“I want music to connect people with their inner feelings, raise awareness, and bring people together. To some extent individuals are listening to music with their earbuds on lower quality systems and not sharing the experience physically.”

Anton Roolaart: …

“I think the quality of our artists is what has led to such loyal Alligator fans. I can’t play any instrument, but I know good blues musicianship when I hear it. And I can feel the honest emotions when an artist can sing with real blues feeling. (That doesn’t mean that every Alligator artist is a great singer, but their singing can move me, and I hope has that soul-healing quality that I look for.) ”…

“Music has the power to change the world. We’ve seen that throughout the civil rights movement in the United States, anti-war movements and anti-fascism movements. We see protest bands like the Russian band Pussy Riot banned by their own governments and put in prison because they’re found to be threatening to those in power.”

Debra Devi: The Language of the…

"I mostly miss all the characters, the old timers, the real deal blues guys and all the craziness that we all experienced together. The situations we all found ourselves in the good and the lousy gigs. The cool clubs and the shithole clubs.  As for the blues music of the past, I miss the simplicity, the grooves, the soul."

Kenny Parker: Motor City's Hellfire Blues…

“The blues is a vital part of history and must be spreaded around the world because it is one of the main genre in the music industry and it should be treated as such. For example,  there’s Blues, Country, Rhythm & Blues, Pop, Pop Rock, Bluegrass, Folk etc. The role of the music is to tell a story that people can relate to and the musicians role is to bring it to light by playing in every key and note that’s required.”…