"The blues is a gift that African Americans gave to American music. The blues was always there at the heart of everything, but it wasn’t expresses with such feeling."

Rusty Ends: Hillbilly Hoo Doo Blues

Rusty Ends is the real deal, a true link between the rock and blues of the 50’s and 60’s and the 21st century. Rusty learned his craft as a…

"The message is immediately accessible in heart and soul. So, I think the music that was being created that addressed these issues was had a huge impact on the thinking of that generation and deeply motivated activism and getting involved to go down and go on civil rights marches in the south and protest the Vietnam War and everything since."

Maria Muldaur:…

“Music is magical, it can perform miracles. It can provoke feelings such as happiness and sadness. For instance, I have seen demented people not able to communicate verbally react to music. Music is the only tool that can join people across cultures, religions and language barriers.”

Vigdis & Blå Tråd: Rainbow's Blues…

"The blues is more than music, it’s a document of survival, resistance, and resilience. It tells the story of people who were never supposed to make it, yet did, with soul intact. It carries history in every bend of the note. I want the music to remind people of their strength, their humanity, and their right to feel deeply."

Harrell “Young Rell” Davenport:…

“Try to treat everyone with respect. Music can be the great unifier. Teach those who want to learn. Never think you are the best, continue to improve, never think you know it all.”

Jimi Bott: Feeling the Beat & Rhythm

Jimi Bott is an award winning blues drummer, recognized across the globe as one…

"My inner life is the source that determines how I write about what I am experiencing. What influences me is everything that I experience. By this I mean from love and friendship to politics, the working world from tech to traffic to social media, rain walking, etc."

Fred Hostetler: Blues Back Pages

Fred Hostetler is an indie artist, American…

"It’s time to all join hands. We’ve got to live together. It’s time to stand up united as one through the hard times and stormy weather. I say hey, hey, the Blues is all right!"

Forrest McDonald: Songs From My Soul

Award-winning singer, songwriter, guitarist Forrest McDonald has been performing and recording earthshaking,…

“I believe both visual art and music have helped expand my understanding of the world. The arts allow me to enjoy and experience other cultures. I’m able to see what’s available for me as an artist. I don’t look at art from one culture as being superior to another, they’re just different. They all have much to teach me.”…

“Though by no means the most popular music, blues and jazz has continued to stand the tests of time and evolve in amazing ways, I believe it will continue to do so. For my own part, my hope is that my music touches people and gives them something that moves them and is lasting in their minds. I hope they listen to it not in passing but with depth, to take in all the passion, nuance and tones of what is played."…

”Perhaps what I miss the most is ORIGINALITY. This is nobody's fault... it is just very difficult to produce original acts/sounds. Having said that.... artists need only be themselves... and they will attract folks that are similar in tastes.”

Eric Adams Wilson: Losing Ground…

“Most of what is called the blues today has much more to do with the legacy of rock and roll than it does with the history of the blues. I'm not bitter about that. It just makes me appreciate the real blues I grew up with all the more.”

Kim Field: The Perfect Blues Gentleman…

“Texas blues is part of the truth. The truth in music blues is truth blues inspires blues history blues, and sadness. Blues is love blues is an ongoing story.”

Gary Myrick: Rock n’ Roll Lone (Blues) Star

Gary Myrick's journey as a musician began in the honky-tonks of Texas, where he first melded his rock roots…

"Life is the meaning of life, we can meditate but we have to eat and shit sometimes, so keep it simple."

Nicko Christiansen: Yin - Yang Blues

Nicko Christiansen was born in 1950 in the Hague at the seaside of West Holland. He started to accompany himself on the guitar, mainly songs of Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Bill Haley when he was eleven.…

“The blues has shown me a way to express myself in a better way than just talking to someone. The blues is life; it's waking up and facing what the world hands you, and you are able to handle it and come back home and live to see another day.”

D.K. Harrell: Talkin’ About the Blues…

“Be yourself, be yourself, and be yourself. It is really important to have references as we grow and study our craft, but at some point, we need to throw all that in the blender and let our soul come out of it.”

Eddie Pimentel: One (Blues) Way Home

Encouraged to move to Los Angeles by Tim Carmon, Brazilian…

"Don’t ask, don’t get! Be confident, have a strong work ethic and balance your time with friends and family. Be around positive like-minded people and always keep learning."

Simon Kinny-Lewis: Down Under King

Australian blues artist Simon Kinny-Lewis has performed/recorded with the cream of the blues crop including Robben Ford, Chris Cain, Josh…

“Music is one of the last magics. It cuts through everything to bring people together that’s a powerful thing. It can also immediately change a single person's day. That’s a pretty amazing thing.”

Chan Kinchla: The Blues (Guitar) Traveler 

Chandler Kinchla, better known as Chan Kinchla, is a…

“Blues is the absolute root of so many styles of music, from Rock to Jazz to Soul to Heavy Metal's roots in England with Black Sabbath. It's like the base of a big tree, branching out in all directions. So many of the great artists of Electric Blues have left us, and I don't want that great music to die with them.”

Lisa Mann: The…

"One of the most important lessons I have learnt is to keep everything simple on and off the stage!"

Kevin Morris: Let The Dr. Feelgood Roll

Formed on Canvey Island in Essex in the early 1970s Dr. Feelgood remains one of the most popular and exciting live rhythm and blues acts in the world. The raw and uncompromising style of their…

“Black American music has such a rich legacy that has been appropriated over and over again without giving many of the originators their due credit and compensation. There has been more effort to enlighten the world to this awful reality, but there is still more work to be done. It continues to generate a devoted following because its authenticity and brilliance cannot be denied.”…