Nathan Lee
Singer-songwriter
Photographed at home in his studio in Nashville, Tennessee
Marcus Cazares and JJ Martinez
Bassplayer and drummer in Piñata Protest
Photographed in San Antonio, Texas
Brother Dege
(aka Dege Legg)
Born and raised to Cajun French, self-proclaimed post modern delta blues musician Brother Dege was one of the South’s best kept secrets until Quentin Tarantino personally selected one of his songs for his Django Unchained soundtrack.
Photographed in Lafayette, Louisiana
Annie McCue
Singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, video director and radio host on «Songs on the Wire» show which features an eclectic program of music and live interviews and is broadcast on East Nashville Radio.
Photographed in East Nashville, Tennessee
James «Super Chikan» Johnson
Plantations and cotton pickers – segregation and discrimination – hard times and the Delta blues…Mississippi has a troubled past, and it still ranks last of all states when it comes to health, education and poverty levels. The infamous Jim Crow laws were prominent here up until the 1960s. But where as strict segregation applied in all public places, local musicians created an integrated community mixing traditional African beats with that of white Southerners Scot-Irish music legacy. The Delta blues is one of the earliest styles of blues music, and its hallmark is steel guitars, harmonica and a lamenting vocal rising out of the regions hard times.
We drove Highway 61, the Mississippi Blues Trail all the way up to Clarksdale. Legend has it that the famous blues singer Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil to achieve success right here at the crossroad at the edge of the small town. Nicknamed “The Golden Buckle on the Cotton Belt”, Clarksdale has played a significant role in the history of the Delta blues. We hooked up with local Blues Music award winning artist and guitar maker, James “Super Chikan” Johnson. Known for an edgier, electrified version of the raw, uncut Delta blues, we were invited to his innermost sanctuary – his “didley-bow” workshop
Roy Lancaster
Trombone player and singer in the second line brass band The Young Fellaz Brass Band from New Orleans. The band was formed in 2005 with only 3 members walking around their neighbourhood playing their instruments out of the love of music. Over the next couple of years, the band would flourish to many more members, and they regularly have lively street performances on the corner of Frenchman Street and Decatur in the Marigny neighbourhood of New Orleans
Photographed in Washington Square, New Orleans.
Mikky Ekko
Alternative indie rock artist. Photographed in East Nashville where he works as a singer-songwriter and a record producer. In 2012, Ekko was featured on Rihannas album «Unapologetic», on the track «Stay», which chartered in multiple countries. The song was written by Ekko and English songwriter, Justin Parker.
Alvaro del Norte
Lead singer and accordionist Alvaro formed the Tex-Mex punk band Piñata Protest in 2006
San Antonio, Texas
Mark Halata
The lead singer and accordion player in the Houston-based Czech polka band Texavia. Photographed at the annual Wurstfest in New Braunfels, Texas
Kristin Diable
Americana singer/songwriter, New Orleans , Louisiana