by Bman | Sep 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
Smithsonian Folkways has been the ultimate vault for American roots music since 1948, when founder Moses Asch started capturing raw, unvarnished sounds that mainstream labels ignored. Asch made it his mission to document the blues as living history, tracking legendary...
by Bman | Sep 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Mitch Woods has spent over forty years keeping the absolute best styles of American roots music alive and kicking. Originally from Brooklyn, he eventually headed out west and carved out a legendary reputation for blasting high-energy jump blues, stride piano, and...
by Bman | Sep 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Lance and Lea are Nashville's ultimate case of an unlikely duo whose wildly different roots give their music its raw, unfiltered edge. LeAnna Kaufman grew up in a strict Amish household in Colorado, finding her voice in quiet country churches, while Lance Kotara spent...
by Bman | Sep 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
Austin harmonica player and songwriter Michael Rubin loves to subvert expectations. He pairs a serious musical pedigree—including playing in Broadway pits and backing up blues legends—with a droll, laugh-out-loud sense of humor. Think top-tier musicianship meets...
by Bman | Sep 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
When Kim Simmonds hooked up the first version of Savoy Brown back in London in 1965, nobody could have guessed he was kicking off a sixty-year blues crusade. Simmonds lived his life on the road, taking raw Chicago electric blues and supercharging it into a heavy,...
