On ‘Bloodstains & Teardrops’ – Big Chief Monk Boudreaux connects the early music of the slaves in New Orleans Congo Square to the Caribbean as he demonstrates its similarities in lyrical, musical, and cultural content.

The video for title track, “Sharecropper’s Son,” was directed by Tim Hardiman and filmed on location in Finley’s hometown of Bernice, Louisiana.

“Change is inevitable, and this album is a portrait of someone accepting change.” Keith Kenny’s dynamic new album, ‘Lifetime Ago Motel,’ is out now via iNtuRecords

“‘Whatever She Wants’ talks about an attraction so crazy that you’re willing to put everything on the line, no matter how dangerous. – Jose Ramirez

“With all that’s going on in this world, death, loneliness, sickness, hurt, grief and pain, we the Mcrary Sisters need to tell the world that God’s amazing grace is enough to get us through it all.”

“The theme of ‘Stompin’ on the Front Porch’ relates to how blues started out with folks gathered around the front porch of a house listening to a guitar player strumming or playing bottle neck and singing a story.”

The Mighty Roots Music Festival is very much a reboot of Mighty Mississippi festival in a new location — Stovall Farms, the place where Muddy Waters grew up and was first recorded.

When Holeman was 14, he bought a new Sears Silvertone guitar for $15. “I thought I had something!” he said. His uncle and cousin taught him a few chords. “I listened to 78s like ‘Step It Up and Go’ by Blind Boy Fuller, the Grand Ole Opry, and heard others play at pig-picking parties. I was good for catching on.”

Recorded largely at Sam Phillips Recording Studio, Memphis – with the remaining at their studio in Indiana – this Memphis vibe has seeped into ‘Heavy Shoes,’ out August 13 via Mascot Records

Weider stepped into Robbie Robertson’s shoes and resurrected The Band with a second coming unmatched in rock by anyone else, with the possible exception of Warren Haynes in the Allman Brothers.