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Interview with Nigerian musician Ras Smaila - A Kosmic trip between Africa, West Indies and Europe

"Afro music is too vague a term. For there is as many styles as there is stars in the sky."

Ras Smaila: The Soul of Mama Africa

A cross over between Jimi Hendrix, James Brown and Fela Anikulapo Kuti all…

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Interview with Aristotle Georgio an accomplished blues harp player and seasoned veteran of the road

"I’m still broke. No money, No mom, No lover. That’s what the Blues 'is'; its life and love and loss; it’s the sound of music that resonates from a hungry soul."

Aristotle Georgio: Music is psalms, it’s sacred…

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Interview with Brazilian guitarist Carlos Café, plays the blues with knowledge from his own experiences

"The Blues is the quintessence of everything good. It could travel for the whole galaxy."

Carlos Café: Ο Carioca de Blues

Carlos Café is a Brazilian Blues Rock guitarist, composer, arranger…

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Interview with bluesman Walter Parks an artist with deeply music background and genuine personality

"The blues expresses ubiquitous and perpetual unfortunate human condition. There is great blues music being made today."

Walter Parks: A Rare Lotus in Swamp

Veteran blues and jazz guitarist…

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North Carolina singer Shelia Grady Carlisle talks about the Blues, Arhooly, B.B. King and the hippie era

"I learned that I could express myself more effectively through singing blues...the passion and intensity allows me to forget about people or an 'audience' and rare back and let the music Gods speak through me."

Shelia Grady Carlisle:…

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Greek origin guitarist/singer/songwriter John Patelis talks about the Blues in Greece, Canada and USA

"If there's one thing I miss (in actuality two), it's the honesty and simplicity of music from back in the day. Fear of the annihilation of the true source of sound and the essence of music."

John Patelis: The Blues is Alright…

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Interview with bluesman Bobby “Hurricane” Spencer, a living legend of chitlin' circuit for over for 4 decades

"Blues helps me live with myself – with my strengths and weaknesses, successes and failures, marriages and divorces. It has been a constant that has given me strength to keep on going and live life with gusto."

Bobby “Hurricane” Spencer: The…

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An Interview with drummer Andrew Campanelli of The Revivalists: New Orleans, The City of Sound

"Soul, to me, is the connection between all forms of music. The Blues is a feeling that comes from the soul and is expressed in a certain way."

Andrew Campanelli: The Revivalist

Revivalists drummer…

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Veteran guitarist Leigh Stephens talks about Blue Cheer, Rock n' Roll culture and Haight-Ashbury era

"It (Rock n' Roll) is no longer a culture. It is a business. There is real rock out there but mainstream audiences don’t get to hear it."

Leigh Stephens: The Melody of Falcons…

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Texas musician Neal Black talks about Jimmy Dawkins, SRV, Johnny Copeland, and his music travels

"The Blues from the past is still with us and that's a good thing, the future of music is going to be fine, people will always need and want real music even if it's not the most popular thing on the radio & TV."

Neal Black: The Healer of Lone Star…

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Interview with newest funky diva Queenie McCarter, a growing and notable presence in the blues world

"The blues continues to generate a following because after a while no matter how lucky a person is in life or how privileged their existence; they will experience hurt and pain and seek a remedy to fix it."

Queenie McCarter: Her Majesty of Blues…

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Interview with musician/writer John Dummer - one of the most exciting drummers of Brit blues boom of 60s

"The music industry has changed the same as everything else. But it's heartwarming when something comes off the street completely apart from the business."

John Dummer: La Vie Est Belle…

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Interview with fabulous Lady Bianca one of the most creative and talented women in the Blues field today

"I fear those days are gone and a new sound has changed the flavor of blues."

Lady Bianca: The Queen of Bay Area

Lady Bianca is one of the most creative and talented women in the Blues…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on December 30, 2013 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Interview with Greek avant-garde artist Jazza SLam, his project contains a condensed history of humanity

"I immediately felt what only the soul knows; that 12 bars are enough to make love, life and death arrange in a game of pleasure that aims in revealing the inner path to a man's soul."

Jazza SLam: The Liberation of Mind…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on December 29, 2013 at 12:00am — No Comments

Interview with Dr. Jim Brewer of Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame - The Birthplace of America’s Music

"Mississippi is the birthplace of America's music. That music is known the world over."

Dr. Jim Brewer:

Greetings from Mississippi…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on December 28, 2013 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Interview with American saxophonist Bob Sands and Spanish singer Marina Ferrer, a soulful music team

"I’m a hopeless nostalgic and I really would love that jazz and blues was just mainstream music, like it used to be in a pretty big part of the Occidental world." 

Bob Sands & Marina Ferrer:…

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Multidimensional musician Ira Ingber talks about Capt.Beefheart, Canned Heat, Dylan and Lowell George

"The blues can be an emotional doorway for self-discovery, and for expression of that which often defies conventional language."

Ira Ingber: Music Flavored Fiction(s)…

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Interview with virtuoso of harmonica Peter Madcat Ruth, one of the most versatile musicians in the world

"The harmonica is directly connected to the breath. Of all the instruments, Harmonica is the closest to the human voice. Muddy Waters called the harmonica 'The Mother of the Band'."

Peter Madcat Ruth: American Roots Music Passion…

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Interview with Hungarian rock n' roll artist Szibilla, a talented painter, poetess, musician and journalist

"Music connects the people, like stars on the sky are connected by the universe."

Szibilla: Rock n' Roll Oracles

Szibilla was born Bakó Margit Szibilla in Szeged, Hungary is a painter,…

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Interview with Florida virtuosity Ellie Lee an exciting rockin’ blues band with a powerful on stage performance

"Everybody gets the blues. The blues is nothing but relationships between men and women."

Ellie Lee & The Blues Fury: US Blues

Winner of numerous awards, Ellie Lee is an…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on December 23, 2013 at 5:26pm — No Comments

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