Ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax and folk legend Bessie Jones worked together to present, promote, and teach Southern black folk song across the country, from nightclubs to elementary schools.
Month: May 2020
Directed by Alison Ellwood (History of the Eagles), the series features an intimate portrait of the artists who created a music revolution
Martens coaxes the most from every beat and lyric, applying a well-tempered stranglehold to every riff and melody. Her guitar work is all about tone control.
Limited edition 5X180g vinyl box set to be released September 25
As blues has always done, this presentation was a rallying cry for all of humanity, giving notice to a tiny but deadly enemy that we SHALL overcome.
Grant Dermody’s harmonica is so rich, full, and alive, you could live in it. With your family. And your kids. Because it’s also in a great school district.
It’s one thing to interview a legacy artist over the phone. It’s another to sit knee to knee with him and watch his fingers sail across the fret board.
Here are your winners from the 41st Blues Music Awards. 2020 saw the awards show virtually, but the Blues Foundation, and all involved created a great event
Linsey Alexander’s Live at Rosa’s is perfectly suited for the times we’re in. For post-war…
As a music journalist, I have half a century of interviews with artists who prove that age is relative and is measured in one’s health, vitality, creativity and attitude more than in chronological age.