"Music, especially blues music, gives people a chance to forget their problems and just have a ball. More importantly it brings people together. Listening to a great song we forget all the arguing and hate around us. We come together. We realize we’re all the same. It allows us to sing and dance together. It’s as close to heaven as we can get. That’s it. Music is a temporary escape to heaven."…

LEGENDS OF AMERICAN MUSIC support the Mid-South Food Bank in Memphis, TN.

IN HISTORIC, FIRST-TIME COLLABORATION, LEGENDS OF AMERICAN MUSIC & 2024 GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS: BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA & BOBBY RUSH JOIN FORCES FOR SINGLE OUT DIGITALLY 

COLLABORATION BENEFITS…

"There is technical expertise to be enjoyed within the genre of blues. I love a great blues player or singer. However, the blues is mostly about feel and it’s a unique language that I doubt A.I. will ever master. There are those of us who believe it is our job to be the keeper of the flame."

Andy Peake: Music City's Emotions

Andy…

"Blues has informed and influenced jazz, rock and roll, soul and pop music. It is in the fabric of almost all musical culture in one way or another."

Colin James: Under the Blues Rockin' Sun

To a recording artist, having a bunch of big-name guests on your album can be a double-edged sword: It’ll get you some attention, sure, but…

"Music makes the world smaller. Music is something we humans have in common that transcends language, borders, and everything else that makes us different. I find this quite curious, even mystical. Music communicates at the very core of what we as humans understand. All people understand a smile, a laugh, the cry of a baby, the sounds of nature."

Christopher…

"The impact of music on socio-cultural implications I believe has never changed. Music is a release. Music is fun. Music helps take the edge off the struggles of getting by. MUSIC IS LIFE."

Frank Cosentino: Blues Master is Back!

Guitarist Frank Cosentino has been on the Canadian…

"Texas Blues and the overall music scene in Texas has such a devoted following because of all the hundreds of musicians who play every kind of genre of music on the planet. Blues is the foundation of all other music."

Kent “Omar” Dykes: Lone Star Bluesman

Austin, besides being the Texas state capital, is home to much of the best in American roots…

"If you don't know who you are, you might end up not knowing what you really want. In order to get through to people, you have to internalize that kind of music. And also the lyrics to it. Otherwise, it will fall flat."

"Sir" Oliver Mally: 21st Century Blues

Thirty-nine years the "SIR" Oliver Mally has been "on the road" and has given thousands of…

“Books have been my passion since I started reading as a boy. When I was seventeen, I read On the Road, and that book changed everything. In those pages, I found my spiritual and intellectual comrades in Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Corso, and their circle. After that, I read most of their books, and, except for Kerouac, I got to know the other “Daddies,” as Gregory Corso often called the Beats, to varying degrees."…

"Louisiana's music is a huge part of our culture here. Carnival Season, Festival Season, and believe it or not, we have seasons for our cuisine, and the music of Louisiana is enjoyed in each part of that. Our music and our celebrations are simply a way of life here. That's why there is such a devoted following."

Pontchartrain Shakers: Creole Soundtrack…

"Every life lesson we all go through is expressed through the music we make. Music can heal us and allow us to make life long friends. Music seems to underscore our very existence usually for the better."

Richard Wilkins: Portland Blues, Sláinte!

It's been two years since Richard's last CD, "Life's for Livin," was released with…

"Life can be so many different ways, feelings, and emotions, and I want to talk about all of it. I want everyone to experience it. I think we all live lives worth living and sometimes we just need someone to help us feel not so alone in doing so."

Kevin "Sonny" Gullage: Go Be Free

Kevin "Sonny" Gullage cuts loose on his inspiring and…

"If history is important for the future of life, then the preservation of the blues makes that a reality. Society needs real music, and the blues is real music. It’s like chicken soup for soul."

Zac Harmon:

Floreada’s Boy Plays The Blues

Catfood Records will be released the new…

"The greatest Revolution would be PEACE, no more wars, no more polluting our Mother Earth, birth control: rich countries should give contraceptives of all kinds to poor countries."

Guido Daniele: What a Wonderful World

Guido Daniele was born in Soverato (CZ - Italy) in 1950 and now lives and works in Milan. From 1964 to 1968 he attended Brera…

"The Blues is a genre that crosses all borders. It feeds everything and is fed by everything. It's a free flowing emotional rollercoaster that we need in our lives. Simple enough to allow feelings to develop while feeling safe enough to share. It is based in a history of pain and suffering and a true story of surviving that suffering through words and music."

Kelly Zirbes: The Blues Remind…

"American Folk Music has always had a pulse on the social consciousness of the people listening to it. Music is an essential staple of most people’s lives and the effect it has on their thoughts and experiences. Sometimes the music is used for a political or social cause and other times the cause is just to move and release energy from the day’s work. I think music has different roles based on the person and their particular…

"Music makes sense of our lives. It articulates intimations of emotional response. It helps explain happiness, sadness, tragedy, fear and joy. It puts a time stamp on socio-political events of the time. It is woven into the fabric of all our lives."

The 501 East: Canadian Session Aces Make The Right “Short Turn”…

"Man, I think music can help people heal and get through the ups and downs of life, and bring people together. We’ve all seen music bring about social change and impact the world. I truly hope our music is able to touch people."

Piper & The Hard Times: Fun & Passion!

The eclectic and entertaining roots music group Piper & the Hard…

"Blues is a musical language. It’s one that I fell in love with as a young man, and it has defined my life ever since then. Almost every human being in my life is there because of the path my love for blues music led me down."

Kid Andersen: Blues Spirits, Norway Soul

Chris “Kid” Andersen was born in Telemark, Norway in 1980. A blues fan since…

"Everybody likes music in some form and whether they know it or not, it gives succor to the soul."

John Helliwell: Music from the Heart!

John Helliwell is a multitalented English musician, saxophonist and occasional keyboardist, woodwind player, and background vocalist for the rock band Supertramp. He also served as an MC…