In our continuing efforts to get you off the internet and out there playing music live we have visited a few JAM nights. This article is not about that. This one is about Open Mic Nights. What's the difference? Generally speaking, it is simply what it… more »

Sound Advice from Dan Grigor This is the first in what will be an ongoing effort to promote getting off the Internet, turning off your TV, putting your phone on vibrate and going out and playing some music with people you don't know. It can be wildly entertaining and, as you make m… more »

Sound Advice from Dan Grigor There is a thing I do every day and I have been doing it for a really, really, really long time. I add a third "really" now that I just had a birthday. I'm pretty sure that means that I have been playing guitar, very nearly every… more »

by Frank Butler We had this idea about rounding up some musicians for the BareFootMusicNews “house” blues band that will be known as Call For Info. Dan Grigor and I sat around talking about a plan to put it together as a reality-type series… more »

by Dan Grigor My buddy Catfish and I were sitting at a dive bar listening to a really good, young band crank out the hits and were wondering why they were playing there. Why not a bigger house with imported beer and maybe some girls in the crowd that… more »