Ryan Lee Crosby on Collaborating With Jimmy “Duck” Holmes For Live Album At The Blue Front Ryan Lee Crosby is a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and educator in the Blues tradition, and more specifically in the Bentonia Blues tradition of Bentonia, Mississippi. His mentor for a number of years now has been Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, who […]
Liam St. John photo by Graham Fielder Liam St. John on Weathering Life’s Storms and Making Man of the North Blues and blues rock artist Liam St. John has been writing music for some time, and previously released an EP titled Believer, but on September 5th, 2025, he will release his first full-length album. Four […]
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Jeremy Garrett photo by Nancy Isaac Jeremy Garrett Digs Deep and Brings a Timeless Touch To Storm Mountain Jeremy Garrett is a fiddle player and vocalist with the long-running modern bluegrass group The Infamous Stringdusters, and has also previously released eight solo albums of his own. On top of that, he’s produced many records, and […]
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Robert Deitch photo by Zach Van Dorn Robert Deitch Expands His Creative Life Through Legacy Robert Deitch got a later start in music and songwriting in life than some, but he hit the ground running as a songwriter, never really expecting to perform or record his own music. While he previously recorded and released […]
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Cody Jinks photo by Joshua Black Wilkins Cody Jinks Emerges From Challenging Times with In My Blood Cody Jinks will be releasing his 11th album, In My Blood, on July 25th, 2025, and will be out on the road this summer for the Hippies and Cowboys tour. His first original album since Change The Game, […]
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Danny Paisley photo by Michael G. Stewart Danny Paisley Sets Himself New Challenges for Bluegrass State of Mind This summer, the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Male Vocalist of the Year, Danny Paisley, released Bluegrass State of Mind, at the same time celebrating 50 years in bluegrass. He also recently had a memorable solo debut at […]
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Helene Cronin photo by Brooke Stevens Helene Cronin Takes The Next Step In Her Evolution with “Maybe New Mexico” Singer/songwriter Helene Cronin recently released her third full-length studio album, Maybe New Mexico, building steadily on her previous work, including a holiday EP. A relentless songwriter who has become more and more comfortable as a performing […]
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Eric Schmitt interview Eric Schmitt on Teaching Songwriting and Recording Wait For The Night To Tape Eric Schmitt is a Louisiana native, songwriter, and musician who recently released his album, Wait For The Night, which was recorded on an eight-track tape machine at Clay Parker’s studio in Gonzales, Louisiana, where Parker was also the recording […]
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Jamie James on The Ever-Present Blues and His Solo Debut Straight Up Jamie James is a songwriter and musician who has been making music his whole life, and this Spring, he released his debut solo album, Straight Up, recorded with some longtime bandmates. James has always been into the blues and blues rock, and he’s […]
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd on Collaborating With Bobby Rush for Young Fashioned Ways In March, Bobby Rush and Kenny Wayne Shepherd released their collaborative album titled Young Fashioned Ways. Its intentional multi-generational approach brought together multi-Grammy winning Blues artist Rush, who is 91 years old, and much younger, but well seasoned artist Shepherd, who is also […]
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