Eric LeBlanc combined his love of blues, jazz, and discographical data. Though he has been active since 1968 in blues radio in Canada, Eric understood that proper verification of the music’s vital statistics is necessary. [...]
Everyone in the blues has a journey to talk about. For director Marc Lempert and producer Todd Slobin that journey centered around the harmonica, a staple of the blues. Their journey - more like an [...]
Starting with Jukka Wallenius' idea of publishing a blues magazine, the Finnish Blues Society has been the blues force in Finland since 1968. Within a few weeks it published the first issue of Blues News, [...]
Tom Graves has taken the most widely known pre-war blues performer, Robert Johnson, and chipped away at the widespread myths that have been associated with this blues legend. For example, Graves tackles the various ideas [...]
John Hahn has known Shemekia Copeland since she was eight years of age and has carefully managed her outstanding career from the start. John’s professional career in the Blues dates back to the late 1980's [...]
John Kessler has been involved with public radio since 1983. In his early career, John was musical director of the seven-piece band on West Virginia’s Mountain Stage. Since he joined KPLU-FM in 1999, John has [...]
Kai has been broadcasting Blues music on Colorado's airwaves for more than seventeen years, the last twelve live every Sunday night on KRFX in Denver. Known as the Blues Vassal, Kai has acted as a [...]
Opened in 1979, seven nights a week B.L.U.E.S. features some of Chicago’s finest Blues acts. Located on the city’s north side, B.L.U.E.S. prides itself as one of the city’s most intimate clubs to still offer [...]
The Monroe County Library System’s Black History Month Blues Series educational program stands out as an example for every town to emulate. What began in 1988 in the corner of a library branch as a [...]
The Shack Up Inn is nestled three miles south of the Hwy 61 and Hwy 49 crossroads outside Clarksdale on one of the oldest cotton farms in Mississippi, the former Hopson Plantation. These down-home accommodations [...]