Last month I received an unusual phone call from a mysterious woman. There was a lot of commotion in the background as she asked if I knew where Ironing Board Sam was and how she could get in contact with him. Believe it or not, this is not the first random/frantic call I had from […]

As we the cold starts to fade and the plants start to bloom and we head out of a dreary winter our glee is elevated by the best part about the forthcoming warmth – Music Festival Announcements! Every spring, countless festivals begin to announce their summer lineups to music lovers across the globe, and this […]

For this year’s Black History Month I have decided to write about what I feel is one of the boldest institutions celebrating Black History in America at this time: The National Museum of African American History and Culture.   On September 24, 2015, the museum, a project started one hundred years ago when African American […]

The Music Maker Blues Revue featuring Robert Finley, Alabama Slim, Robert Lee Coleman, Albert White, Nashid Abdul-Khalliq will be heading to Belgium to play the Swing Wespelaar Music Festival on August 21st. This will be new partner artist Robert Finley’s first time abroad with the Music Maker Blues Revue and he is thrilled to be part of […]

It is always interesting when stories are told and there is no photographic evidence to validate the story. This is particularly true when the story is so outrageous that it is borderline unbelievable. This was definitely the case with Ironing Board Sam’s infamous underwater blues show. I always believed that Sam actually performed this show […]