"I’ve learned to approach situations as a learning experience and have made the attempt to be more conscious so that no matter what I come away with something."

Brian Stoltz: Karma of New Orleans' wisdom

Brian…

R.I.P Richie Havens

Jan 21, 1941 - April 22, 2013

Folk-rock singer and guitarist Richie Havens died today at age 72, according to a statement on the artist’s booking agency website. The Roots Agency posted an “in…

"People still have dramatic life experiences, and there are still artists who can express these experiences through music."

Steve Freund: The Flame of Blues Heat…

"What I love about this music is sincerity, austerity... Rhythm and vibrations goes directly to the heart, to the body and to the soul."

Erick Diard: Le Mousquetaire du Blues…

“Less is more” was the best advice given to me. Blues is a feeling, not a competition. I don’t want to hear every chop you know in 10 seconds.

Wally Greaney: Sweet Blues Daddy

Sweet Daddy Cool…

"Corso loved jazz music. He grew up in a milieu where a parallel search for individual freedom was going on in the jazz world."

Kirby Olson: The Beat of Silence

Kirby Olson studied poetry at Naropa Institute…

"The blues is very close to Beat writing because it does come from the depths of human feelings and experience and all of the things poor people have gone through." 

Gerald Nicosia: …

"Albert King and B.B. King as well as all of those old players lived the blues and could express that experience in their music."

George "Guitar" Bostick: Keeping the Blues torch

George Bostick grew up in NYC…

"They all have exposed me to the jazz life—the ups and downs."

Marc Myers: Culture of Jazzology

Marc Myers is a journalist, author, and historian, and a regular contributor to the Wall Street…

"The Blues is Real and honest and for the people by the people. That kind of stuff is timeless and universal."

Jake Chisholm: Best kept diamond

There is a sincerity in Jake Chisholm's music that is…

The Blues family lost another great artist

R.I.P. Jimmy Dawkins

James Henry "Jimmy" Dawkins (October 24, 1936, Tchula, Mississippi - April 10, 2013) was an…

“The cliche is that the Blues is a feeling and yes, to me D'angelo is the blues, A Tribe Called Quest was the blues, even Amy Winehouse was the blues.”

Mark Bingham: Music gone beyond, gone altogether beyond

Mark Bingham…

"The blues is very direct and real. The songs tell a story. That’s what I liked and wanted to do."

Joe Gorfinkle: New Roots, Fresh Air

As a multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter,…

"Art is suspect if it doesn’t jingle in our pockets. Dreamers are true activists. They take to the streets in their heads and raise a victory flag in their hearts."

Paul Fericano: Smart Smile Dreamer

Paul…

"As humans we always feel a need to label things and then pit them against each other. I think when you close your eyes and listen you can find a relation to them all."

The Fiddleworms: Southern Lights

The Fiddleworms emerged…

"I would wish that people would stop being so greedy, and start sharing with each other! Don’t make it so hard for the people in the bottom!"

Elvin Bishop: Real, Pure and Original !

Elvin Bishop has been travelling the Blues…

The philosophy of the blues? As one musician said, "The blues ain't nothin' but the truth."

Willard Manus: Under the Aegean Sun

Willard Manus is a Los Angeles-based novelist, playwright, and journalist. His best…

R.I.P John "Johnny V" Mills

Canadian blues guitar legend and Juno Award winner John (Johnny V) Mills has died. He was 59. Mills passed away Sunday (31 March) afternoon from a massive…

"The wandering muse, the irrepressible spirit of the human to resist oppression, suppression, & repression on so many levels of our spiritual existence."

Bart Plantenga: Literary Booze 'n' Roll

Bart…

"Happiness is living without fear in a perpetual state of gratitude and amazement."

John York: Real music from real people

John Foley York was born in White Plains, New York, is a bassist and guitarist. He is best…