"I think that people want to hear of true life experiences that they can relate to at any age. So not only the lyrics, but the actual music itself that we hear in blues and jazz conveys this."

Mary Ann Casale: Running Out of Time…

"Playing blues is not as easy as many may think. It isn’t a game of speed, it’s a game of intense logic."

Austin Jimmy Murphy: Blues Traveler

Austin Jimmy Murphy was…

"The blues is an immediate avenue to one's emotional state, with the fewest notes possible. Sort of like being naked."

Salted Bros: SalTed Blues Apple

Salted Bros is an…

"No smoke and mirrors or hiding the truth behind any hidden meanings just put it out there pure and simple and everyone can relate to what you are saying."

Gar Francis: One Music, One Song, One World

Gar Francis (Gary T…

"I think much of the older music wasn’t so set on being commercialized as the stuff we are fed now."

Will Hanza: Intellectual Music

Will Hanza is a gigging musician, band leader, composer, engineer and music…

"I hear people try to copy it today but it’s hard. The Chess played the way they lived. Times have changed. Music today reflects that."

Dave Fields: Blues Detonation in Big Apple

Dave Fields has…

"Blues helps us deal with the ups and downs of life...well, ain't that kind of like what a religion does?"

Wildcat O' Halloran: NY Bluezism

Hottest guitar-driven high-energy blues band ever to come out…

"On listening to poets like Charley Plymell and Ray Bremser, I’ve heard jazz-like meter, syncopation, swing, along with the soul of blues."

Carl Waldman: Cherry Valley Blues…