After a career of over 60 years, BB King was asked: “Why do you play the Blues?” He answered: “Because the Blues is the source!” What he meant was Blues is where everything starts and where everything comes from. The Blues is the source of all the popular music we listen to. If it were […]
The Kid from North Dakota, Jonny Lang By Rodrigo Cortés from Feel The Blues Imagen from Blues On Stage North Dakota is definitely known for its blues scene, but as fate would have it, one of the best contemporary blues guitar prodigies comes from there. As a child of 12 years old in the 90’s, […]
Christmas Blues By Rod Cortés from Feel The Blues Imagen obtenida de Veojam The holidays are usually a time for family gatherings and celebration. It is a time for love and happiness… but sometimes, the holidays tend to make people sad and give them the blues. I’m sure you know someone who gets sad or […]
John Mayall: The Gentleman of British Blues By Rod Cortés from Feel The Blues Images from World Of Harmnica John Mayall is perhaps not a well-known name in the blues. His band, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers was never as famous as other bands such as Cream, Fleetwood Mac or The Rolling Stones. But if […]
10 Best Women Blues Singers By RSS, Author at Made Man Picture by Jack Vartugiaan from FrontRowPhotos Here are the 10 best women blues singers today. Blues music has been around longer than most other forms of contemporary music and over the years has produced some of the finest singers in the world. Many of […]
By Rod Cortez from Feel the Blues Living Blues magazine has announced the nominees for the 2017 Living Blues Readers’ Awards. Five Alligator Records artists received a total of 11 nominations. Toronzo Cannon received four, Shemekia Copeland, Curtis Salgado and Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials each received two nominations. Marcia Ball received one. Winners […]