Browsing: Interviews

“This is the album I’ve been wanting to put out for a while.” – Damon Fowler

‘Mississippi Suitcase’ has been nominated for 2021 Blues Music Award for Blues Rock Album! Catch Peter’s American Blues Scene livestream here!

 “Mixing is all a balance of combining the technical and creative.”

Arielle plays with sound like a painter using all the colors on her palette, at times blending her four-octave voice with the manic youthful energy of instrumental rave-ups that flash back to early Who and Lou Reed on “This Is Our Digital Intervention.”

How will Exceleration help Alligator expand on founder Bruce Iglauer’s vision without turning the music into a “commodity” instead of an “art”? If his history with Concord is any indication, Exceleration CEO Glen Barros is a man who walks the talk.

“The way I play tends to be not with notes or phrases but with expression—little bursts of expression.” – Corky Siegel

“Play for the love. Don’t play for adulation.”

“Not for Alvin to gradually diminish and fade like a dying ember. He finished still playing brilliantly, still shooting from the hip, still the classic guitar slinger.” – Pete Pritchard, Alvin’s bass player

Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues EXTRAVAGANZA – “Closer than in-person” is a virtual event that will debut on Mandolin on Saturday, 3/6 at 7 PM CT

“I have found the Memphis community to be very welcoming, and very warm. I look forward to post-COVID when I can really get out and start to meet our partners and those people who make up the blues community here.” – Patricia Wilson Aden