Most people associate traditional blues music with the South — the Southern part of the United States, that is, not the South Bay. Then again, most people haven’t met Christoffer “Kid” Andersen. The ...

Have Mercy!--Sean McDonald's 2025 debut album on the Little Village Foundation label--introduces a young artist whose greatest strength may be his ability to absorb blues, soul and early rock 'n' roll ...

Kid Andersen didn’t put San Jose on the blues map, but he’s providing the town with an indelible blues identity, and everyone seems to want a piece of the action. Best known to music fans as the ...

The Nightcats might not have nine lives, but the blues band has at least two. A musical partnership of more than 30 years ended in January when guitarist Charlie Baty retired. Singer and harmonica ...

“If Greaseland Studios is our office, Poor House is our living room,” said Kid Andersen, neatly summing up the deep ties between the Bay Area’s preeminent blues and roots music recording facility and ...

Kid Andersen didn’t put San Jose on the blues map, but he’s providing the town with an indelible blues identity, and everyone seems to want a piece of the action. Best known to music fans as the ...