THE BLUES WORLD CONVENES IN MEMPHIS JANUARY 28 – FEBRUARY 1, 2020 FOR THE BLUES FOUNDATION’S 36TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE Blues Hall of Famer Bobby Rush, Blues Music Award winners Shemekia [...]
TOP NOMINEES RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS, CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM, BILLY BRANCH, SUGARAY RAYFORD, AND THE CASH BOX KINGS HOPE TO REIGN AT THE 41st ANNUAL BLUES MUSIC AWARDS The winners will be revealed [...]
BETTYE LAVETTE, SYL JOHNSON, VICTORIA SPIVEY, EDDIE BOYD, GEORGE “HARMONICA” SMITH, BILLY BRANCH, AND RALPH PEER WILL BE CELEBRATED AS NEW BLUES HALL OF FAMERS ON MAY 6, 2020 Landmark recordings by B.B. King, Ruth [...]
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 [...]
BLUES MUSIC’S PAST AND PRESENT GREATS WILL BE CELEBRATED DURING BLUES MUSIC AWARDS WEEK, KICKING OFF MAY 8 IN MEMPHIS The BMA Awards Ceremony and Blues Hall of Fame Induction Gala highlight the Blues [...]
Pee Wee Crayton, Moe Asch, and Booker T. & the MG’s join Aretha Franklin, Count Basie, and Ida Cox in The Blues Foundation’s 40th Blues Hall of Fame induction class, which also honors historic [...]
THE BLUES FOUNDATION CROWNS MS. HY-C & FRESH START AS BEST BAND AND JON SHAIN AS BEST SOLO/DUO ACT AT THE 35th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE More than 200 acts performed in Memphis [...]
40TH BLUES MUSIC AWARDS ANNOUNCED BUDDY GUY, BILLY F GIBBONS, BOBBY RUSH, CANDI STATON, AND BEN HARPER ARE AMONG THE DISTINGUISHED, DIVERSE GROUP OF NOMINEES TO BE CELEBRATED AT THE 40th ANNUAL BLUES [...]
THE BLUES FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES THE RECIPIENTS OF 2019’s PRESTIGIOUS “KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE” AWARDS The eleven honorees will be feted at the KBA Awards event to be held during the 35th International Blues Challenge taking place [...]
