Frank-John Hadley has been a music journalist since 1980. For many years now, he has written the Blues column at Down Beat magazine, reviewing hundreds of Blues albums for its international readership. He’s done Blues features and other Blues-related stories for Down Beat as well, dating back to the early-’80s. He introduced and wrote the Blues column at Jazziz magazine for several years, also interviewing Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker and other notables. He has written about the Blues for Amazon.com, Living Blues, Blueswire, Pulse!, the Boston Phoenix, the Miami New Times, Blender and many more media outlets. Hadley’s provided liner notes for albums by Junior Wells, Mighty Sam McClain, J. B. Hutto, among others. He authored the Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD, and he composed hundreds of biographical essays on musicians for educational purposes at the Original House of Blues in Cambrige, Massachusetts.
