"The lyrics and the sounds of the blues are very close to the root of music – pure spirit. This is an eternal truth, and will always have power as a result. Spirit is everywhere and inside of everything!"

Yazan: Bluesedelic Folk Vertigo…

"My fear is that we’ve screwed up our environment so badly, that we have done irreversible damage to our planet, and we are headed for unsustainable and unlivable status on Earth." 

Pamela Polland: A Spiritual…

"Hopefully, we will see another music revolution soon, as it is nearly impossible for the Indie musician to keep re-inventing himself for the sake of survival."

Vicki Welch Ayo: Notes from Houston

The…

"The most important experiences are the ones where I have learnt something new...not necessarily music either. Knowledge comes from experiences you live through and you can channel that into music."

Mike Cooper: Sliding around the world…

"I learned that I knew when the blues music I made was right, or correct, and I could recognize the Truth of the Blues."

Ezra Charles: Burnin' Rockets 88

Ezra Charles…

"When I take a good picture, it’s a very satisfying feeling and I feel that my efforts have paid off."

Indra B. Tamang: 

The…

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James Lewis Carter "T-Model" Ford, a hard-living blues singer who taught himself to play…

"The writers, poets, dancers, and painters, all contribute to the overall development and continuity of the cultural artistic community by way of media that are all mutually complementary."

Shad Harris: Keep it Simple and Groove!…

"I think the creativity is what I miss. Everything today is so pre-fabricated, pre-packaged, market tested and made for commercials to sell other products. The blues will always exist."

Sterling Koch: The Ruler of Slide…

"Blues can be a great unifier, and a great equalizer. Age, race, religion, it doesn’t matter, it’s all about soul."

Jeff  Jensen: The Blues Reality

Growing up listening to 50’s, 60’s and 70’s Rock-N-Roll,…

"All blues is real. Either Real good, or Real bad. You have to have lived it to feel it. And, if you do feel it, the people will accept it."

Wingnut Adams: Feel The Groove

Honored by The…

"I think blues music continues to generate a following because of its simple direct route to life. Popular music will go out of fashion by nature. Blues will remain connected to reality."

Lloyd Jones: Funky & storytelling…

My mom, made me a needle point, which says:“For Heights and Depths No Words May Reach, Music is the Soul’s Own Speech”. I love that, and I think it says it all.

Cathy Ponton King: Tough & Tender Blues…

"According to researchers, blues music is listened to mainly by people in their 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s and we don’t have a strong younger audience and I am fearful that the blues audience won’t 're-generate' itself fully."

Brandon Santini: Memphis Breath…

"Blues is both the natural and the spiritual element from which the musical expressions burst forth."

The Planetary Blues Band:

A Journey to the Blues…

"Outlaw is about bringing something new to the word, the poem, the lyric, or the music. Robert Johnson was an outlaw because of what he invented."

Tony Moffeit: Shaman of Outlaw's Tribe

Tony…

"I think that it is because this music (Blues / Jazz) is generally “real, no frill”, and honest, it has no age or demographic barriers."

Mungo Jerry: King of the Groove

Mungo Jerry is a British rock group whose greatest…

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"It all began with the blues - a very simple, beautiful art form. Sometimes you need to go back to that well of ideas to find new ways to interpret this original style of music." 

Lookin' For Trouble: L.A. Troublemakers…

"Acid Pop Rock is a modern term. It came from a lack of a better term. Fusion is a closer description of the times…but that term didn’t exist either. Progressive was more a kin to what we were thinking."

George Bunnell: Republic of Strawberry Alarm Clock…