Jack Austin

🎶 Crossroads Chicago is LIVE! I’m proud to launch this station as a co-founder and DJ—bringing you blues, jazz, doo-wop, R&B, soul, gospel, rock, and Latin sets: everything that met at the crossroads and shaped the Chicago Sound. live365.com/station/Crossr… 🔊🔥

New review for @BluesBlastMag -- a powerful collaboration between Chicago and Japan bluesblastmagazine.com/carlos-johnson…

He’s stood on the same Chicago corner for 25+ years. What looks like a simple street sale is actually a window into housing, inequality, and second chances. My latest on StreetWise, for @ChicagoReporter chicagoreporter.com/how-a-street-n…

Trudy Lynn’s "Turning the Same Ole Corners" is a powerhouse set of Memphis-rooted blues and R&B—driven by her commanding voice, tight grooves, and rich organ and horn work. Lived-in, soulful, and full of grit and grace. Check out my review. bluesblastmagazine.com/trudy-lynn-tur…

Selden Cummings, Set 2. Our latest Crossroads Sessions, intimate acoustic recordings from our home studio. Click the link below! youtu.be/xjGCoY6W42c?si…

Selden Cummings joins us in the studio for our latest Crossroads Sessions 🎙️ A conversation on songwriting, poetry, loss, and finding your voice—plus the realities of building an audience online. Watch the video here: youtu.be/FmkKX8ULyGw?si…

No stage, no crowd—just the songs. Selden Cummings (Footnote) performs an acoustic set for our second Crossroads Session, recorded live in our home studio. Interview + second set on the way. youtu.be/gIJspuoYc8Y

Players with 21 point-per-game seasons: Sidney Crosby. End of list.

Jennifer Hayden’s journey into nuclear energy didn’t start in science, it started in museums. After joining the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, years of learning and meeting industry experts transformed her perspective.

He wasn’t sure a left-handed kid could even play guitar. Then he discovered Jimi Hendrix. Now Paul Kaye is carrying forward a blues tradition directly linked to Robert Johnson—and the responsibility that comes with it. My latest for @AmeriBluesScene americanbluesscene.com/2026/03/how-le…

From juke joint floors to the stage, Stud Ford is carrying forward a Hill Country blues legacy—raw, rhythmic, and very much alive. T Model Ford's grandson speaks with me in my latest for @AmeriBluesScene americanbluesscene.com/2026/03/from-j…

New video piece: I spent time inside Deluxe Tattoo, a shop that’s been part of the city’s tattoo scene since 1997. Artists there work across styles while helping clients turn personal stories into permanent art. Watch the short doc: youtu.be/BgBydjbXvEA 🎥

What’s the air like in your Chicago neighborhood? A new citywide map shows air pollution block by block — and highlights long-standing environmental disparities across the city. My latest for the @ChicagoReporter chicagoreporter.com/chicago-air-po…

Chicago bluesman Mississippi Gabe Carter blends the eerie Bentonia sound with the hypnotic groove of Hill Country blues. My latest profile dives into his influences, faith, and new music on the horizon. 🎸 americanbluesscene.com/2026/03/missis…

How filmmaker, provocateur, and Panther Burns founder Tav Falco documented North Mississippi blues and forged his own art-action response in Memphis. americanbluesscene.com/2026/02/circle…

Jack Austin has our feature interview with Hill Country bluesman Kenny Brown. 📖 bluesblastmagazine.com/issue-20-4-feb… We have eight Blues reviews for you including a book from Cleveland Tyson plus new music from Sugar Ray & The Bluetones, Ben Rice & The PDX Hustle, Pat Pepin, and more!

From one-chord grooves to touring with R.L. Burnside and Grammy nods with “Delta Kream”, Kenny Brown shares his story and blues philosophy. Dive into my @BluesBlastMag interview bluesblastmagazine.com/featured-inter…

🎶 New on @AmeriBluesScene Musician, photographer, filmmaker: Tav Falco’s lens and strings captured the raw pulse of Memphis and North Mississippi blues long before revivalism. Explore his lifelong documentation of underground music culture. americanbluesscene.com/2026/02/circle…

Plastic is flowing into the Great Lakes — and into us. Microplastics from everyday products are in our water, fish, and drinking supply, raising health concerns. My first feature for @fulcrum_us thefulcrum.us/environment/pl…

“It’s like the water rising slowly around your house — eventually it comes across the threshold.” Oceanographer Lynne Talley warns rising seas aren’t future risk, they’re happening now. Explore how climate change is accelerating ocean melt. planetforward.org/story/rising-s…

From juke joints to house parties, Hill Country blues thrives on rhythm & lineage. 🎶 Read a roundtable with three voices carrying the tradition forward. americanbluesscene.com/2026/02/keepin…