"To me, if it makes you go "ow" it's the blues....whatever the musical context..."

Deanna Bogart: Blusion

When it comes to Deanna Bogart, everyone wants to claim her as their own - her hometown, her fans, her fellow…

"The Blues means let it all hang out…let yourself go but "respect the music" in music everyone has a place to be. Know your place."

Lawrence Shy Gladney: Personal Bluesman

"Shy" is…

"You’ve got to have had experience, ups and downs, for me it’s from getting bi-polar disorder and it put me out of the circuit."

Dave Murphy: Yes that’s the Blues

Dave Murphy is a finger-style,…

"The blues is the music that fired up rock'n'roll and is the music that I naturally return to when I'm sick of everything else."

Lemmy Kilmister…

"I believe that going through “hard times” in your life gives you strength and makes you a better human… and that makes you a better musician."

Full Houze: Blues Religion

'FULL HOUZE'' band is formed in…

"For me, what happens in my life is translated into the songs that I write and perform. I am an inspirational writer."

Dallas Hodge: Reelin' the Blues

Dallas Hodge was born in 1954 in Detroit Michigan. He…

"My one wish for the blues is that it would reenter the mainstream where it deserves to be because it is emotional and visceral."

Blues Dragon: Southern Flames…

One of the voices of Southern rock died Monday.

Ronnie Hammond, singer with Southern Rock legends Atlanta Rhythm Section has died suddenly after being taken to his doctor's office by his wife in Monroe County, Georgia.

Hammond became ARS front man in…

"ALL music is about expressing the human condition. The highs, the lows, the good, the bad, the meaning, the joy, the pain of LIFE!"

Maggie Mayall: No Limit Blues

Originally…

"My wish is that Chicago is still has THE BUZZ that the forefathers created long ago"

Toronzo Cannon: Sweet Home Chicago

Growing up in the shadows Chicago's blues mecca, Theresa's Lounge, had a…

"In a nutshell - Experiment the living hell out of your instrument and I believe in this - Space is extremely important in your music."

Guru Somayaji: Blues Rock…

"I've heard it said that it takes 10 minutes to learn the harmonica, but 20 years to master."

Brad Hatfield: Truly honest expression!

Singer, songwriter and harmonica player Brad Hatfield is a Cincinnati, Ohio blues artist. Born…

"The Blues has to keep evolving. I think that some musicians forget this."

Johnny Max: Maximum Soul Blues

Johnny is a soulful singer whose respect, and passion for all types…

"You have to enjoy your life now, because tomorrow, everything in some way has changed."

Tim Mantoani: Behind Photographs

Tim Mantoani is a Southern California/New York based professional photographer specializing in…

"Latin America has learned a lot of things from north American blues, but has changed some things, too"

Virginia Martinez: Saludos de…

"When music doesn’t mean something to the audience or they can’t relate to it, it becomes a passing fad."

Big Pete Pearson: Blessed Bluesman

Born in Kingston, Jamaica on October 4, 1936, Big Pete Pearson…

"That Blues be taught much more aggressively in our school system alongside folk and classical music as the defining style of music for our nation’s heritage."

Joe Willy Band: Neckbone & The Fishheads…

"I’ve learned from blues music is really how to convey my emotions through the music."

WT Feaster: Juggling Dynamite

So what’s Indianapolis guitarist WT (Travis) Feaster all…

"I think that in general the Beats were attempting to change consciousness, their own and the world’s, to a wider field, as it were, as wide as possible, without boundaries."

Marc Olmsted: Beatbrain…

"The blues has always been with us since the beginning because it is easy to relate to.  Folks will always be playing and listening to blues."

Malcolm Lukens: The Key of Groove

Atlantic…