Why is an international pop sensation featured on a blues magazine? Because, as Tommy Joe can testify, the blues still continues to influence even the most popular music on the airwaves.
Year: 2013
“A man can live a long time without water or food, but a man cannot get along without hope.” So says blues legend Bobby Rush
Discover the ancient african origins of the word, as well as Buddy Guy’s incredible Chicago Blues contribution to it’s meaning.
Sid Bernstein, the man who is credited with bringing The Rolling Stones to America and quite possibly the entire British invasion has passed away. Sid_bernstein
Hugh Laurie’s “Didn’t It Rain” Is An Understated Delight. The album is subdued, mellow, and wonderfully understated. The atmosphere of the album is very unhurried, which really let’s the music speak.
“I think that my time is just the right time,” explains singer/songwriter Valerie June, who released her debut national album “Pushin’ Against A Stone”
Tuesday nights at Harvelle’s in Santa Monica are what the blues is truly all about. An incredible program for a serious cause.
“We’re fighting to bring the blues from Israel to the world,” says Ori Naftaly
“If I wasn’t so old, I don’t know if I would continue to do this stuff,” says Carl Weathersby after an eight hour session at Chicago’s famous late-night blues club, Kingston Mines
The woman who brazenly attacked the soul legend on-stage during a July festival has officially been charged with felonies.