Little Milton is Alright with the Blues
The man who made “The Blues is Alright” a national anthem with blues enthusiasts around the globe was born to a family of humble sharecroppers
June 16, 2020
Scott Macaluso
June 15 – June 21 Blues Birthdays
This week’s blues birthdays run the gamut from Don “Sugarcane” Harris to Grace Potter. Check out who else celebrates this week! (Pictured above: SARA
June 15, 2020
The Blues and Gospel Train
On May 7th, 1964 The Blues and Gospel Train took off from Manchester’s Central Station to the abandoned Wilbraham Road station in the southern Manchester
June 11, 2020
Eric Bibb Heard the Angels Singing
Few are those who can make it sound like there’s a whole band on stage when in fact it is just one impressive musician and
June 10, 2020
Luther Allison’s Face Can’t Hide the Blues
Here’s an epic guitar face that’s hard to beat. Luther Allison got into the blues a few years after his family moved from his hometown
June 9, 2020
June 8 – June 14 Blues Birthdays
Derek Trucks: June 8, 1979 The accomplished electric slide guitarist officially joined the Allman Brothers Band alongside his uncle, drummer Butch Trucks, in 1999 but
June 8, 2020
Fantastic Negrito Gets Lost in the Crowd
His early years saw Fantastic Negrito on the streets of Oakland, California and sneaking into college classrooms to continue his mostly self-taught music education. He
June 4, 2020
Nina Simone’s Got Life
Nina Simone was a classical pianist by training, but she launched her career in earnest as a vocalist in 1954 when she was in need
June 3, 2020
She’s Ruthie Foster, Phenomenally
Throughout her career of over twenty years, Ruthie Foster has performed on countless stages around the world, and more recently, she was one of the
June 2, 2020
