After a blowout jam with the boys of Royal Southern Brotherhood to end the night, Sam swung by the back porch to talk about her explosive career, winning a Blues Music Award, and unsuccessfully trying to buy fireworks in England!

Another installment in our new weekly series by author and rocker Debra Devi. This week, we explore the term “Ashes Hauled”, made famous by Sleepy John Estes

It is the mission of this publication to celebrate, expose, & enhance the enriching art form known as the Blues & what it’s inspired. It is for these reasons that the American Blues Scene is endorsing a presidential candidate.

From rockabilly to an L.A.-meets-Chicago version of Piedmont slow blues, the 44s blast out of LA like the Dirty Harry namesake pistol with their latest album.

Soul blues singer/harmonica master Curtis Salgado will undergo surgery on July 18 in Portland, Oregon, to remove a cancerous growth from his lung, according to his manager Shane Tappendorf.

Diamond-hard blues-rock…fierce, original, beautiful guitar and an exquisite growl of a voice…powerhouse blues that strikes like a hammer blow. –Billboard

This is the first in a new weekly series that focuses on the meaning and significance of a unique word used in blues song. Come back every Wednesday for the latest!

Soul Survivor is old school soul, with a hint of laid back blues, played to perfection.

The love and effort that went into writing and playing this material is evident throughout.

With “I Belong To The Band”, Rory Block has cemented her indisputable position as a master of this genre.