“When I walk on a stage, I know the crowd has to come to have a good time and forget about their problems for a few hours. Our music makes them happy – they can stomp their feet, clap their hands, dance around and smile. I love to see that, because it makes me feel like I have a purpose – that’s why I play music.”
– Gregg Allman
In this installment of Language of the Blues, author and rocker Debra Devi identifies the Mississippi Delta as the cradle of the blues, defined by labor, migration, and a shared musical culture.
Andy Thomas and Dori Freeman deliver a heartfelt duet ahead of his new album.
Deb Callahan talks about writing from real-life experience, developing her voice onstage, and navigating the blues landscape in Philadelphia.
Before ‘Soul Train,’ there was Big Bill Hill’s ‘Red Hot & Blues’: a fleeting Chicago broadcast that lived and disappeared in real time.
On forthcoming album ‘Time is a Flat Circle,’ Reed Turchi delivers a live, evolving take on a century-old blues at Rosa’s Lounge.
Growing up, Stud Ford was no stranger to gritty blues clubs with dim lighting, smoke…
In this installment of Language of the Blues, author and rocker Debra Devi considers the crossroads as a spiritual and cultural symbol, and how it became inseparable from the legend of Robert Johnson.
The uplifting Mississippi-themed anthem previews Corritore’s upcoming collaborative album ‘Ernestine Blues.’
The Folk American Roots Hall of Fame (FARHOF) will induct its second class of honorees…
