Skylar Gregg combines old soul, 60s & 70s country, blues and more, adding her very personal lyric imagery to create something new.

“I Got Loaded” is the latest in a collection of music by a band that combines the bluesy, R&B authenticity of Chess Records with punk and garage rock icons.

“Legacy was my first venture into my songs,” Zakiya told me. “People expect me to do hard core blues, but I’m not a hard core blues person.”

Charlie Sayles will be the first to tell you that he’s not a straight ahead Chicago blues player. He takes a more mongrelized approach.

In my 2004 interview with Pitney he shrugged off this seemingly uncanny ability to fit in with every kind of eccentric in the business.

“I couldn’t believe someone like Otis Spann who had such a huge impact on Blues didn’t have a marker.”

As the band raced home after their European Tour was suddenly canceled, Ruth wrote about how, as many people stare down the barrel of similar quarantine measures, lessons can be learned from the disabled community

Ted Estersohn reflects on a lifetime immersed in the blues—from studying with Jerry Ricks to playing alongside Fred McDowell and Son House—while forging a distinctive guitar voice that bridges blues, folk, and jazz.

Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London is one of the world’s most famous music venues.…