Grant Britt

When Ronnie Baker Brooks says that blues is in his DNA, it's not an idle claim or a marketing ploy. His Grammy-nominated and Blues Hall of Famer dad Lonnie schooled him in the Chicago blues tradition. Lonnie took him on the road when Ronnie was 18, teaching him

Randall Bramblett is a dreamcatcher of sorts. He captures images from the airy vaults where they recline, waiting to be downloaded by sensitive souls like him. Of course, translating them into a musical format requires some shapeshifting, so he blends jazz, country, folk, gospel, rock, and soul. Bramblett has shared

Pair up guitarists JD Simo and Luther Dickinson, and you can expect some sludge to get splashed around. The mix of Simo's Chicago-by-way-of-Nashville licks and Dickinson's hill country fuzz whip up a muddy cauldron of stickyfoot stomp. The selections reflect a who's-who of whompers,

Shemekia Copeland has never had a problem making herself heard. She fully inhabits any venue she appears in, live or on record. Her instrument is as awe-inspiring as a pipe organ, her vocals delivered with such intensity that you can feel her power blowing your hair back and rattling your

Like a raucous dance party spiked with plenty of red-hot crawfish and ice-cold beer, Rockin' Dopsie Jr. and the Zydeco Twisters bring a taste of Louisiana to any venue they visit. Carrying on the tradition upheld by dad Alton Rubin, the original Rockin' Dopsie, son David Rubin leads

Jontavious Willis doesn't just play the blues, he inhabits that space so thoroughly that there's not much room for anybody else. The Greenville, Georgia, native got a career jumpstart in 2015 at the age of 19 when Taj Mahal invited him up on stage, dubbing him