Author: JD Nash

With the holidays fast approaching, do yourself a favor and purchase a couple of these.

Presented by the Recording Academy since 1958, the GRAMMYs are a celebration of excellence, the music community’s highest honor, and its only peer-based award.

“I think you got to go through something to really understand what the blues is. It doesn’t always have to be pain, but you just don’t get the blues because you can play the blues.” – Mud Morganfield

Southern Avenue takes the already groovy pop-rock song and gives it a soulful spin with controlled command in the studio that translates into an electrifying banger.

“We’ve got a few slower songs we play if we’re doing two sets a night, but for the most part we like to rock out.” – Tim “Too Slim” Langford

The song “I Need Some Easy Money,” won the award for Blues Single at the very first Blues Music Awards in 1980.

K.R.I.T. adds a captivating rap to Kingfish’s passionate vocals and thought-provoking lyrics, seamlessly blending hip hop’s raw urgency with the timelessness of the blues.

“I’ve loved blues-rock as long as I can remember…the style of combining blues-based riffs and rock together moves my soul…I am driven by guitar tone.” – Micki Free

“I mean, to me that’s as raw and rocking or punk rock as it gets, but it’s traditional blues, you know?” Matthew Stubbs, lead guitarist for GA-20

“As a single parent, I felt very alone and was driven to create this tune.” – Chris Antonik