Browsing: Mississippi Blues

Boyce passed away Thursday, November 9, at the age of 68. 

“From an artist’s perspective, you couldn’t ask to be on a better label – as well as they treat their artists and the amount they’re willing to promote, stick up for their people, push their projects. You’re not getting that anywhere else.”

“He got married and had a family and nobody even knew he had a career in music, not even his wife. After he died, his wife found a scrapbook that he had kept…”

BREAKING – Blues artist, L. C. Ulmer was found unresponsive in his Ellinsville, Mississippi home by family members on Sunday morning.

IBC winning guitarist, singer and songwriter Zak Harmon’s road from the Mississippi Delta to L.A. to acclaim as a singer is powerfully coming full circle.

Third annual event to feature more than two weeks of live music and hundreds of musicians!

I don’t care if everyone changes and starts playing jazz and R&B, I’m gonna play Chicago blues. I’m gonna play traditional blues, and I’m gonna pay homage to the man that gave me the first guitar, which was my dad.

As the North Mississippi Allstars, Friday’s headliners, are fond of singing, “Mississippi knows how to party”. Nothing exemplifies this better than the Mighty Mississippi Music Festival.

This album is set to late ’40s – early ’50s style (sometimes referred to as “post war”) blues. The sound quality and production are good, and the level of musicianship is high.

Stay tuned to ABS for all the latest on the famous Juke Joint Festival! Want to score an interview with American Blues Scene? This could be your chance!