Magic Slim says that Michael Jackson was alright, but he didn’t play no blues

Here's a tip for aspiring music journalists: think twice before you call an old bluesman at his hotel after 10 p.m.

That time Tinsley Ellis told me about B.B. King giving him a broken string

I did my third interview with blues-rocker Tinsley Ellis when he was touring behind his seventh album on Alligator Records, Moment of Truth.

"When I play blues it's soothing, and it just puts your mind somewhere else, so that's been helping this a lot."

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

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.