Keeping the Blues Alive Award Recipients Announced

Nobody is allowed to decry the decline of Hill Country Blues while the North Mississippi Allstars are making music. Nobody.

American Blues Scene is giving our readers a chance to stream the song for free for a limited time.

To understand this album, imagine you’re sitting at a poker table…

The Mississippi Delta’s blues weren’t the only things that shaped the lexicon of American culture. In the 111th month anniversary of Teddy Roosevelt’s famous bear hunt, uncover the Delta’s fascinating contributions…

The 13 songs here clock in at 59 minutes and when the album is over, we are left wanting more. Bibb uses a whole host of musicians throughout the album, and the playing is consistently superb.

Equal parts album, equal parts narrative, Michael Packer’s I Am the Blues is a change of pace in the way people listen to music.

For one Spanish woman, it was a neighbor playing the piano more softly than a spoken conversation.

Charlie Musselwhite’s live “Juke Joint Chapel”, named for the venue where it was recorded in Clarksdale, MS, is live gold!

King Biscuit Blues Festival and The Core Culture