Blues Music Artists

Stevie Nimmo

Born and bred in Glasgow, Scotland, Stevie Nimmo’s guitar sounds as raw and emotive as any guitar player’s you’ll ever encounter. And there is sweetness and warmth in his tone as well as anger and regret. In other words, Stevie Nimmo plays the blues. And thanks to a near tragic twist of fate, his playing…

Kaz Hawkins

The soulful blues-shouting mama is a time-honored tradition in the genre. And Kaz Hawkins seems on a mission to keep the tradition alive. Although the woman herself hails from Northern Ireland, she boasts a strong and resilient voice that comes straight from the Mississippi delta. And if the combination of an Irish background and a…

Julian Sas

In one sense, it could be said that Dutch-born guitarist Julian Sas represents a bold new breed of blues performers. The fact that he hails from the Netherlands makes him very much a part of the international expansion of the blues. Home But for all his uniqueness, Sas is, in some ways, as deeply smothered…

Matty T Wall

When legendary blues pioneer Robert Johnson took his infamous (and probably apocryphal) trip to the crossroads, he no idea that he was birthing an entirely new genre in music. And he certainly had no clue how far his influence would travel. Getting raw Down Under Australian blues guitarist Matty T Wall is proof of how…

Phil and Dave Alvin

Those with at least a casual familiarity with bluesy rock and rock will very likely recognize the Alvin Brothers’ names as the co-leaders of the Blasters. But there’s more to their tale than the music they collaborated to create. Blues Brothers Their shared story has all the elements of a Hollywood epic: drama, conflict and…

Katie Bradley

There’s a lot of history in the blues harp. From the late nineteenth century when the instrument first became widely available and through the southern jug bands and honky-tonk howlers that gave sharp and vivid voice to every syllable just beyond the human voice’s reach. It’s not clear how much of the instrument’s history Katie…

Jimmy Adler

The Devil’s Music Everything you need to know about blues guitar master Jimmy Adler and his style as a performer can be understood with a single quote from the Pittsburgh native. “Listening to blues is a spiritual experience. Blues music expresses the emotions of the human condition and makes one feel good. When I play…

Layla Zoe

Layla Zoe’s years on the blues scene have been insanely successful and are loaded with the promise of even greater success. Comparisons to legendary voices (Janis Joplin is the most often cited name) are not uncommon as she builds the kind of reputation that strong careers are made of. And hers only promises to get…

Johnny Rawls

Those who bemoan the modernization of the blues will find plenty to love in Johnny Rawls. He’s an old-school bluesman, born and bred in Mississippi. Old School in New Clothes Handsome in a rough-hewn way, it’s not hard to imagine Rawls spending his early life toiling in the fields and making spare change playing after…

Sari Schorr

New York City is not typically recognized as a fertile ground for blues performers. While the blues is and has always been alive in the influence of many jazz greats who cut their teeth in the Big Apple (Billie Holiday, Lester Young and Charlie Parker come to mind) the slick and sophisticated city known for…