"I fear that blues is being swallowed up whole by rock music. Audiences are being presented with an inferior product that is presented with the blues label, but it’s a severely watered down version. The result being a shrinking blues audience."

Steve Cohen: Talking With The…

"There are a lot of similarities between blues and some of our folk music, I am not educated in traditional music of Iran ... I can hear a lot of elements that were probably adopted by western music from Persian music."

Kiosk: The Universal …

"I miss the soulful great voices but most of all some of my friends that are no longer here. My hopes and fears for the future is uncertain but long as life last and death past I have another chance."

Zora Young: The Blues of Life…

"I believe the blues has been a tremendous racial healing force worldwide."

Buddy Reed: Gutbucket & Pure Blues

Ivan Elmo "Buddy" Reed got his start playing the blues in San Bernardino, California in…

"I miss character and original sounds. Drum sound. Most of today bands sound the same. Don't be afraid to form a progressive rockbound and just listen to the sea or trees."

Stefan Berggren: Keep The Soul Rockin'…

"The arts, all of them, are a collective conversation about the human experience, and they are a conversation we are having together."

John Brantingham:

The Truth of…

"Blues Music has the power to connect people. Now it just depend from people."

Henry Carpaneto: The Blues Brother

Henry Carpaneto is one of the most popular Italian pianists working today. But his popularity…

"I think the strains of social and political activism, along with the esthetics of the modern art world which developed into the space and atomic age, is what connects these roots to the futuristic expressions of spirit and soul."

Elliott Levin: Peace, Poetry &…

"Blues and soul music is intertwined with the racial and social political issues in the United States.  It’s always been an outlet and a way to express grief, pain, joy, humor, etc., about what was going on at various times."

Deb Callahan: Sweet Soul, Deep…

"The Blues is a journey that follows the path of my life. I'm lucky, as the Blues-Rock culture has made me travel the world, meet nice people, feel great emotions. At last, what I always seek is to try and convey feelings, emotions!"

Jimi Barbiani: The Ceasar Of…

"I would like to see more emphasis placed on the roots of modern music, so that young people would be encouraged to dig a little deeper into what they are hearing."

Sean Carney: The Blues Echoes of Ohio…

"Initially, music separated the races but young white kids really liked R&B music and after the white record execs noticed this, they began to exploit the cross-over aspect for increased profits."

Maurice White:…

"Today’s blues and roots music hopefully continues to instill change for the better. We try to incorporate positive messages in the songs we choose to play or write in hope it makes at least a small difference for some people."

Justin Yap: Welcome To My Blues…

"People who dig the Blues are the salt of the earth. Blues folks don’t live in a bubble, and they don’t look the other way when they see something that ain’t right."

Shaun Booker: Keepin' The Blues Torch…

"The Blues and Rock n' Roll are a deep rooted music in American Culture. They represent a time when things were not right, and they changed. Music can help change the world, but we all have to be listening."

Mike Zito: Rock n' Blues Heart & Soul…

"I would hope that blues would be recognized as it is with out having to commercialize it, and that all the preconceived notions about blues could be discarded"

Dave Weld: Burnin Blues Flame

Blues guitarist,…

"I think blues will last particularly long because it’s so based on feeling, and people react and relate to that."

Andy Poxon: Must Be The New…

"For me I don't believe today's music will stand the test of time. I feel most of today's music is Plastic, it's lacking the heart and soul from eras past."

Joe Konas: The Rock n' Roll of Gods…

"Blues has had a cyclical popularity, and we are still waiting for the next artist to rejuvenate it for a mass audience like Stevie did in the 1980's. "

Craig Hopkins: The Lone Star Of Stevie…

"I think Blues is the root of all American music. It is the foundation of much of popular music. The beauty of it is that it is the product of the mixing of races (African –American, and European) and their music that could only happen in the USA."

Mitch Woods: 88 Flames On His Hand…