Press Releases

1205, 2023

2023 Blues Music Awards Winners

505, 2023

2023 Blues Music Awards Week Events Schedule

2901, 2023

IBC 2024 Winners Announced

905, 2022

IBC 2022 Winners Announced

605, 2022

2022 Blues Music Awards Winners

1403, 2022

2022 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees

1002, 2022

The Blues Foundation Announces the 43rd BMA Nominees

912, 2019

NEWS: The Blues Foundation names Blues Hall of Fame 2020 inductees: Bettye LaVette, Syl Johnson, Victoria Spivey, Eddie Boyd, George Smith, Billy Branch, Ralph Peer, and more!

1111, 2019

The Blues Foundation announces its 2020 Keeping the Blue Alive Award recipients

1005, 2019

BREAKING: Blues Music Awards 2019 Winners Announced

1804, 2019

NEWS: Blues Music Awards Week schedule announced, kicking off May 8th in Memphis. BMA Awards Ceremony, Blues Hall of Fame Induction gala and more!

103, 2019

THE QUEEN OF SOUL, THE COUNT, AND THE UNCROWNED QUEEN OF THE BLUES ARE AMONG THE MUSIC ROYALTY BEING WELCOMED INTO THE BLUES HALL OF FAME ON MAY 8

402, 2019

The Blues Foundation’s 35th International Blues Challenge winners announced; more than 200 artists competed in Memphis Jan. 22-26.

701, 2019

40TH BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

1311, 2018

The Blues Foundation announces the recipients of 2019’s prestigious Keeping The Blues Alive Awards!

2208, 2018

BENEFIT 10/19: Across The Great Divide feat. John Prine, Bob Weir, Joe Louis Walker, & more

1105, 2018

BREAKING: Blues Music Awards winners announced; Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’s ‘TajMo’ wins seven awards

1104, 2018

NEWS: Little Steven joins Blues Foundation’s Hall of Fame inductees and Blues Music Awards winners

503, 2018

NEWS: THE BLUES HALL OF FAME WELCOMES ROEBUCK “POPS” STAPLES, SAM LAY, MAMIE SMITH, GEORGIA TOM DORSEY AND THE ACES AS ITS NEWEST MEMBERS ON MAY 9 AT THE BLUES FOUNDATION’S 39TH ANNUAL INDUCTION CEREMONY

2301, 2018

NEWS: Winners of International Blues Challenge announced: Kevin “B.F.” Burt, the Keeshea Pratt Band, and more

901, 2018

BREAKING: 2018 Blues Music Award nominees announced: Taj Mahal, Mavis Staples, Keb’ Mo’, N. Mississippi Allstars among nominees.

1312, 2017

LITTLE STEVEN VAN ZANDT AND JOHN OATES JOIN MUSICIANS AND FANS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE FOR THE 34TH INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE

1311, 2017

THE BLUES FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2018 KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE AWARD RECIPIENTS

1605, 2017

Blues’ Biggest Night! Joe Bonamassa, Bobby Rush, Curtis Salgado, and The Tedeschi Trucks Band grab multiple wins at The Blues Foundation’s 38th Annual Blues Music Awards!

2702, 2017

MAVIS STAPLES, MAGIC SLIM, JOHNNY COPELAND, HENRY GRAY, LATIMORE AND WILLIE JOHNSON TO BE INDUCTED INTO BLUES HALL OF FAME THIS SPRING

1502, 2017

DAWN TYLER WATSON AND AL HILL SCORE TOP HONORS AT THE 33rd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE

901, 2017

The Blues Foundation Announces its 2017 Blues Music Awards Nominees

1312, 2016

THE ROLE OF “BLUES AS HEALER” WILL BE EXPLORED AT A UNIQUE PANEL DURING THE BLUES FOUNDATION’S 33rd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE

3011, 2016

RISING BLUES STARS BATTLE IT OUT IN MEMPHIS THIS FEBRUARY AT THE BLUES FOUNDATION’S 33rd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE

1409, 2016

2016 BLUES HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES