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Interview with The Bihlman Bros (Jeff “Jabo” & Scot "Little") - a hard rockin', bluesy, funky force of nature!

"Blues is an outlet for that pain, a cleansing of the soul. Get it out and move on"

The Bihlman Bros: Brothers On The Road

The Bihlman Bros. are Emmy Award winning songwriters/composers and…

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Veteran British drummer Hughie Flint talks about the Blues, Jazz, Beano album, and Buddha’s teaching

"Compassion and Loving Kindness are the most important things in the world and the more people incline to them, the less hatred and violence and selfishness there will be, and the world would be a better place, for our children and their children."

Hughie…

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Producer/musician Eric Albronda talks about Blue Cheer, Merry Pranksters, and magic city of San Francisco

"The Pranksters legacy was that millions of young people at the time adopted their carefree lifestyle and experimentation with altered conscience and also their music..."

Eric Albronda: San Francisco Nights…

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Spanish bluesman Ñaco Goñi talks about Lazy Lester, Louisiana Red & Carey Bell, Flamenco and local scene

"About the past I miss the simple are the things, simple but impossible do best, today we play more technical but is not the same beauty...The Blues himself adapted through the years...who knows the way he take  I don’t know Blues is bigger than us."

Ñaco Goñi: Iberian…

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Interview with Israeli blues band of SOBO -- integrating American, Russian and Middle Eastern influences

"The blues has taught me humility with the audience of listeners. The blues has taught me that when you're up or down, having a good day or bad, it’s always possible to play and create music and express or share your emotions in a positive healing way."

SOBO: The Blues DNA of…

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Q&A with multi-instrumentalist Jim Aaron - unbelievable amount of soul and swagger, regardless of the context

"I hope we can realize that we’re all people and there’s just not that much difference in the grand scheme of things. My fear is that we’re too stupid and greedy as a species to do so!!!"

Jim Aaron: Sounds of North Carolina …

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Q & A with Southern R&B diva Dorothy Moore: Today I believe I'm living my musical dream

"I enjoy singing the blues because it has a great feel to it"

Dorothy Moore: Blues Heart, Southern Soul

Multi-Grammy award nominee, Dorothy Moore played New York’s Madison Square Garden and…

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Interview with Spanish musician Luis Lobos Negros a.k.a Luis Martin -- Rock & Roll and Blues is dynamite

"The honesty, the musical world should be more honest and original."

Luis Lobos Negros: Rock n' Roll Boom

Luis Lobos Negros restless guy, fond of cavernous music of the 50s,…

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Q&A with Pittsburgh-based Billy "The Kid" Evanochko - funky R&B with heart and soul being the main ingredient

"The Blues has taught me about life and people. Most of all, it’s taught me that this genre of music can transcend gender, race, and/ or religion. It means everything to me."

Billy the Kid & The Regulators: The Journey of Blues…

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Q&A with Mexican band of Bourbon Blues Ensemble - combination of passion, fun, tension, and madness

"Definitely, in the end blues is a kind of folk music. Blues has always been related to a political, social and economic context. So is Mexican traditional or folk music, like “corridos”."

Bourbon Blues Ensemble: Hecho en México…

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Alabama musician Mitch Mann talks about Muscle Shoals legend and Blues-Rock racial & social-cultural

"I firmly believe music heals and connects people in all the right ways. So when racial and social-cultural things come along and immediately separates folks and lines get drawn, I think music is a powerful tool to get past those things and brings everybody back together."

Mitch Mann: Sweet…

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Latino Blues harp player Marcos Coll talks about Guitar Crusher, Buddy Miles, Flamenco and Hip Hop music

"You can’t understand the blues without paying a big attention to sociology, race etc...but also in Flamenco, Latin music ETC...popular music is LIFE, and it tells what  is and been going on with the people."

Marcos Coll: Saludos del Mundo Los Blues…

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Q&A with guitarist/singer Brent Barker of Mississippi Fever - combines a unique Blues and Rock blend

"The blues teaches me that even pain can be a celebration. Through the Blues we understand Hope and Redemption. The Blues is our Story about Life."

Mississippi Fever: 300 Miles to Memphis…

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Q&A with powerful guitarist/singer Jay Gordon -- has delivered a sparkling Blues Rocker's solid granite gem

"I believe my music come to me from a higher power. Without a soul you couldn't create it, without a heart you wouldn't feel it, Without a brain you wouldn't be able to appreciate it".

Jay Gordon: Kickin' Blues Ass

Electric…

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Q&A with Greek owner/master luthier Johnny Prapas of Olympus Custom Guitars - the sound of 12 Gods

"Money doesn’t make the world go round!!!"

Johnny Prapas: The Axes Of Zeus

Johnny Prapas (aka Yiannis Yiantsios) and his entirely handmade electric guitars Olympus Custom Guitars are located in Leptokarya…

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Harmonica virtuoso Mike Turk talks about Jazz & Blues, Lowel Fulsom, Toots Thielmans, and Greenwich Village

"Today, most music is what is referred to as 'cookie cutter'. One after the other, all the same...same shit, different day! Also, taste and subtlety has been thrown out like the baby with the bath water."

Mike Turk: New England's Tin…

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Interview with multi-talented artist Robert “Goofy” Egloff - one of the cornerstones in the Swiss blues scene

"You don’t have to be black and/or poor to feel and play the blues. It’s just a question of feeling and love. The blues is heart and not brain music."

Robert Egloff: Shakespeare’s Blues

Robert “Goofy”…

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Marvelous illustrator Paul Rogers talks about the Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac, Jazz and Blues culture

"Jazz and Blues were an important part of the Beat movement and I think it has to do with the idea of a search, for the creative impulse to make something new and express your own ideas to the listener/reader."

Paul Rogers: On The Jazz Roads…

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Boston harmonica player Jim Fitting talks about Treat Her Right, vinyl records and effect of Blues in culture

"I wish that discs and vinyl records were still as important as they used to be. When I was young a vinyl record album was a beautiful physical object that you could hold. Something has been lost in the change I think."

Jim Fitting: American Music Breaths…

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Q&A with majestic musician Nik Turner - eccentric, innovative, and enigmatic is full of surprises & fantasia

"I think Jazz and Rock & Roll culture is a racially unifying form, which breaks down the socio-cultural barriers."

Nik Turner: The Mighty Thunder Rider

Eccentric,…

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