In Living Blues #206
March 2010

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)...

In Living Blues #205
January 2010

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...

In Living Blues #204
November 2009

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...

In Living Blues #201
May 2009

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...

In Living Blues #196
May 2008

Dear Friends, A couple weeks ago I had the great pleasure of attending the Springing The Blues Festival in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Sam Veal founded this...

In Living Blues #195
March 2008

Dear Friends, Seems like I’ve hardly had a good night’s sleep since the beginning of the year. First was a trip to MIDEM, the international record business t...

In Living Blues #192
September 2007

Dear Friends, The summer has sped away in what seems like a moment. I haven’t had a chance to get to many festivals, but the Chicago Blues Festival was excep...