Author: Barry Kerzner
“I’m grateful to all the young musicians that are coming up, playing music, and trying to keep hope alive for the blues.”
“Black sacred music’s influence on popular music was inevitable if you consider that the church was the primary music school for generations of African American singers and musicians.”
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real have quietly developed into one of America’s most dazzling new live acts…
Elise LeGrow has released the second single from her forthcoming album Playing Chess (10/6, S-Curve Records/Awesome Music), a sultry take on the Bo Diddley song “Who Do You Love.” Elise will perform songs from Playing Chess at an intimate showcase at the Standard, East Village in NYC on August 15th. Watch her make her TV debut performing a heartfelt rendition of Chuck Berry’s “You Never Can Tell” on Canada’s Global News Morning Show. Playing Chess has earned early praise from Billboard, who called “You Never Can Tell” “…a delicate piece of music that LeGrow fosters as her own.” That same…
The group’s take-no-prisoners approach drawn from gritty Chicago roots, Texas-inspired blues and Hollywood flair, was first seen in Europe in 1993…
“The Delta Blues Museum wants to honor John Lee Hooker’s place in music history and give fans everywhere an interactive opportunity to discover…”
“You and I both know, the road is my only true friend.”
“One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite Chicago Blues men, the great Magic Sam.”
“In another instance, a farmer removed the headstones from a cemetery, plowed over the land and planted cotton in place of the markers…”
“It’s with a sad heart that I inform you of the passing of our great friend L.C. Cooke whose talents, humanity and charm we shall all miss.”