"My music is the aura of where I am at physically, emotionally and what makes me happy and satisfied. It’s enjoyable and intoxicating to create. The ultimate creation can be relaxing or energizing, enlightening, enriching, an awakening and always rewarding. That’s the main meaning and goal of my life in music."

Sam Morrison: Whatever... Jazz Sutra…

"Soul is the essence of all great music. Blues music is particularly soulful expression of all human emotions. That is why it is universally loved. People can find joy, sadness, hope, and it helps with the human condition to express these emotions."

Mitch Woods: Friends Along the Way

San Francisco Bay Area roots keyboard wizard Mitch Woods…

"The impact of music on literature is simple: to have a great song you always need two main ingredients, words and music. You can’t have one without the other. The relationship to music to socio-cultural is a much bigger topic, possibly even a book."

Paul Charles: Literary Notes &…

"It’s the message, the feeling, and the emotion that pulls it all together. Good music no matter what kind is the glue that ties people together and make them feel."

I. J. Ganem: Oklahoma Harmonies

Performing music from the…

"I miss the innocent enthusiastic way that early rock and roll was played. The music nowadays is all hyped up and just business like Joe Bonamassa for instance."

Rod Demick: The Blues Therapy …

"The Blues is always an opportunity…to try to make things better, or to try to make other people happier, or to appreciate things that we all often take for granted."

Dr. Izzy Band: Bluesrocana Vision …

"The blues can be bittersweet; a mix of sadness, longing, and happy memories too, all at the same time."

Cindy Cashdollar: Slide On The Roots

Austin-based Dobro and steel…

"Blues music expresses our deepest feelings which can be complete joy or utter disappointment and sadness."

Alice Stuart: An American treasure…

"Music teaches you a flow and a rhythm to life,...but, you must be receiving of that lesson."

Gary Mallaber: The Wizard of Rhythm !!

Gary Mallaber was born in Buffalo, NY and began taking music lessons at age 6, attending PS #45 and then…

"The music business hasn’t changed much.  Manager’s still look for artists for a free ride."

Jim Armstrong: Blues straight from the heart

Armstrong's musical career started while he…

"Music gives me strength, belief, humor, all these emotions."

Eric Bell: The music is sacred

As a founding member of Thin Lizzy, Eric…

"Music is for me the ultimate form of expression which can inspire others and change our moods."

Peter Donegan & The Lonnie Donegan Band …