BluesAmericana

Back again with yet more info and some interviews with the BluesAmericana musicians who make the music and provide the pleasure. Robert Cray is a musician who almost literally shot to fame as a new, modern US bluesman. Within no time at all he had attracted a huge number of admirers including many of the music world's finest including Eric Clapton, who remains a good friend and a fan. Cray is an easy going sort of guy, chatty and delightful to catch-up with: Last Minute Man For around four decades, Robert Cray has been an explosive, hugely admired bluesman. With Clapton, Jagger and Richards paid-up fans, he has worked with many of the greats of blues music from John Lee Hooker and B.B. King to Stevie Ray. Five Grammys under his belt, and with a new album just out, I caught up with the man out on the road in the USA preparing for the now Covid-cancelled UK and Europe tour his fans were eagerly anticipating. Robert Cray is waiting to take the stage at a small venue...

BLUESAMERICANA is an attempt to cover the seemingly natural cross-over genres of both Blues music and modern Americana. As Nashville continues to forge ahead with its Americana base and recording strength, Blues music, often viewed through either a Mississippi, Deep South or Chicago prism, is also finding a way to expand into the Nashville-end of the business. As Editor of leading UK print title, Blues Matters, I find myself frequently talking to major blues figures and also many of those Americana guys who see no boundaries in the music; some have now made themselves Nashville residents because of the opportunities Music City genuinely offers. After years writing about the music that I love for titles, online & print across three continents, maybe time I just also had a blog with some of the stuff I normally do. I'll add to this each time I have a new interview or feature that might work. Lucinda Williams is a long-time personal favourite, a lady with a drawling voice, s...