1. Where are we talking from today? A. South of the Hudson Yards - Chelsea, New York City. 2. Where did you get your artist name from? A. It is a family nickname. 3. Music wise what are you working on now? Are you currently promoting a single or album? A. This week drops my next release, 8 songs titled "FLUGO," the fifth of eight albums in the process of being released in the next couple of years. 4. Who or what were the most significant influences on your musical life and career? A. My father. 5. Who are your favorite musicians? A. The list is too long. Since it spans so many genres it is difficult to pinpoint. 6. What have been the greatest challenges/frustrations of your career so far? A. Just being fabulous at my art forms isn't enough. Because of fickle tastes and a digitizing economy it is very difficult to generate a financial foundation for an ongoing artistic career. 7. As a musician, what is your definition of success? A. Being able t

Joe The Bluesman lives out his convictions and lays out his soul in his music. You can hear in the way he sings and you can feel it in the way he plays the guitar. The new king of blues, Joe is on a mission to bring blues back to the forefront of the music scene. "I feel that a lot of the quality has left the music these days," Joe The Bluesman says. "I want to make great quality music that moves people, and that will be the driving force behind the music's success." Joe recently released the music video for his upcoming single "One," on YouTube on July 13th, 2019. For the single Joe curated a masterful recording, working with some of the best musicians blues has to offer to give the song new life. "One," is a cover of U2's song of the same name released on their 1991 album Achtung Baby. The song was a commercial success for U2. Joe states that he chose to cover the song because "this is a powerful song that moved people when

1. Where are we talking from today? A. R&B/Soul performance at Reggie's. 2. Where did you get your artist name from? A. Mom and dad - aka my real name. 3. Music wise what are you working on now? Are you currently promoting a single or album? A. I play the keyboard with Brandon James and McNary Experience, both are R&B/Soul based band and have lots of cool projects going on that I'm a part of. Brandon James released his single "So Emotional" on all platforms along with the music video. McNary Experience completed three Aretha Franklin Tribute shows this year, which we plan on taking on a road next year. 4. Who or what were the most significant influences on your musical life and career? A. I grew up listening to big band jazz like Buddy Rich Band and mimicking their sound and harmony on the keyboard. I was in my third grade or so when I was doing that but I still think that led to what I do now. 5. Who are your favorite musicians? A. Brad

ASAP Rocky was finally released from jail in Sweden. He won't have to do anymore jail time thankfully. He missed out on performing several concerts during his incarceration, which essentially means he missed out on several pay days. I question like many others, why he was arrested in the first place; being that he was followed and harassed by a fan. From the video clips I've seen it seems as though the fan instigated the entire altercation. At any rate I'm glad he's out of lock up and back to work and back to life. Crunch is a LA based hip hop/rap artist who blogs weekly for EPR Music Blog and for his own blog  http://www.itscrunch.com/category/blog/

​ 1. Where are we talking from today? A. At the moment I'm in Nashville, working on the videos for the new album. 2. What would you like to accomplish in 2019? A. Team up with with someone in the music business that will promote, distribute and put my band on the road. 3. What is your take on politics? A. I try to keep it out of my music. 4. Where did you get your artist name from? A. It was given to me by a Jamaican artist, Colour Red. I produced two songs for him in Kingston.  Real Jamaica music mek A Yard and Almond tree. ( look him up ) YouTube. Di Culture Vulture.  I have a song called Brasila Moon. He started calling me Jamaica Moon. by the time I left there six months later everybody was calling me Jamaica Moon. I just rolled with it. 5. Growing up, how important has music been in your life? Can you recall the moment when you decided that you wanted to be a musician? Was it an easy or difficult choice to make? A. Easy, my best friend and I started a ba

Here we are again, time to send out a bit of my thoughts... What am I thinking about? Mostly getting ready for my first gig in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The land of my wife's family and the land of Hatch chilies, truly the best food in the world. But not really thinking about that, thinking about how I'll need to discipline myself in regards to practicing! Practice? We talking about practice, Yes Alan, I'm talking about practice! As you know I have a new single coming out in a few days. The prep work to produce recording is never seen, but at least for me, before I go into the money draining studio, I know the song inside and out. But that means I'm working those songs at the cost of all the others in my set. Like Nigel Rogers said in a tweet, "I don't practice for a day, I know it. I don't practice for 2 days YOU know it!" True words. That is why I am practicing, I even forget the intricate fingering and or the words of even my own songs!

