Editorial leadership
Lauren Leadingham
Editor-in-Chief
At American Blues Scene, we approach roots music as a living continuum, guided by the belief that it deserves coverage as layered and complex as the art itself. Through in-depth interviews, historical features, and on-the-ground concert coverage by professional photographers, we bring context and insight to the music that moves us.
My relationship with music began early. While other kids traded toys and cars on playdates, I was in Dad's music den studying liner notes, memorizing lyrics, and trying to make sense of the world through song. The instinct to connect life back to music never left me; it has grown, in the hands and voices of our writers, into a trusted platform for artists, fans, and industry professionals around the world.
Our goal is to capture not just what the music sounds like, but why it matters, telling stories that last longer than a news cycle. We connect the dots between a note, a lyric, and the lives they touch, keeping one ear on the roots and the other on the road ahead.