"I think blues music would have a much bigger audience if this music would get more air time in radio and television. Younger people just don’t find this music."

Helge Tallqvist: Fin(n)ish Blues…

"About the past I miss the simple are the things, simple but impossible do best, today we play more technical but is not the same beauty...The Blues himself adapted through the years...who knows the way he take  I don’t know Blues is bigger than us."

Ñaco Goñi: Iberian…

"I hope we can realize that we’re all people and there’s just not that much difference in the grand scheme of things. My fear is that we’re too stupid and greedy as a species to do so!!!"

Jim Aaron: Sounds of North Carolina …

"You can’t understand the blues without paying a big attention to sociology, race etc...but also in Flamenco, Latin music ETC...popular music is LIFE, and it tells what  is and been going on with the people."

Marcos Coll: Saludos del Mundo Los Blues…

"I wish that discs and vinyl records were still as important as they used to be. When I was young a vinyl record album was a beautiful physical object that you could hold. Something has been lost in the change I think."

Jim Fitting: American Music Breaths…

"I wish American culture would embrace the blues as much as other countries do around the world. It’s sad to me…rap singers have diamonds in their teeth and have private jets. There are blues artists with incredible talent who barely make a living…"

Mark Steinmetz: Dr. Two Tone…

"Soon I realized that the blues was a way of living and it carried a very deep message about life. And I found in blues a music that resonated very well with my life experiences…"

Marcian Petrescu: Romanian Blues Spells…

"Playing the Blues is a way of channeling certain energies and emotions through a culturally-related set of musical and lyrical forms." 

Tom Townsley: Talking with the Blues

Tom (Thomas) Townsley has been…

"Blues songs are filled with profound truths about people."

Tad Robinson: Blues Tells The Truth

Tad Robinson was born and raised in New York City, attending school at Indiana University's school of music and…

"Blues teach me how to give a look deep inside yourself and the other people, it gives me the meaning to stay in a real touch with people and their humanity."

Harmonica Slim: Breathing The Blues Life…

"Blues is an honest music, music of love and passion, suffering and loneliness. It comes from the very core of our being."

Jovana Stankovic: Breathing The Blues

Jovana Stankovic was born on January 20th in 1987 in Belgrade,…

"The blues is that tribal, African roots, which directly sings an emotion. It's not about chords, riffs, harmony. It is a direct kick to your heart."

Aníbal Repetto: Alma Emoción

Aníbal Repetto was born…

"Blues is part of mankind’s everyday struggle, a part of life, like breathing."

Hard Luck Hopson: Breathin' Blues

Hard Luck Hopson was born May 25, 1960 in Reckless Disregard, Mississippi. He…

"The pleasure lies not only in finding it but in the journey, meeting kindred spirits and searching for all the pieces of the puzzle. The same with blues, the deeper you dig the more you realize that you’ll never be able to really fully understand it."

Steven…

"The blues every day teaches me to appreciate the little things, and do not forget free to play with your heart, to talk through the notes, and so I was making hundreds of friends in this beautiful way."

Eze Salgado: Blues From Patagonia…

"Dangdut was Indonesian Blues. It talks about daily life, about dreams, hopes, nightmares and fears."

Gilang Pandeka: Amor Fati Blues

Gilang Pandeka is a harmonica player from Jakarta,…

"The Blues helped me to get my hidden inner sensitivity, to express my feelings without any kind of shame or fear, to laugh or mourn without permission."

Ariel Salvatierra: The Blues Is Alright…

"Great blues is played and sung from the heart. You can't fake the blues."

Brad Wilson: The Sculptured Blues

Brad Wilson established the Rhythm Drivers in 2004 with an intent to play…

"Blues will always be around because it is honest music. It connects with people in a very deep way. It will change from decade to decade but if it stays honest it will always be supported."

Hank Mowery: Nothing But The Blues…

"The blues is simple but inspires deep feelings. The blues is played with soul, it can be good or bad. But you can´t lie playing the blues."

Val Tomato: Blows At Crossroad

Val Tomato has…