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“Because I’ve identified as a drummer my whole life musically, I’m just now starting to actually see myself as a songwriter.”

Legendary Nashville gospel music quartet The McCrary Sisters back up Easley on the emotional piano ballad “I Can Let Go.”

Premiering today is Sugaray’s “Gonna Lift You Up” from forthcoming ‘In Too Deep.’

Revisiting this interview with Sam Lay and ‘Sam Lay in Bluesland’ director John Anderson, originally published in 2017. We at ABS mourn the loss of the iconic drummer who has passed away at 86.

“Maybe this album is very much a salvation.” An interview with ultimate road warrior Tinsley Ellis about latest album ‘Devil May Care.’

“It means a lot that Buddy loves a record so much that he would do this record for me, and love me so much that he’d do this record.” – Bobby Rush

Anna Lomax Wood not only continued her father’s work in cantometrics, she made his vision of an accessible Global Jukebox a reality.

‘Crown,’ out today, follows the pattern of Eric Gales’ previous albums in addressing social issues of a man who doesn’t understand why the color of a man’s skin should preclude how he’s treated.

Willie once said, “The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It’s better keeping the roots alive, because it means better fruits from now on…”

In these recordings you hear a glimpse of a forgotten America. Listen exclusively to Albert Smith’s “Down in Burningham.”