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Author: Barry Kerzner
“Tenants who needed to make rent would throw a party where they lived, pushing all the furniture back to allow more room for dancing…”
The sheer audacity to envision these tracks as she has and then deliver them with the fearless and unabashed abandon she does speaks volumes.
Aside from the new trio format and the live presentation, what adds exponentially to this experience is the mix. It’s ambient, raw, sparse, and immediate.
“I go to the IBC every year, and I look at the talent because I get to see them first-hand. Their desire to excel is what I’m looking for.”
Excitement is building and the anticipation is palpable for the upcoming Jimi Hendrix album, ‘Both Sides of the Sky,’ hitting the street March 9th.
Blues great B.B. King listened to Payne on his lunch break when he was picking cotton in the fields as a teenager.
“It was a classroom. You went there to learn. You could actually sit down and have a conversation with these performers.”
Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 will be remembered as the dawn of the new American Space Age, and David Bowie provided the soundtrack.
Ever wanted to see the most popular and historic sites in blues lore? Then the National Blues Museum has a Blues Highway adventure just for you!
Check out our World Premiere of “Let It Go” by Bernard Allison