Year: 2018

Lukas Nelson is far more than just Willie Nelson’s son; he’s a gifted guitar player, and one of this generation’s most talented singer-songwriters.

“I’m so happy that recently I had the chance to meet her in New Orleans and see the city through her eyes.”

Jackson Browne mixed new songs with the old and the audience was under his spell from start to finish.

Over in the Delta tent, Bobby Rush, the sassiest and downright sexiest 85 year old on the scene, was thrusting his way through a dynamite set.

“An old man was sitting on the front porch with a straw hat and an acoustic, and he was playing slide and singing. I went ‘Oh my God, what is that?’ My dad was like, ‘That’s the blues.'”

Finley, a self-taught musician, is no stranger to collaborating with and leading an elite group of musicians.

To witness Steve Cropper and co. play one of their earliest and greatest hits was exhilarating. They’re a band of true professionals and some of the most gifted musicians on the planet.

Anyone who’s ever walked into a random bar and wound up hearing an extraordinary band will love the energy of ‘Backstage Pass.’

The blues don’t discriminate. For decades the Aussies have been telling their stories too.

Listening to ‘Are YOU One of Jay’s Kids?’ only serves to confirm the spell that Hawkins could cast over his audience.