Michael Limnios Blues Network's Blog – August 2016 Archive (12)

Q&A with venerable musician Smoky Greenwell - has been working steadily for decades in blues, jazz, and other Louisiana genres

"Blues has multiple meanings. As a music art form, it has a basic, identifiable structure which my ear recognizes. Blues music for me has been a lifelong passion---to develop my style and chops."

Smoky Greenwell: Bluesiana Winds…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 26, 2016 at 11:16am — No Comments

Interview with NYC guitarist Lee Delray, his sound is a direct result of the melting pot in which he grew up

"I miss a lot of the space. Guitar players nowadays have a tendency, present company included, to play too many notes. Albert King did more with 15 notes than anybody ever could with 50 notes."

Lee Delray: Brand New Blues Code…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 23, 2016 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Q&A with legendary guitarist Merrell Fankhauser has led one of the most diverse and interesting careers in music

"Today I think the current U.S. president has hurt the togetherness of races and the political agenda has really made racial tension worse. It may take a long time to heal this wound and realize we are all here together on planet earth and we truly need the Hippy ideal of 'Peace And Love' more now than ever!"…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 23, 2016 at 10:30am — No Comments

Poet, playwright & journalist John Dorsey talks about counterculture, outlaw poetry and the Beat movement

"I think the whole concept of the outlaw or the counterculture is the concept of the outsider and the outsider is very real, that’s their connection, just people that don’t fit in who want to change things, that’s where they meet and are one and the same to a certain extent."

John Dorsey:  Off The…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 22, 2016 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Greek poetess Katerina Koutsogiannopoulos talks about music, poetry, the 60s and her paths to self-knowledge

"There is always hope in poetry and music unless art is disoriented by the needs of the market."

Katerina Koutsogiannopoulos:

The Summer of Love, Peace &…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 22, 2016 at 11:30am — No Comments

Q&A with southern Bluesman, Sammy Blue - The Crown Prince of the Blues from the tradition of the true masters

"Blues music has been the driving force of modern commercial music that was invented by Black Americans. Once it would bring people together now it is very segregated again. Since most things are turned into product in America the Blues is no different."

Sammy Blue: A…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 20, 2016 at 3:53pm — No Comments

Veteran guitarist Arthur 'Arti' Funaro talks about the Blues, Alice Cooper, BB King and The Rhinestones

"There is no Political Correctness going down around it and Black, White, Green, Purple or whatever kind of people that sing and play Blues, we think it’s just a pain in the ass. Shut up and play!"

Arthur 'Arti' Funaro: The Art of Blues…

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Bluesman Michael De Jong talks about Nick Gravenites, Jimmy Reed and the pure honesty of real Blues

"If I could get rid (or change) one thing in the musical world...easy, I would get rid of I-tunes...Spotify...Reverb Nation...and all those other 'electronic' pages."

Michael De Jong: Blues For The People…

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Interview with Norwegian harmonica player Richard Gjems - specializing in acoustic blues, folk and jazz

"The blues as historical specific genre is born out of the Afro-American experience of creating musical hope, wonder and catharsis in a period of extreme racial suppression. That is the roots of the blues and should never be forgotten or under-communicated."

Richard Gjems: Let The Music…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 17, 2016 at 11:25am — No Comments

Q&A with California blues & jazz vocalist Sunny Crownover - will transport you to another place and time

"The blues is color blind and the world should be, too."

Sunny Crownover: All Right Music

Sunny Crownover (Killoran), a California native, is a critically acclaimed blues and jazz vocalist who grew up as…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 10, 2016 at 11:30am — No Comments

Q&A with Crooked Eye Tommy (Tommy & Paddy Marsh) - a musical journey from Blues to Southern Rock

"The music reached across racial boundaries and connected with young white people. This could not have been done by other means. Music is a force for change and the blues has had a huge role in the process here in the US."

Crooked Eye Tommy: Big Blues Men…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 9, 2016 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Interview with poet, editor and publisher Michael Rothenberg, co-founder of 100 Thousand Poets for Change

"Music is also an important window to the political, social and environmental world. It is a reflection and measure of our health as a civilization, an essential tool for growing the mind and healing as is poetry."

Michael Rothenberg: The Poet Of…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 8, 2016 at 11:30am — No Comments

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