"I think because good blues is really uplifting, you can depend on it to make you feel better...and there are so many great characters in the blues, it’s just entertaining on so many levels."

Robert Welsh: Blues in Many Levels…

"The Blues is a pure feeling, if you don’t feel, you can’t play the blues...the language of blues is the same, but the influences change  your way to sing the blues."

Rick Boy Slim: Talking With The Blues…

"In most of the new blues productions I miss the soul, the story and the fun."

Norbert Schneider: House Built Around The Blues

Norbert Schneider was born in Vienna and grew up in Prottes in…

"I believe that Blues music reached people at their core. I know it does for me. It can simply and easily connect in such a deep and intimate way without judgment that you can’t help but be devoted."

David Michael Miller: Roots Foundation…

"You feel the blues throughout times in life and when you take the stage you share the feeling with everyone in the room."

Sandra Hall: Empress Of The Blues

Sandra Hall has been preaching, teaching and…

"I miss analog recorded music, I am excited for the future of music, I have seen it progress since 1950 personally. So this is just another wonderful chapter in the history of music."

Grinder Blues: A Kaleidoscopic Musical Palette…

"Blues could be seen from more viewing angles but the pioneers have long now instinctively laid a structure from which it is very difficult to escape."

George and the Dukes: Majestic Blues…

"Music lets us say things that are sometimes hard to express in words alone. The blues has really allowed me to dig deep and express not only my own feelings, but also feelings that are universal."

Kirsten Thien: I'll Sing The Blues For You…

"I think we are all blues man, no matter what kind of music you play...the blues is nothing but life experience, that's just my philosophy..."

Tyson Bell Harrington: Windy City Blues 

Bassist…

"Blues talks to people about common experience, people are able to project whatever they want to into the songs and sounds and poems. The power of blues and music is that it wants to include you, not shut you out."

Tom Attah: The Living Bluesman…

"Everyone can relate to the Blues. Everyone has experienced sadness and they feel connected…drawn to others who share their feelings. Not to mention, the sound of Blues is so unique and will draw you in!"

Anita Havens: That’s Why We Sang the…

"The blues is about holding on to them dreams and desires....through good and bad times..."

Lorenzo Thompson: The Party Started

Lorenzo Thompson was born in the Mississippi town of Greenwood in the 50s,…

"Rock n' Roll will always be there. It’s a way of venting angst and is a release to some extent. It comes in waves in popular culture but I don't think it will ever go away. It’s a reaction to conformity and is a form of rebellion."

Paul Pigat: Cousin Harley Rides The…

"I tend to think the world is becoming a better place. Whatever I miss from the old days is far over shadowed by the progress that’s being made now."

Jim Pugh: Never Give Up The Analog Sound…

"No matter what you do in this life, you need to put your soul and your truth in it. Blues means truth and the real feeling you carry in your heart."

Luke de Held: Music Saves The World

Luke…

"Learning about the blues is like learning a language. It's a language that many people speak a little bit and that most people feel they understand. I like to think it's a language that I do and that I can converse fairly fluently."

Laurie Garman: Blue(s) Jean…

"Blues has taught me many things- about parts of our lives that have always been here, and about parts of life that are now gone."

Greg Izor: Let The Good Pleasures Roll…

"Musical genres are regenerating which is good as retro seems to be coming back again, yet music is becoming more and more disposable as life moves into a faster rhythm."

Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson:…

"I found that blues and jazz has a lot in common with traditional Balkan music as well and actually this is my point what we’re trying to express with our Balkan Union band."

Csaba Toth Bagi: Balkan Express…

"I think the blues language allows people to turn inward and tap into deep emotions ~ sometimes this grit turns up and comes out you didn’t even know was there!"

Pork Chop Willie: The Blues Bridge…