"The blues and blues music is a way of life. The way of life can't be a fad."

Allen Kirk: The Blues is Allright

Growing up in the tough west side neighborhoods of 1950’s Chicago, he…

"Blues is music from your heart and soul. People really feel it in themselves and in their feet. Many times it seems like it’s almost a heartbeat."

Bill Rhoades: Harpbeat Attack !…

"Music is infectious. It gets under your skin and you can’t let it go. Push your limits, but don’t allow others to define who you are."

Douglas Dickens: …

"The blues is strong music. It's a basic thing and a natural thing. You can hear it or feel it all over the world in musical or in emotional way."

Pepe Ahlqvist: Blues in Arctic…

"I learned how to recognize my deepest emotions and express them without shame and with sincerity. To me, blues is the root from which I take some kind of substance to live..."

Big Mama Montse: Big Voice and Soul…

"Life is always interesting and always changing. It’s all good. As long as you’re alive anything can happen."

Big Jim Themelis: Smokin' Blues Soul

Big Jim is…

"The Blues is my heritage and so it’s rich with flavors that should be tasted for a lifetime!"

Habaka Kay Foster Jackson: Gospel Voice

The name…

"The Blues offers to me a way of expression and a way to tell you story and share your experiences with people."

Scottyboy Daniel: T…

"Beat means compassionate cool - timeless as opposed to faddish cool; minding your own business but helping out those in need; finding inspiration and courage along the way to express yourself creatively."

Laki Vazakas: Saints &…

"The Blues is what we once were, it’s who we are, and it’s who we may become, it’s impact touches the sole."

Leo Hull: The essence of Blues…

"To harmonize between my music and mathematics life styles.  Each of those lifestyles has a harmony implicit to themselves but not with each other."

Phil Alvin: …

"People who can appreciate poetry and music in this way gain empathy and compassion for other people."

Randy Kaplan: Once Upon a Time in Bluesland

In his songs for children and…

"For the blues to always rember its roots and always stay relevant in the now"

Danny Marks: Cosmopolitan Multicultural Blues…

"Bluegrass music it's vocal music, and a band music not egos or band leaders, it's family."

Lluís Gómez: The sound of your instrument are…

"The Blues stays with us because of the REAL ETHNOCENTRIC CULTRAL STORY TELLING the Blues presents to the public."

Vernon C. Brown…

"The music touches our hearts and souls from the genuine nature it was created from, I don’t know of any other music that was created under these circumstances."

Bluesworks by Earl Klatzel…

"When I first heard real blues, it just felt right – the point of blues wasn’t to be fashionable, but to say something truthful."

Keith Wyatt: Blues is the truth…

"I trust in the BLUES as the only state of mind able to change something in the life of the human mankind!"

Fabio Treves: Blues to the People, the People to the Blues…

"Your sound is who you are and what you’ve worked on and experienced in life. Being a musician is a work in progress."

Bob Mintzer: The Soul of Saxophone

Bob leads several musical lives…

"Life has a way of giving you all you need to become a good writer and musician. It's a matter of paying attention so your music feels real."

Tremoloco: Tequila, Burbon and Riffs…