"I think that the music is expression for the people and there’s always some kind of a big trend going on, but I think the blues will always be around like jazz and like people that want to play music on their instruments live and I don’t see any problem with it stopping. I think it’s going to keep going and keep going and there’ll always be new people to pick it up and run with it. I think it’s just going to keep going no matter what the fancy trends are…

"Blues is a blank canvas for an artist. There are so many ways to express yourself through blues music."

Steve Strongman: Pushin' Boundaries

Award-winning bluesman Steve Strongman has joined forces with Canada’s Linus Entertainment in a multi-faceted deal that sees the company globally representing his music publishing catalog, the distribution of…

"Music, like other art forms, allows beauty and feeling out into the world. When I play, I want it to be memorable. I’m expressing my inner most feelings."

Reese Wynans: Sweet Soul Feeling

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member and world-renowned Nashville-based keyboardist Reese Wynans released his first-ever solo album Sweet Release (2019),…

"Blues has informed and influenced jazz, rock and roll, soul and pop music. It is in the fabric of almost all musical culture in one way or another."

Colin James: (Blues) Miles To Go

Canadian, Juno award-winning singer-songwriter and renowned blues guitarist Colin James will release his 19th album, Miles to Go, releasing…

"I miss the sense of feeling connected to that larger thing that goes all the way back. It may because we are just naturally losing our revered icons that brought us this far. I may be completely wrong but it seems to me that our young talent could embrace the past and add their contribution to pay the blues forward."

Leon Rodriguez: The (Lone) Star of Music…

"Blues & Jazz have practically defined a whole musical culture in which by the end of the 20th century had become embedded in the mainstream of American society."

The Lucky Losers: Yin & Yang Blues…

"Blues is all about the struggle between what I want to do, and what I end up doing. Good and evil, right and wrong, happiness and pain."

Mike Eldred: Americana Blues Roots…

"Blues has had a cyclical popularity, and we are still waiting for the next artist to rejuvenate it for a mass audience like Stevie did in the 1980's. "

Craig Hopkins: The Lone Star Of Stevie…

"Ironically, I feel that the blues had a more consistent public attraction than it does now. This new ‘Pop’ world could use some more Soul and Blues in it, I feel."

MacINtyre: Slash & Burn Axe

Growing up in…

"It's (Blues) a very potent and primal force inherent to humans and as long as people feel it then it will keep generating new audiences."

Tommy Z: Star-Spangled Blues…

"To me the blues is the foundational music of just about all modern contemporary music today. It’s the original “world” music."

Mike Osborn: Everything Flows

Michael W. Osborn was born in Illinois and…

"As any of us from New Orleans will tell you, it is our freedom of expression and joie de vivre that makes us unique."

Brint Anderson: The Saints' Riffs

More than forty years have passed since Brint…

"The old blues started it all. It is a torch that will always be passed down and will always burn bright."

Joseph James Cannizzo: Caught In The Crossfire 

Singer / songwriter Joseph James…

"The emotion and energy is what connects these musical styles. The best Blues, Soul, and Southern Rock all have these elements in abundance."

Tony Sarno: It's A Blues Thing

Tony Sarno is an American…

"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…

"Blues is an international language. I think we all respect each other whether you're from Canada, the US, the UK ... or Greece!"

David Gogo: Talking with the Blues

As one of Canada's hardest…

"It’s getting harder and harder to find and hear great rock and roll players these days. It’s mostly Rock with no Roll." 

Mike Vernon: Let the Good Times Roll…

"Soul and Blues tells the stories of the heart that everyone can relate to, and those who can play this music reaches deep down into their instruments to bring out sounds that make the soul relate to what the ear is hearing."

Ritzy Lee: Deep Soul…

Chicago Blues All-Stars new album Red, Hot & Blue now available on iTunes :)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/red-hot-blue/id668825124

"The blues is to music like flour is to pizza. You can put whatever layers you want on top but the foundation is still the same."

Jay Willie Blues Band:  Real Not Faking…