Month: July 2015

“We all are professional musicians, and we all do bring unique energy into the band as well as musicality. The chemistry that Jaimoe brought together makes a unique sound…”

American Blues Scene spoke recently with Tony Coleman who is best known for his 29 years as B.B. King’s drummer.

Here’s the latest installment of our weekly series, The Language of the Blues, in which Debra Devi explores the meaning…

This is the latest from The Bluesmobile’s C.C. Rider, who spends her life venerating the founding fathers of the blues. She’s walked the…

The New Orleans great discusses his friend B.B. King, his appearance in the HBO series Treme, The Stones covering his music, losing everything in Katrina, and how New Orleans music is coming back strong!

He was the King of the Jukebox. One of the first black artists to achieve crossover success. He was a band-leader. Songwriter. Multi-Instrumentalist. Killer dancer. He starred in shorts and feature films alike. He was a titan, and his name was Louis Jordan.

This is the latest installment of our weekly series, The Language of the Blues, in which Debra Devi explores the meaning…

“Youth Music Project” is the name of an elite group of teenaged musicians who will make their debut at the Waterfront Blues Festival this year…

When it comes to American music, the true Bard of the Blues was Willie Dixon. He penned so many tracks you can find whole websites that are nothin’ but lists of his songs. So even if you haven’t heard of Willie Dixon, if you’ve heard any rock or blues at all, you’ve heard his stuff.

A son of legendary Mississippi blues artist Robert Johnson won a landmark case for his father’s estate, guide the legend’s legacy, and never stopped working hard.