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“I made records for people who would buy them. No color, no ethnic, no political — I don’t want that, never did.”

Available March 24th, Classic Piedmont Blues offers an illuminating overview of the Piedmont style.

Master harmonica player James Cotton has died of pneumonia at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas; he was 81 years old.

During the show, four large portraits of blues legends hand-painted by Willie Hightower, an inmate at MCI, were given to WDIF-LP for the purpose of auctioning to raise money for the station and its charitable causes.

“I saw a movie called It Might Get Loud… I saw that, and I saw Jack White in it. I went down that rabbit hole for a while and dove into what he was doing. And he was really into Robert Johnson.”

“It has been determined that Gregg will not be touring in 2017.”

Gray will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, on May 11th, in Memphis.

“You have to put your own spin on it. You have to find a voice… You have to find a way to be heard and you have to have something to say.”

“It’s always given that ‘instant mojo’ to every track I’ve used it on in the past. I thought it was high time I did a project purely on this fantastic machine.”

Currently, an IndieGoGo campaign is underway and will be over March 31st. Berrett and company are looking to raise at least $10,000 by that time which would cover postproduction and other incidental costs.