Author: Lauren Leadingham

Robin Trower’s newest album, ‘Coming Closer to the Day,’ has been officially released on this 22nd day of March. “I’m very happy with it; I’m very pleased with it,” he told us.

One could really get lost in New Orleans, lose themselves in the reverie of rhythm and blues. For Alex Chilton, this was especially true.

One pursuit that has always beckoned to Jim Allchin, long before his indispensable executive role at Microsoft, is playing the blues.

‘Been So Long: My Life and Music,’ a memoir by Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, hit the shelves in late August of this year. It doesn’t read like a typical sex, drugs, and rock and roll autobiography.

“I’m just going to be a vocalist and sing the things that I want to sing. I’ll play a little guitar, but essentially as a musician, I’m primarily a vocalist.”

Educators who sign up for the workshop sessions before the concert will receive a free ticket to that evening’s show.

“I believe that the lineup we have this year is probably one of the strongest, if not the best, that we’ve ever produced in our past 24 years.”

“And that’s the nice thing about the blues is you can tell your stories through words and music.”

“I want to honor Muddy and give his fans all I can about him musically and historically, even as I make my own music.”

“I don’t necessarily try to emulate any particular type of singer; I just sing the way it comes naturally to me.”