"Blues music is a music about life as it is, so whatever happens in this life can be related to a blues song; Happy, Sad, love, joy, hate, winning, losses, loneliness, etc."

Rev. KM Williams: The Real Deal Blues…

"Blues may be sadness or pain but is more likely to be hope and joy, Blues is that cryin’ from the soul to The Good Lord for pain relief that frees you and connects you and no matter where it is played at, Blues is so powerful."

Carlos Elliot Jr.: Blues World On…

"I think the impact of Blues and Rock n’ Roll on society is a complicated and multi-faceted topic with numerous and varied areas to discuss. One thing for certain, rock n’ roll offers youth and others an outlet to constructively direct rebellion and negative energy in a useful, healing and positive way."…

"If something like a music form can more or less dictate your whole future life (my life would have been Very different without the blues, I Know!) It must be something very powerful and Real!"

Willem van Dullemen: Real Deal Vintage…

"The Beats and music are connected through poetry, purity, ingenuity, experimentation, all with a childlike sense of abandon and absorption in whatever milieu they find themselves."

Nancy Calef: The Way of Peoplescapes…

"Blues crosses ALL divides; racial, religious, cultural, and political. It should be taught in schools."

Graham Warwick: Texas Blues Gentleman

Graham Warwick brings a style of entertainment…

"I miss the young kids being into rock music. I miss kids sitting around talking about which keyboardist was their favorite in Grateful Dead history, or who the bassist for Little Feat was. I miss the poetry and thoughtfulness that Rock Music embraced."

Charlie Wheeler: A Karmic…

"The Blues and Roots music blossomed from cultures that vehemently punished those who would create art which challenged the oppressive nature of their society."

Justin Johnson: Smoke On The Strings…

"Language knows more than you do, how can you and language inform each other. Imagination can be contagious. This isn’t about you. Ask not what you can do with language but what can language do with you."

Dan Raphael: Music in Poetland…

"Blues and roots music is the undercurrent of American culture and has created most of it and supported and enhanced it in various, subtle ways."

Eric Sommer: American Songbook

Boston-based singer,…

"Blues and Jazz music allowed the African American community to have a voice and share their songs and stories. Many people of different racial and cultural backgrounds heard those songs and connected with the music, so the music has helped unit us."

Holly Hyatt & Jon Burden: Maple…

"I hope that the now predominately white audiences for the blues and “old-school” soul music will get more into the roots and culture related to it; that can only help in somehow ending the long cycle of racism that unfortunately still permeates our society."

The McKee Brothers: Music…

"Blues has connected separated cultures. The white and black gaps (generally speaking) are by no means perfect but in my opinion they would be much more divided if it wasn’t for blues music."

James ‘Buddy’ Rogers: By My Side…

"One of the biggest challenges for the future of music is how musicians will manage to find ways to monetize their music. Without financial support, artists will find it increasingly difficult to choose to make music professionally."

Sari Schorr: A Force of Nature…

"Today's music lacks intention. The most important part of the journey of songwriting and recording is the means, and not so much the end. The artists of today are too focused on the end result. Too many are busy trying to be successful or a star rather than working towards the intention of having a career and longevity."…

"They are all linked, but music is superior to literature and politics. You can listen to a great song 5000 times and grow each time. You can't read a novel or a poem or hear a political speech too often...its unmoving - sometimes it's rhetoric. Toilet paper."

Tom Russell: The Rose of…

"To me music crosses racial, political and socio-cultural lines. When musicians perform they don’t care about that. It’s about the music. Music is a Universal language."

Baron Raymonde: The Lord of Sound…

"Music from the Swing ear continues to captivate people, because it has a special quality of appeal to the widest demographic of music lovers. For example, when I perform in family settings, it is just as likely to see a 2 or 3 year old dance to boogie-woogie as it is to a 70 year old person do it."…

"My hopes and fears for the future transcend the blues and go into politics, greed, and man’s inhumanity to man."

Little Mike: Tornado In Blues Scale

Queens native Mike…