David K. Byrne

Twenty-five-year session man, front man and solo artist Kim Wilson's vocal and harmonica work has clearly made him an essential ingredient of the Texas Blues. But to leave it at that would discredit his contribution to blues as a whole. Any blues fan can tell you how powerfully Wilson--whose shows...

When Blues Blast 2000 hits the Valley this weekend, it will offer a bit of the old and a bit of the new, some national acts, some local celebs, and a day of fun in the sun. One of the highlights at this year's festival will be longtime Chicago blues...

We all judge books by their covers, and each of us has that one story that tells us why we shouldn't. I first saw Chico Chism about 10 years ago, drumming away at Warsaw Wally's, maybe with Big Pete Pearson's band--I'm not sure. What stood out was Chico, a diminutive...

If he weren't so creative with a pen, a microphone and a Hohner, James Harman would be a most apt author of a how-to-do-life manual. Not the Colangelo version, mind you, though there are similarities. Both men, for instance, have a big streak of upbeat humor--Harman's, which pours out of...

Twenty-five-year session man, front man and solo artist Kim Wilson's vocal and harmonica work has clearly made him an essential ingredient of the Texas Blues. But to leave it at that would discredit his contribution to blues as a whole. Any blues fan can tell you how powerfully Wilson--whose shows...