Dear Friends,
I had a great time attending Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival a couple weeks ago--some outstanding sets, almost all featuring blues or...
Dear Friends,
I just returned from the 31st annual Blues Music Awards in Memphis, happy and proud that Tommy Castro won in every category in which he was nom...
Dear Friends,
We won! For the first time since the 1980s, an Alligator release is a Grammy winner. Buckwheat Zydeco’s Lay Your Burden Down won as (what else)...
Dear Friends,
I’m writing from Dallas, where I’m helping Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King cut their second Alligator album. Being part of the creative proc...
Dear Friends,
Last night I shared one of the most joyful musical experiences of my life—the last performance by my dear friends Saffire—The Uppity Blues Wome...
Dear Friends,
It’s been a really great festival summer for me; I attended the Pocono Blues Festival, the Deep Blues Festival in Minneapolis and the Paramount...
Dear Friends,
As I’m sure you all know, my dear friend, Alligator’s senior artist and blues icon Koko Taylor died on June 3 as a result of internal bleeding....
Dear Friends,
I just returned from the 2009 Blues Music Awards in Memphis. It was a very exciting night —lots of great music (about six hours of it) and plen...
Dear Friends,
So far this year is shaping up to be a very difficult one for the world’s economy, and, as you’d imagine, for the blues. Some festivals have al...
Dear Friends,
Welcome to a new year, hopefully a better one than 2008. But I’m concerned that these tough economic times are really hurting the touring blues...
