44th Annual Blues Music Awards in Memphis Top Winners Include: John Németh, Buddy Guy & Albert Castiglia Tommy Castro Wins B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Tom Hambridge Wins 'Song of [...]

French Band The Wacky Jugs Win the IBCs Band Division Phoenix Artist Eric Ramsey Triumphs in the Solo/Duo Division THE WACKY JUGS ©Roger Stephenson MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One act [...]

BLUES MUSIC AWARDS 2022 WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT FIRST IN-PERSON BMA EVENT SINCE 2019 Tommy Castro is the big winner with three awards with multiple honors going to Sue Foley & Christone “Kingfish” Ingram [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 17, 2022 LUCILLE BOGAN, LITTLE WILLIE JOHN, JOHNNIE TAYLOR, OTIS BLACKWELL, AND MARY KATHERINE ALDIN WILL BE CELEBRATED  AS NEW BLUES HALL OF FAMERS ON MAY [...]

Click here to purchase BMA and BHOF tickets CLICK HERE TO BOOK HOTEL ROOM KEB’ MO’, TOMMY CASTRO, TOM HAMBRIDGE, CHRIS CAIN, SUGARAY RAYFORD, ERIC GALES, ARE AMONG [...]

This post was originally published on December 19, 2020. The 2020 Class of Inductees will be formally inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in conjunction with the 2022 honorees at the upcoming ceremony [...]

THE BLUES FOUNDATION LAUNCHES 40TH YEAR BY SALUTING ITS KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE HONOREES DURING INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE WEEK, JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 1, 2020. The broad diversity found in this year’s nine “Keeping the Blues [...]

SHEMEKIA COPELAND, MIKE WELCH, AND MICHAEL LEDBETTER SCORED BIG AT THE BLUES FOUNDATION’S 40TH ANNUAL BLUES MUSIC AWARDS First-time winners Ben Harper and Sugaray Rayford joined veteran BMA honorees Buddy Guy and Marcia Ball [...]