“What scares me about the future of music is actually what scares me about the future of humanity in general: losing our connection to reality, drifting toward something completely superficial, a world that becomes as sanitized as the music it consumes. For me, the blues is a remedy to all of that. It’s raw, human, imperfect, and real. It’s everything I hope we don’t lose.”

Elise…

“I think that to make the blues more popular today, a musician needs to blend it with other musical styles, so that more people can relate to it. He can also write about universal or modern themes — subjects that people can identify with. That’s how you keep the blues alive and relevant.”

Enzo…

“The Blues will never die as long as we will need to exorcise our demons, daily struggles, heartbreak, or despair. Still, music won’t change the world—it just allows us to create parentheses, moments of peace, in a very troubled world. “

Manu Lanvin: Man On A Mission

Singer, guitarist,…

“love that music brings people together. At our concerts, all social, professional, and cultural categories mingle. I just want people to feel good and leave happy, with a desire to accomplish things they once thought were impossible. There are no borders; we are one.”

Gaëlle Buswel: New Blues Rock…

"Musicians of today are very strong at technique, it's incredible, but it sometimes lacks personality... Concerning the guitar skills/technique, it's just a tool for me. The most important thing is emotion. Music is a language, and what is important is what you say, more than how you say it..."

Phil Vermont: A Modern Blues Trip

The music of Phil…

"I admire artists who use their music to spread a message to society when that message is positive or denouncing injustice. I think music should be used to get people closer together, regardless of political opinions, social status, different generations etc, etc..."

Frenchie Moe: NOLA Soul Full Tonight…

"I believe music, along with all the other forms of art, has a very important social role. Even the worst leaders in the world acknowledge that mankind needs more than just food and shelter. But I hope that people won’t forget that it’s not just about looking or listening, but also about sharing and celebrating. The party is what gives art a real purpose I reckon. You can’t fully experience music through a screen. It needs to be live to really understand…

"African American music in general is made for dancing and sharing feelings, it gives a great feel of empowerment to the listeners as well as the players and this is what we all need! We love the «feel good» messages, we also love how deep and moving it can go too, we love how everybody can rely on this music, how anybody can join in for a jam, how we can all let ourselves go and dance instinctively on this music…"…

"Blues music is enormously diverse, has gone through a century of change & development & will continue to change. The impact of the blues has and will continue to shift. On a simple level, the music brings people together, makes them equal, removes barriers & differences. That'll do for me!"

Paul Cowley: On The Blues Highway 

The…

"Think of all the music you listen to nowadays, you wouldn’t have it without the blues. Blues is the foundation of music. Those people needed an outlet to let out the extreme emotion they were feeling and the result was the Blues. It’s so important in history and touches the soul. It’ll fall thin but it’ll never truly die."

The International Crossroads Project:…

"My feeling is that the Blues should make people aware of the oppression and inequalities that people suffered in the past, and still do to this day. These are the things that gave birth to this music and should be talked about in an open and honest manner and we should be working for solutions and not brushing these issues under the carpet..."

Dik Banovich: Run Back To The…

"The blues is a music of sharing that we play with our guts or that we listen to with this feeling that touches us deep inside. The blues creates emotions and therefore when you feel them with several people, it inevitably creates strong links. Obviously, blues is a music that brings people together."

Same Player Shoot Again: King Blues

In 2018,…

"Honestly, I don't know much about jazz specifically but about music in general, I would say creating happiness, a feeling of human closeness, a positive and generous energy, a certain form of spirituality ..."

Renaud Garcia-Fons: Music Visions

Renaud Garcia-Fons was born in 1962 near Paris to parents from the Catalonia region of northeastern…

"I think the people who love Blues and Jazz in Europe are really in love with the music, the feeling and improvisation, and the story behind it is just a background for them."

Amaury Faivre: Je Souis Blues

French bluesman, Amaury Faivre is a singer, a guitarist, and, above all, a brilliant harmonica player. Amaury is an…

"I think music is a great way of helping people be a part of their group’s place in the world, and also understand the place of other groups as well. Creating bonds between nations is a wonderful ability of music and I wish it were more widespread."

John McLean & Charles Barkatz:

The Beauty of…

"The Blues is bound to the slavery, the segregation, these musicians evolved in inhuman living conditions, the White had power of life and death over this Afro-American population, How many lynchings for a badly put look or a word of fault."

Jacques "Black…

"The simplest solution is often the best solution. The blues is my connection to what really makes me tick."

John Weeks: Groovin' Everywhere

John Weeks was born in France and got a lot of…

"The blues is the best way to express myself."

Rivherside: Without Limits

After playing for many years in different blues bands, Renaud Villet, a singer/guitarist/producer based in Clermont-Ferrand,…

"Blues and Rock music is still the only things that bring people, cultures there is no real racism in the music."

Marko Balland: Rock Blues Experience

From French blues harmonica player,…

"The blues is timeless when you hear a classic it's as fresh as the first time you heard it – it still is a feeling, an experience. It's also an expression of the moment through improvisation."

Bruce Stringkiller: Monsieur Feelgood …