The recent commissioning of June to be African-American Music Month by President Obama is extremely significant to the preservation and continuation of Blues’ legacy and musical impact.
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We sat down with the hard-working blues and soul man Hamilton Loomis, where he talked about his Stax/Volt influences and bar-b-qin’ and being mentored by Bo Diddley.
Today is the birthday of the legendary Les Paul, a man who’s name is nearly synonymous with music.
Robert Johnson’s 100th birthday brought with it a flood of products paying tribute to, taking advantage of, or otherwise capitalizing on Johnson’s unique legacy, such as Dogfish Head Brewery’s Hellhound on my Ale
This is the third update from Marc & Luc Borms, Belgian brothers who are currently in a search for the blues in the Mississippi Delta for their forthcoming book, Catfish & Cotton.
We sat down with Jared Blake, star contestant of NBC’s smash television hit The Voice, to talk the blues, life, and chasing the musical dream!
This is the second update from Marc & Luc Borms, Belgian brothers who are currently in a search for the blues in the Mississippi Delta for their forthcoming book, Catfish & Cotton.
Increasingly, live music is often axed by clubs tightening their belts or protecting themselves from lawsuits. Live music, however, is vitally important, and deserves to be fiercely supported.
A real life Forrest Gump, Blind Tom was an autistic savant with an unheard of gift of piano. The first African-American to perform in the White House and the “last American slave”, his life was enigmatic.
Robert Johnson’s famous “Stop Breakin’ Down” has been recorded by Clapton, the Stones, the White Stripes & Junior Wells, it’s seen it’s day in court and, over 70 years, has become a landmark blues song.