Rhythm & Ribs preview by Joe Klopus

What does the Rhythm & Ribs festival really tell us? For one thing, by putting artists as diverse as rhythm and blues hitmaker Brian McKnight, blues man Joe Louis Walker and trumpet giant Arturo Sandoval on the same bill on Saturday, it’s saying that all the different styles that spring from blues and jazz can come together in one place at one time without a problem.

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and an interview with Artruo Sandoval