This is the latest installment of our weekly series The Language of the Blues, in which author and rock musician…

Smokey and the band are looking forward to their upcoming shows and promoting their new album “Come Together” to be released on April 29, 2016.

Danielle Nicole and the band also performed the most rocking version of Son House’s famed “Death Letter” ever, with the exception of the original, naturally.

Remember this name if you don’t know it already: Al Green. The Reverend Al Green to you. Cause you know this sound. It’s a sound like no other—his voice…

The best part of being there was watching the joy on Trout’s face as he tore it up with complete devotion and abandon. Anyone who witnessed this performance will never forget it.

Washington Ave. in Saint Louis was filled with people and the air was electric for the National Blues Museum’s opening. News crews reported, cameras flashed. The mayor and Saint Louis dignitaries were there. So were blues legends Bobby Rush and Shemekia Copeland! Find everything you need to know about the National Blues Museum and how to plan a musical vacation to Saint Louis.

“If people are expecting a laid-back show, that’s not what they’ll get. This is potent stuff…”

This will be Holmes 6th studio release and the first on his own label, Blue Front Records. The label is named for the famous Blue Front Cafe…

“The people visiting get the Southern hospitality and first hand history and the locals get the exotic experience of visitors from Israel or Brazil.”

He performed in concert at the White House, and toured with Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones.