Colin James just can’t quit the blues

Q: The Podcast from CBC Radio by CBC

Oct 5, 202600:24:22Arts

Juno Award-winning blues guitarist Colin James is opening up about his life and legacy in a new memoir, Playing the Changes. The book traces his journey from growing up in Regina through the ’60s and ’70s to the edge of...

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