May 2012 Blog Posts (45)

An Interview with German Blues band of Blue Alley: Blues is pure emotions and a platform to turn my inside out.

"...Blues definitely comes from the heart and  therefore I think the blues will always be there as long as we have hearts and feelings."

Blue Alley: Blues elixir of life…

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An Interview with guitarist Al "Huricane" Spears: Blues is what you feel not what you hear

"Blues is a feeling, we all have feeling all the time whether they are bad, happy etc."

Al "Hurricane" Spears: Feel the Blues…

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White trash bluesman Ron Hacker talks about Yank Rachell, Albert Collins, & his life with the blues

"I consider the Blues an art form. An art form that allows a person to express what they feel. No different then painting, writing, sculpture, dance, or any other form of music."

Ron Hacker: Dirty Old Blues…

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An Interview with Chicagoan singer "Brother Jacob" Schulz: The next generation of Windy City Blues

"The Blues is a way of expressing yourself, it’s a feeling that everyone can understand. It’s a way of life!"

Jacob Schulz: Blues under evolving

Jacob “Brother Jacob” Schulz is…

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Singer/ songwriter Vivian Vance Kelly talks about her father Vance Kelly, Eddie C. Campbell, & the future of blues

"In blues there is always a story to tell and in nowadays music, the story is missing."

Vivian Vance Kelly: The Blues Rose

At 5 years old, Vivian was called up…

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An Interview with amazing guitarist Carl Verheyen: Blues touches the soul much deeper than pop music.

"The Blues is a way to communicate my deepest feelings through my instrument."

Carl Verheyen: Six-strings Wizard

In his 40-plus years of playing the instrument, Carl has created a…

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An Interview with Blooklyn bluesman Calvin B. Streets: The blues means my livelihood and my life

"The blues is a living art form that expresses the moment."

Calvin B. Streets: Old School Blues

During the 1960's and 1970's, Mr. Streets grew up amongst the angst, broken glass and sharp edges of the Brooklyn streets he was named…

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Guitarist/ singer Debbie Davies talks about Albert Collins, Clapton, Rosetta Thorpe, and her new album "After the Fall"

"Blues women are a little tougher and edgier because they have to be."

Debbie Davis: Cool, Peace and Joy…

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Professor Daniel Beaumont author of Preachin of Blues talks about Son House, Joe Beard, & blues lyrics

"I think a lot of blues fans don't really understand the music - or they have a very superficial understanding of it"

Daniel Beaumont: Exile on Main Street…

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Drummer/ producer Mark Carpentieri talks about his label M.C. Records, Odetta, Ruth Brown, and Alan Lomax

"The blues means life. Musically, spiritually, it fills me up and makes me whole."

Mark Carpentieri: True Blues Music

Mark Carpentieri started M.C. Records in 1991; blues has…

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Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real talks about Neil Young, BB King, and Lukas father Willie Nelson

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real

"That’s the good thing about music is that it never goes away, it just…

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An Interview with Multifaceted musician Deanna Bogart: Fly but fly smart, do your homework, use a metronome

"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…

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An Interview with guitarist/singer Lawrence Shy Gladney: Chicago blues has a feeling that can't be denied

"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…

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New Zealand bluesman Dave Murphy talks about his experience in Mississippi, Athens & the film about his life

"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,…

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Q & A with Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead about the Blues

"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…

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Greek Blues Scene - An Interview with Full Houze from Thessaloniki: Walkin' on the Blues Streets of Town

"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…

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Guitarist/singer Dallas Hodge talks about Canned Heat, Steve Marriott, Catfish Hodge, & Woodstock

"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…

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An Interview with singer/ bass player Mark J. Telesca of Blues Dragon: Blues for me is a form of self expression

"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…

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Atlanta Rhythm Section vocalist Ronnie Hammond dies

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…

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Added by Music Network by Michael Limnios on May 19, 2012 at 7:10pm — No Comments

An Interview with singer/songwriter Maggie Mayall: The BLUES is an universally recognized form and language

"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…

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