Browsing: Blues

“Here’s to taking a sad song and making it sadder.”

Light in the Attic continues 50th anniversary celebration for Karen Dalton’s masterpiece ‘In My Own Time’ with new single featuring Angel Olsen covering singer’s iconic interpretation of “Something On Your Mind” (out today as part of LITA’s ongoing 7” vinyl and digital singles ‘Cover Series’)

American Blues Scene sends love and condolences to Kris Schnebelen’s family, friends, and fans

“The process of making this record was one part voodoo and one part experimentation, but exactly what I’d hoped: an honest collaboration.” – Paul Waring

“Most of the credit of this movie goes to those former college students who had the steel, will, and drive to go forward with the project!”

The arts will hold our hands through the darkness. These are the backstories of five artists who provided us with survival soundtracks for the year that never seemed to end.

It has been a traumatic 21 months for touring musicians across the world but that hasn’t stopped them from recording some stellar albums which I have chosen to share with you this Christmas.

Neal Francis is on the move again!

“Music is our history.” – Jolie Holland

“The banjo has a plunky, non-sustaining tone. Still, I believe the banjo deserves to be an instrument of the blues. Even its history could be a blues song!” – Poet laureate Norbert Krapf