Earwig Artists

Johnny B. Moore (born Johnny Belle Moore, January 24, 1950, in Clarksdale, Mississippi) is an American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, who was a member of Koko Taylor’s backing band in the mid-1970s. He has recorded nine solo albums since 1987. Moore’s music retains a link to the earlier Chicago blues of Jimmy Reed and Muddy... Read more

Johnny Drummer was born Thessex Johns on March 1, 1938, in Alligator, Mississippi, a small town twelve miles south of Clarksdale in the heart of the Delta. There he saw musicians like Little Milton and Ike Turner every weekend, and listened to his three brothers play hollow-box guitars on long summer nights, learning all the blues, r&b, and soul songs... Read more

This fun, acoustic World Music band, with its ever-changing spectrum of sound, transports souls of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds across cultural borders. These eclectic troubadours of ethnic music play everything from medieval Danish songs to Danubian grooves, painting powerful pictures in their own colorful way on mandolin, Bulgarian flute, guitar, and percussion accompanied by one to three singing voices.... Read more

Kenny Smith was raised in the heart of the Chicago blues scene. While other babies listened to nursery rhymes, Kenny listened to the blues, and the blues in Kenny’s house were played by America’s finest. His father, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, is one of the best-known living blues drummers. Willie played in Muddy Waters’s band for some 30 years, so... Read more

Kenny Hampton is a legendary Chicago bass player and co-founder of the Masheen Company Band.

Lady J Huston is respected as one of the most spectacular entertainers on the music scene!  She is renowned for her captivating vocals, trumpet and mesmerizing stage presence. Lady J’s hot new single “Groove Me Baby” dropped on July 22, 2022 on the UniSun Productions label,  which Earwig Music Company is distributing on digital download, streaming and retail music sites... Read more

Larry is the compete package–a great guitarist, a soulful blues singer and a creative songwriter. Larry’s resumé reads like a who’s who of the blues. He has played in support of Albert King, Albert Collins, John Lee Hooker, Taj Mahal, Johnny Winter, Koko Taylor, Little Milton , Son Seals Otis Rush, Jimmy Johnson, Lonnie Brooks, Jimmy Witherspoon, Sugar Blue, Kim... Read more

Laura Simms is an award-winning storyteller, recording artist, teacher, writer and humanitarian based in New York City. Remarkable performances of traditional stories interwoven with personal narrative have earned Laura Simms worldwide recognition and honors since 1968. Laura has created a cutting-edge performance style that bridges ancient oral tradition, poetic narrative and performance art. Her storytelling is meaningful and uncannily entertaining.

One of British Columbia’s finest blues artists, Les Copeland has always played guitar. Primarily self-taught, his unique sound has developed out of a rich mixture of influences, including blues, jazz, Spanish flamenco, pop and classical music.

Diminutive nicknames are common enough on the Chicago blues scene and in the case of Lil’ Ed Williams the “little” is even shrunken down. This hard-driving guitarist and vocalist is nonetheless a formidable presence in the former genre circa the new millennium and events such as his 2007 Rattleshake tour and album. By then Williams had led his Blues Imperials... Read more

Liz holds the distinction of being the only white vocalist to perform regularly at the internationally known Blue Chicago nightclubs, where she held court for five years. While at Blue Chicago, Liz had the opportunity to work with a veritable Who’s Who of contemporary blues men: Willie Kent, Michael Coleman and Maurice John Vaughn, among others.

Though he was certainly capable of brilliantly fronting a band, remarkably versatile guitarist/harpist Louis Myers will forever be recognized first and foremost as a top-drawer sideman and founding member of the Aces — the band that backed harmonica wizard Little Walter Jacobs on his immortal early Checker waxings.

Born in 1958, the son of famed blues harmonica player Carey Bell, Lurrie Bell picked up his father’s guitar at the age of five and taught himself to play. Not only was he clearly gifted, but also he grew up with many of the Chicago blues legends around him. Eddie Taylor, Big Walter Horton, Eddie C. Campbell, Eddie Clearwater, Lovie... Read more