For a while, he didn't want to even assume the label. The singer, guitarist and songwriter born Carl Nichols is deeply aware of how the term "blues" can be a trap or a constraint. "Yeah, so it definitely lit a fire under me, for sure." I want to put out a gospel record sometime soon," he told in 2022. And that GRAMMY win helped galvanize him. Īs a guitarist and vocalist, Ingram radiates vitality he offers a distinct and personal vantage, a ripping story to tell. By the time he was old enough to vote, Ingram was playing with the likes of Gary Clark, Jr.Īnd at said GRAMMY night, in 2022, Ingram's excellent second album 662 beat out heavy hitters in Joe Bonamassa, the Black Keys, Shemekia Copeland, and Steve Cropper. In this enterprise, he's been a smashing success. "So, I just hope I can show the world different." "For years, I had to sit and watch the myth that young Black kids are not into the blues," he said, golden gramophone in hand. Upon winning a GRAMMY for Best Traditional Blues Album, a 23-year-old Christone "Kingfish" Ingram offered a shout-out to his generation - and grew visibly emotional. Often, pushing the blues forward is contingent on simply being yourself - as Venable proves throughout Real Gone. Venable strikes a terrific balance as a singer, songwriter and guitarist she imprints herself on your brain without contrivedness or reinventing the wheel. Speaking of the latter legend: Guy appears on her all-the-way-there 2023 album Real Gone, on the romping "Texas Louisiana."Īnd that's not the only high-profile cosigner on the thing: three-time GRAMMY nominee Joe Bonamassa - one of the most influential guitarists of the past three decades - augments her sound for the downcast "Broken & Blue." Then I soon discovered who Buddy Guy was, right?" "And then my influences opened to discover who Albert King was that was Stevie's big influence. "I didn't really know a whole lot about guitar before I discovered him," Venable admitted to Guitar Girl magazine. "Even though it was inspired by music I've listened to for a long time." With that in mind, let King's artistry straddle two zones: your memories, and what's coming down the pike.Ī native Texan, Ally Venable took profound inspiration from one of the Mount Rushmore figures of blues guitar: the one and only Stevie Ray Vaughan. "It ended up sounding like something new to me," King told Spin. Thereby, King is a bridge from pure blues to all manner of realms in the rock 'n' roll canon - smoldering psychedelia, fried Southern rock, head-shop heavy metal. (With some Free, ZZ Top, and Creedence for good measure.)
The album they made together, 2022's Young Blood, is drenched in the blues, but also the music in its wake: Cream, Hendrix, Sabbath, Led Zeppelin. "I just feel very fortunate that I get to make records with artists that I love, and people that blow me away," Auerbach told in 2022. But his production and label work with Easy Eye Sound has proven to be an equal and parallel stream - and it's allowed him to elevate young luminaries like Marcus King. I am the blues."ĭan Auerbach has deservedly made his biggest impression on the music industry via the Black Keys. The rattlesnake bit me, but just crawled off and died. Mules have kicked me, but didn't damage my pride. "I ain't never felt no kind of privilege in this world. "The world don't owe me nothing," Knox said the following year. A stabbing attack in 2017 couldn't sideline him: he's been burning it up on stages up to this very week. In the ensuing years, Knox has released reverent yet unflinching works, including 2011's Here I Am and 2017's Black and Blue.
The album was nominated for a Blues Music Award for Best New Artist Debut, among other impressive plaudits. Since his early years under the tutelage of GRAMMY-winning blues great Henry James Townsend, Knox has successfully married his craggy, gravitational voice with his combustible way with an electric guitar.Īt just 16 years old, Knox recorded his debut album, 2010's Man Child, with guitarist Michael Burks and his band. Louis native has been shedding and performing since he was a pre-teen - and by hitting the ground running, he left much of his competition in the dust.
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