The Holmes Brothers’ rootsy gospel-blues inspired by love and gratitude

When you hear the Holmes Brothers, you can tell right off that the gospel-blues trio have been tight for ages.

That time I asked Delta bluesman Big Jack Johnson what the music scene was like in Mississippi

I interviewed Mississippi Delta bluesman Big Jack Johnson back in 2003 when he was touring behind his Memphis Barbecue Sessions album.

I interviewed Mississippi hill country bluesman R.L. Burnside in 2000, four years after the release of A Ass Pocket of Whiskey.

I interviewed 23-year-old blues vocalist Shemekia Copeland, daughter of blues-guitar great Johnny Copeland, back in September of 2002.

You may recall Texas blues-rockers Omar and the Howlers from the album they released in 1987, Hard Times in the Land of Plenty.

In rural folklore of the Deep South, the intersection of two roads has often been regarded as an evil place, the site of black magic.

I did my second interview with Mississippi hill country bluesman R.L. Burnside back in 2000, when he was touring behind his 12th album.

When it comes to the history of blues music in Vancouver, there may be no greater authority than Dave Chisholm.

Taj Mahal wasn't too impressed with the fact that I wasn't really up on John Coltrane. "I'm tellin' ya man, you're missin' out on life."

Blues fans eagerly anticipating the upcoming Vancouver show by Charlie Musselwhite have further reason to be psyched.

David Gogo has hung out with some of the greatest names in guitar, including Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and B.B. King.

By Steve Newton I interviewed Rhode Island blues guitarist and vocalist Duke Robillard back in February of 1995, when he was touring behind his eighth album, Temptation, and about to play a show at the famed Antone's in Austin, Texas. A few years earlier he'd been playing with the Fabulous Thunderbirds, having taken over the … Continue reading That time I asked Duke Robillard if there were big shoes to fill replacing Jimmie Vaughan in the Fabulous Thunderbirds

michele gare photo By Steve Newton When I did my first interview with Sue Foley, back in 1992, she was 23 years old and about to play a show at the Commodore Ballroom as part of the Antone’s Women Blues Revue, which saw her in the company of blues belters Angela Strehli, Lou Ann Barton, … Continue reading Sue Foley’s stunning guitar licks make for a killer night of Texas blues at the Rio