In the heart of L.A. is a Juke Joint. The interior long, narrow, & dimly lit with tiny tables lining the side. Everything leads to a small stage… and that’s where the magic has happened for decades.
Editor’s Note: This is an incredibly special part of “dual articles” about the dynamic Shemekia Copeland and her long time manager and songwriter, John Hahn!
In 2009, JP Soars and his band, The Red Hots, won 1st place in the Blues…
The blues superstar talks her huge new album, covering Dylan, Sam Cooke, and her father, as well as playing at the White House, paving her own way, and being presented the mantle as the new “Queen of the Blues”!
As a humanist, he was at the forefront of integration, playing black jazz clubs throughout the deep South in the ’50s, a point of pride for him. Dave Brubeck was one of the first bandleaders in America to integrate his group.
Everyone knows Debbie Davies. Over the years she has established a standard of excellence for…
It’s official: Dan Akroyd is reprising his role as a blues brother, along with some help from the rest of the Blues Brothers Band… and he says the first gig is only the beginning!
Up until recently, Gary Clark Jr. was one of the best kept secrets in the…
In this latest installment we get a chance to catch up with the amazing Tab Benoit, we toss out some new ideas about Robert Petway and take a quick look into the life of Stagger Lee.
Guy, 76, is one of the pioneers in the Chicago blues style that pushed the sound of the electric guitar to the forefront of blues music. It was a version of the blues that drifted over the Atlantic to Britain and echoed back in the heart-pounding rock sound of Led Zeppelin