"The blues is a feeling. The blues reflects all those imperfections of the human soul. When nothing goes right you got the blues."

The Big Nose Attack: Paint It Blue(s)

The Big Nose Attack is an…

"Music is the only thing that uses both sides of the brain; however each individual has to allow this to happen in their own head to reach a euphoric feeling."

Mama Paula: The Doors of Perception…

"Before the scourges of selfies have been inflicted upon an unsuspecting humanity, there were people who simply found a personal narrative in the language of the blues."

Ray “Binky” Lampano, Jr.: Blues Alley

Philippines blues band of Lampano Alley is…

"Music has changed based on the moral decline of society, and there will always be real soul but the way to express it sometimes is covered over by the introduction of electronics."

Thomas Hall: Soulful Life Stories…

"Blues is a way of talking about life. It’s a way of creating mythology out of things that happen to every person, regardless of who they are. It’s a way of examining and exorcising one’s demons."

Liz Mandeville: The Heart Of Chicago…

"I wish people would turn off the TVs and play some music."

Del Rey: Time Machine Of Music 

Del Rey is an American blues, jazz and ragtime singer (and occasional songwriter), guitarist and ukulele player.…

"I think the cataclysmic events of the war years in the 40s and the austere, grey, healing and slow reconstruction during the 50s gave rise to a huge outburst of idealistic and artistic outpouring in the generation that came of age in the 60s."

Martin Turner: The Rock Wish Took…

"I think, the blues are the same all over the world...of course, comes from the States, but the blues are about THE feeling, and like Willie Dixon once said: blues is the facts of life, about people and their stories."

Ximena Monzón: Hoochie Coochie Girl…

"That the media would take its head out of its arse. Stop obsessing over plastic 'talent' shows and find the music again, putting it ahead of image."

Craig Hughes: Albannaich Blues Roots

In the late 1980s…

"The genre needs players and fans who will celebrate the genre whether it's fashionable or not."

Tom Feldmann: Delta Blues and Spirituals

Minnesota native Tom Feldmann taught himself to play guitar at age…

"The fans and the musicians of the blues are all such nice and friendly people that when you go to a blues event it’s like being among your brothers and sisters."

Steve Kolbus: Clarksdale Blues Revue…

"I learnt respect from the Blues. The Blues is everything to me, life itself."

Paul Lamb: The King of British Blues

Paul Lamb is known by aficionados and music press around the world as a foremost blues…

"The blues is timeless when you hear a classic it's as fresh as the first time you heard it – it still is a feeling, an experience. It's also an expression of the moment through improvisation."

Bruce Stringkiller: Monsieur Feelgood …

"My hope is that young people discover all the great music from the world’s cultures and past - that they listen in the best possible environment and start taking music seriously instead of something to be enjoyed in the background."

Steve Katz: Rock-N-Roll…

"The Blues is the most beautiful way to sing our sad thoughts. Connects you with your deepest emotions, those that are hidden, and, you got the chance to turn them into something beautiful, aesthetic."

Sol Cabrera: The Sun Is Shining…

"The ironic thing about The Blues is that through all that pain, power and depth…total joy and good rocking fun is what emerges."

Kaye Bohler: Power House Blues Woman 

Big and brassy, bold…

"If music is a universal language then blues music can speak volumes about compassion."

Eddy Gartry: Blues State of Albion…

"The thing that connects all music, no matter what style or culture it comes from, is if it's played with feeling!"

Mick Hutchinson: Positive Vibration

Mick Hutchinson is a gifted…

"I think blues is a music that generates passion, it's a music full of feelings. A kind of music that everybody may enjoy."

Vanesa Harbek: Buenos Aires Blues

Originally from Buenos Aires,…

"I don’t have any fears. I never feed any kind of potential fears. We’ll keep the train running with my buddies until getting totally trapped by the bans on the nightlife, by massive destruction on the counter culture, which was extensively favored and applied by the recent Gov."

Sarp Keskiner: The…