“This land is your land, this land is my land…This land was made for you and me” (Woody Guthrie)

BLUES IN GREECE FOR PEACE

Blues Hall of Fame, Athens…

"I believe that music is ingrained in our DNA as humans and is therefore very important to our survival. In other words, it gives us a rhythm to live our lives by."

Cooper "CW" Ayon: Great Spirit's Blues…

"Definitely the whole cathartic soul medicine of the blues is what pulled me in. The emotional healing that the music can do for you."

Debbie Bond: Sweet Blues Alabama

Singer, guitar player…

"The impact of the Blues is positive for everything. I don’t know any racists that love the Blues because that would also likely make them hypocrites as well."

Mark Cameron: Hipster Boogie Groove…

"Both music and literature have triggered and influenced many an idea. I reference those two art forms in much of my work, often a touch too esoterically perhaps but, as I said, I need to please myself. One doesn’t want to be too obvious."

Jim Siergey: Co(s)mic Jet Lag…

"Blues is all about the struggle between what I want to do, and what I end up doing. Good and evil, right and wrong, happiness and pain."

Mike Eldred: Americana Blues Roots…

"Music is the universal language, and like humor, it is one of the fastest delivery systems for affecting social change."

Britta Lee Shain: What The Heart Wants

Britta Lee Shain was born…

"Gospel, soul, blues was always a force in our lives where we governed ourselves accordingly. Negro spirituals derived from the hardship of those who were being oppressed for the purpose of someone else's glorification."

The Gospel Sessions: Music From…

"A music is a place to pour your love and your passion into, so in the big picture it’s all the same on a spiritual and emotional level. As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That’s one of the great things about music too."

Jeff Pevar: The…

"Jazz and Blues are highly emotional art forms as are any and all types of music."

Terry Blankley: Shallow North Blues

Terry Blankley, AKA TerryB is a Canadian songwriter, singer and keyboard player. He…

"Rock'n'Roll ain't politcal! It is about having fun and feeling good, no matter if you are poor or rich, black, yellow, red, white or green, and no matter to which god you pray! It is just that if you don't like Elvis we can't be friends!"

Sandy Wild: Rock n' Roll…

"I think that the Europeans really respect musicians and really appreciate what they do. They have a deep and serious passion for the blues."

Harper: The Dreamtime Of Blues 

Harper is one of…

"The blues has always talked about injustice and modern times. This is another reason I sing them because blues relate to today’s society just as much as it did during the Jim Crow era."

Jontavious Willis: True Blues Prodigy…

"The lines that connects Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull, BB King, Jimi Hendrix and many more is the raw roots and sincerity in this form of music where a single note can say more than words."

Carlos Medina Mendoza: State of Flux…

"I miss better radio. It used to be that you could actually discover good music on the radio. Now it’s all the same bubblegum. And there’s not much blood and sweat in music these days."

Bill Hinds: The Sweet Sound of Alabama…

"It’s never been easy being taken seriously as a female in a man’s world...and music is no different. So much of a woman's so-called talent is based oh how she looks, dresses, etc. and that isn't fair!"

Vikki Lee: The Blues of Catharsis…

"I learned early on the healing powers of music. Blues music is life, the good the bad, the suffering and hard times that touches us all. It may be relative but no one goes untouched. Blues music is medicine for the soul."

Li'l Ronnie Owens: Big True Soul…

"Cannot imagine something like to hope or to fear about music. She does well!"

Tonia Ainot (aka τώ.ρά.): Jazz In Art

The Greek visual artist Tonia Ainot (aka τώ.ρά.), exhibits a series of portraits of…

"Music brings people together, politics gets people away…this is a universal language. It’s not exclusive to the Rock or the Blues, music comin’ from the heart helps people."

Demian Dominguez: Keep On…

"From blues and rock and roll, I learned that making every note matter brings great insight into our lives, our shared humanity and concerns. It brings Joy, rhapsody, and peace of mind to the listener. These forms of music teach us to be our better selves."

Jas Obrecht: Rockin' & Talkin'…