Year: 2018

Did we say this could be in contention for album of the year? ‘Victor Wainwright and the Train’ will undoubtedly be in the running.

“It could be a place where somebody could stop by and really learn something about Clarksdale, the blues, and Robert Johnson.”

“I still do that. I do that right today. I play with anybody I want to. Get a CD, stick it on that thing, and fire it up. I love playing drums, man.”

“I always tell people, ‘I can not be my father, I can represent the Allison name the best I can.’”

North Sea Jazz is the largest indoor music festival in the world, where the past, present and future of jazz are featured within three days.

John Fogerty and Steve Miller Band will perform their own full sets on the opening night BluesFest 2018.

In the 1970s, Graves started his own record label to promote the blues music of his early heroes.

“You never know what’s going to happen when you’re playing live. You get on stage and you open yourself up; you cry, you dance, and you laugh.”

This year, there will be 13 illustrious honorees, representing all five of the Hall of Fame’s categories.

While sexism, on its face, may seem to affect up-and-coming artists more than those who are more established, nothing could be further from the truth.