Guitarist Selwyn Birchwood said he felt like calling his music blues wasn’t specific enough, so he invented the description of “electric swamp funkin’ blues” instead. “I think if you just say blues it doesn’t quite cover it,” Birchwood said earlier this month from St. Augustine, Florida. “But we do a
At the 44th annual Blues Music Awards held last week in Memphis, Tennessee, six artists signed to the Chicago-based Alligator Records received top honors. Congrats to all the winners!