The Carolina Chocolate Drops
So Many Layers
By David Whiteis
The Carolina Chocolate Drops are three young African Americans playing traditional string band music. Founded three years ago when the members were all still in their late 20s, the trio has exploded on the folk and blues scene playing a musical style that harkens back to their grandfathers’, and great-grandfathers’, times.

Little Arthur Duncan
Still Having Fun
By Justin O’Brien
Chicago bluesman Little Arthur Duncan has been blowing his harp for most of his 74 years. Born in Mississippi, Duncan learned to play the blues at an early age, and after a move to Chicago he became a part of the thriving blues scene of the Windy City.

Presidential Blues
Blues Artists Speak Their Mind
By Gene Tomko
With the historic 2008 election just weeks away, we asked over a dozen bluesmen and women their thoughts on the current presidential race.

Blind John Davis
Hittin’ The Right Spots
By Jas Obrecht
Pianist Blind John Davis was the house pianist for producer Lester Melrose in the 1930s-’40s, accompanying blues legends such as Big Bill Broonzy, Lonnie Johnson, Memphis Minnie, and others. Davis sat down with Jas Obrecht in 1979 to tell his story in this never before published interview.

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New releases by Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, and B.B. King. Reissues from Little Richard, James Brown, and Mitty Collier New DVDs of Byther Smith and Daddy Mack Orr

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