"Life gives you the Blues: then on, you must have the strength and the ability to tell it to the people."

Dario Lombardo: Walkin with the Blues

Dario Lombardo is one of the most representative musicians in the Italian Blues…

"We want to just enjoy and hope the people enjoy listening."

The Motives: The future of the blues

June…

"The Blues mean different things at different times, but you know them when they’re there. The Blues offer nothing, it is only the acknowledgment of them."

Thanos "BoiDetroit" Karsiotis: Aegean…

Have a Nice Trip Johnnie Bassett & Ernest Lane

RIP Johnnie Bassett - Oct 9, 1935 to Aug 4, 2012

Detroit blues guitarist and vocalist extraordinaire Johnnie Bassett, died from…

"A deeper emotion might be eliminated. We could do away with guilt or any of the "bad." It might be a 'good thing' But alas!"

Charles Plymell: Matter, Void, Energy, Spirit

Charles Plymell was born on the high…

"Even if we listen to music with our own cultural code, it stays a precious bridge to understand each other."

Jean-Jacques Milteau: The breath of Bluesfan

The blues and its…

“Many people live the blues on a daily basis. Even if you don’t have the blues, or live them yourself; you can relate to someone who does.”

Paul Bibbins: Midnight Lightning

New Orleans guitarist…

"I think blues took a wrong turn in more recent years. Blues has become a bad word to many."

Lincoln Durham: New soul to old soul…

"The Blues is real, it’s life. Everybody who is sensitive enough feels the powerful, basic, savage force behind it."

Christian Dozzler: Two Meters of Blues

Christian Dozzler from Vienna,…

"The Blues express sadness as well as happiness it express pain, there’s a Blues for any occasion..."

Orlando Wright: (W)right sound source

The consummate bass player, Orlando J. Wright has worked the Chicago R&B and…

"Life will always throw you some song writing material. You get everything just by living , happy, sad good and bad!"

Tim "Too Slim" Langford: Star-Spangled…

“The Blues has saved my life and I just hope I can return the favor by educating people about it so they can have a better appreciation for it.”

Chris Canas: The Blues is Alright…

R.I.P Big Walter Smith - Brother To The Blues

Big Walter Smith, the Twin Cities bandleader affectionately known as the "Big Man of the Blues," died Tuesday at the age of 82 at his home in Minneapolis.…

"Blues is real. There are only three things for certain in life...death, taxes and the blues"

Mighty Mo Rodgers: Odysseus and the blues sirens…

"The blues is real, the blues is raw, the blues is dirty, and the blues is about feeling."

Chicken Snake: Voodoo Blues-chedelic…

"This music touches the heart with its simplicity: because it is simple, it allows immediate expressiveness; feelings have the color of the blues"

Paul Lassey: C'est la Blues…

"Art, any kind of art, if it's any good, is a key out of whatever prison you have, of the mind, the body, the culture. Art is one of the few places you can be free."

Joe Pachinko: A lost alien…

"A camera does not make a photo any more than a typewriter tells a story. They are tools and it is how they are used that is important."

Joseph A. Rosen: Blues Image…

"Blues is my life, the music I play and it defines who I am."

Gary Kendall: Maple Blues Legend

Gary…

"There isn’t much Southern Rock around today to compare to. Although, a few bands like the Alabama Shakes and the North Mississippi AllStars are carrying the torch quite well."

Johnny Roth: Petersburg's Slidedog…