potter: American Blues Dream…

"My hope is that young people discover all the great music from the world’s cultures and past - that they listen in the best possible environment and start taking music seriously instead of something to be enjoyed in the background."

Steve Katz: Rock-N-Roll…

"Blues is about feelings. It's a natural action from the heart and soul."

Lucious Spiller: Old Roots, Fresh Fruits

During the early 1900’s, Arkansas was a breeding ground for some of the…

"My hopes for the future is that more musicians open themselves up to different styles. I hate buying an album and the entire album sounds like the first song."

Voo Davis: Free Bird Sings The Blues

Born…