​ 1. Where are we talking from today? A. In Houston. 2. What would you like to accomplish in 2019? A. More brand awareness, and more positive impact in terms of the people. 3. What is your take on politics? A. I understand politics is a necessary thing but it's not really my interest. For me it's more of a headache and I tend to avoid those. 4. Where did you get your artist name from? A. It's a play off my nickname Mook, a few friends referred to me as such and I ran with it. 5. Growing up, how important has music been in your life? Can you recall the moment when you decided that you wanted to be a musician? Was it an easy or difficult choice to make? A. I knew from the time I was 13 it was for me and it was everything I wanted to do, it wasn't that difficult for me at all. I started out freestyling and didn't really write too well in the beginning. I was actually a better freestyler than a writer at first but I was determined to step my pen ga

Well here we are, I've been asked to post weekly blogs by my PR man! Yep everyone, even retired people have a boss! But I invite this compelled creativity as maybe a way out of my writer's block I've been experiencing lately. So, this is a good thing. Currently, I just had my 65th birthday, dang I am old! No, I certainly do not feel old, but glad this is the birthday that opens the door for medical insurance that cannot be taken away by anyone. There is a peace of mind with knowing this. But birthdays, at least when you get long in the tooth are a time of reflection. And as an artist, I think it is true with artists, my memory is vivid. I have a lot of childhood memories, I remember lots of good moments, bad moments and moments I do not know why images stay with me. In some way, every one of these memories is woven into the songs I write. An interesting thing you wouldn't know about me, I was born on my mother's 20th birthday! So we shared the same birthday

The Manny Pacquiao versus Keith Thurman fight on July 20th at the MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada was built as the old man versus the young man. Keith Thurman vowed that he would knock Pacman out and retire him, but the 40-year-old Pacquiao prepared himself for a different outcome. Manny's speed and punches in bunches proved to be too much for the 29-year-old Thurman. Though Thurman gave a valiant effort it was not enough. Losing on a 12 round split decision. Two of the three judges scored the bout in favor of Pacman. When this fight was first announced my opinion was and is that even at age 40 Manny Pacquiao's speed is still too much for any age fighter. The face of Keith Thurman bruised and battered proved that point. Crunch is a LA based hip hop/rap artist who blogs weekly for EPR Music Blog and for his own blog  http://www.itscrunch.com/category/blog/  

1. Where are we talking from today?  A. Atlanta Georgia. 2. What would you like to accomplish in 2019? A. I would like to get an opportunity to perform with a full slated band, presented to an audience that just loves being entertained. 3. What is your take on politics?  A. The World is a Stage! 4. Growing up, how important has music been in your life? Can you recall the moment when you decided that you wanted to be a musician? Was it an easy or difficult choice to make?  Music is something that is grown within you, how important it becomes is up to you the individual.  A. I became addicted to music when I was about 8 or nine years of age, my brothers and cousins were my inspiration. Getting in the music business wasn’t a choice or a decision, it was in my DNA. 5. Was there ever a time when you thought about doing something else? If you weren’t a musician today, what could you see yourself doing?  A. Well, actually, I love a lot of different things that exist in li

Chicago, IL August 8th, 2019 - r&b and soul singer Brandon James has released his new music video for the single "So Emotional." To view the video please visit - https://youtu.be/i9IzxZyPbhU "So Emotional" is a vocally driven, captivating song where Brandon James sings with absolute passion. His vocals are only complemented by the songs instrumentation, providing a minimalist background mix that gives the song an emotive, lounge atmosphere. Combined with the videos jazz like/live performance fill "So Emotional" as a song and a music video sets the tone for the r&b/soul singer. "So Emotional" was released to all major streaming platforms for download and purchase on April 26th, 2019.  Chicago native Brandon James was born "Brandon James Foster". He states that he "started doing music as an outlet for depression early in life. I wasn't very popular in school and I was considered a latchkey kid due to my mother's