"Music affects everyone, whether they realize it or not. You can overhear a song as you walk down the street, and it instantly changes your mood. Magic!"
Danny Willson: The Rock King is Back
Throw down the sword, proggers- Martin Turner‘s back in town!! Following on from shows that have seen the legendary ex-Wishbone Ash bassist/vocalist perform…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on April 27, 2022 at 10:00am — No Comments
"I think live music has amazing benefits on people’s mental health, it brings joy, relief, escapism and a warm social environment. As an audience member I have probably been to more gigs on my own than with anyone. You can go to a gig alone and be part of a community, smile at the person next to you when the band play something super cool, chat at the bar with people because you have a common interest. Music is great."…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on April 26, 2022 at 10:00am — No Comments
"Different types of music can affect people in different ways, sometimes it brings us together, sometimes it can divide us. We all have different tastes and that should be celebrated. I need music to move me, whether that be to get up and dance, sing out loud or whether it makes me reflect, touches my soul - either way it needs to move me. For my own music, I want it to move people but if it doesn’t move me then I don’t feel there’s there’s any way it will…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on April 18, 2022 at 5:30pm — No Comments
"I miss the context. I miss how small the music scene was in 1966-70. I miss the close-knit communities that thrived without the internet, without the media. I miss the sense of discovery music fans had before the algorithms started to force-feed us ''discoveries''. I think there's loads of great music and musicians out there today. Always interesting new bands in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. But I miss great songwriting combined with colorful and…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on April 17, 2022 at 6:00pm — No Comments
"The elimination of the sacred has affected everything. Music has suffered accordingly. The State has become the new god with technology as the tool for achieving its aims. The result of this is the relativisation of all music. Music has been ripped from its traditional functional roots."
Andrew Keeling: English Music Landscape…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on March 17, 2022 at 11:00am — No Comments
"It is a touching of the soul, breaking barriers and communicating the special and important things that words can often not express. I would like to think that I can remind them of their spirituality and the innate qualities of sensitivity that modern life and smart phones/screens can distract us from."
Will Johns: Bluesdaddy Top Cream
Striking a…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on October 19, 2021 at 9:30am — No Comments
"I hope people can relate to the music and lyrics we have written whether its an upbeat hard Rock song that is riff based or whether its a song like Broken Dreams where it may trigger memories of past experiences. Our variety of songs may well trigger different emotional responses which is great."
Debra Susan: The Soundtrack of Life
Debra Susan is…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on June 5, 2021 at 7:30pm — No Comments
"I would encourage the younger generation of today to stop listening to crap like Kanye West and Justine Bieber and open their hearts and souls to real musicianship and encourage them to download Jimi Hendrix ‘Are you experienced’."
Ritchie Dave Porter: A Knight Storyteller
Ritchie Dave Porter was born on January 18th 1970 in Birmingham UK, the…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on June 5, 2021 at 7:00pm — No Comments
"In terms of affecting people, I think the biggest compliment I receive as a photographer is that one of my images moved someone enough to go and investigate the music or see live the artist who they saw in the image. In terms of socio-cultural impacts, if my work contributes to the promotion, encouragement or participation in cultural activities such as concerts or festivals, that can only be a good thing for all."…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on June 2, 2021 at 11:00am — No Comments
"I just want my music to lift people, take them on a journey, leave them feeling like they have experienced something great. Music is the food of the soul."
Paul Moran: The Jazz Geordie
Paul Moran is a Hammond organist, pianist, trumpeter, composer and arranger. Paul Moran’s unique artistry is heard in both the R&B, Jazz, and…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on March 16, 2021 at 4:30pm — No Comments
"It’s always the People who decide on the shock music has in our everyday lifestyle. Today it’s impact is with rap and dance: “let’s get loose man…tomorrow may not be there again”. The music is much more physical than cerebral. The body is rolling loose. Sex is the epicenter. I would like to hear a fairer repartition of both."
Nirvana: The Music Bliss of Mind &…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on March 2, 2021 at 5:30pm — No Comments
"I wanted to make people realize that, under the skin, we are all the same: "If you prick me do, I not bleed?". The blues springs from human experience: that experience is common to us all, black or white. It is an expression of hope and I hope it helps to end racial prejudice."
Dave Thomas: The Blues Spirituality
Dave Thomas is the…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on February 17, 2021 at 9:30am — No Comments
"Everybody likes music in some form and whether they know it or not, it gives succor to the soul."
John Helliwell: Ever Open (Music) Door
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 during the…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on February 15, 2021 at 11:00am — No Comments
"It’s been a great journey, travelling around the World and playing music I’ve been involved in creating. It never seems to get boring, in fact better now, as new doors are opening. It’s incredible how people all over are so honorable and well versed in the music."
Jim McCarty: Walking In The Rock Land
Jim McCarty is the renowned drummer from THE…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on January 24, 2021 at 10:30am — No Comments
"I really don’t believe that popular music or art in general have had a real political or social impact since the 1950s. Corporations are well aware of what George Orwell called the ‘controlled opposition’. That’s what they do."
The Questionnaires: Timeless Music
The Questionnaires are from Newcastle upon Tyne in Northern England. Jane Wade and…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on November 16, 2020 at 9:30pm — No Comments
"Music should excite. It can do that in many ways. Intellectually and emotionally but fundamentally it’s three minutes or so of excitement and as an artist the game is to pack those three minutes with as much stimulating stuff as possible."
Nigel Barker: The Art To Be Artist
If you imagine Beck with Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen with the Delta Saints…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on September 21, 2020 at 3:30pm — No Comments
"I firmly believe that especially the progressive rock side of things is really more of a continuation of how classical music has developed as against its evolving with popular music. I mean the 20th century brought some electronics into classical music Stockhausen and another writer John Cage, but somehow it still stayed separate from all classical music, or so we say mainstream classical music and I think prog rock in many respects took that…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on September 2, 2020 at 8:30pm — No Comments
"If we go back to the roots of Blues music, we cannot deny the journey that got us here. Blues deals with love and heartache but also being tough and resilient. I guess it’s a bit of a no-nonsense genre where the instruments are allowed to ‘have the blue’s too”? hahah. All music is a state of mind, and all states of mind interpret music."
Malaya Blue: Still Got The Old School…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 29, 2020 at 10:00pm — No Comments
"When I was a teenager the blues helped me to understand the history of racial injustice in the Unites States. We don’t need it for that any more - with camera phones and Youtube, anyone who wants to can witness that injustice for themselves. Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t seem to be interested."
Alan Harper: Chicago Blues Crossroads
In the…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 20, 2020 at 1:00pm — No Comments
"All music effects people. Thats what its for. I am not sure that Blues is any different to any other sort of music in that respect. All genre's of music can convey any feelings you want them to. Make people think, cry, laugh. There is nothing better than after a gig people telling you that your songs made them feel some sort of emotion. Even if they hated it. If they felt nothing, then you have failed."…
ContinueAdded by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 10, 2020 at 11:00am — No Comments
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
© 2024 Created by Michael Limnios Blues Network. Powered by