The Washington Blues Society will celebrate its 20th anniversary in February of 2009. Founded by an enthusiastic core of Blues fans in Seattle, the society now has 600 members statewide. The Society distributes 4,000 copies [...]
Called the producer’s producer, David Z has produced (and engineered and mixed and…) critically acclaimed Blues albums by Buddy Guy, Etta James, Al Green, Jonny Lang, John Mayall (with Eric Clapton), Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Tab [...]
For 19 years, Steve Hecht and his Piedmont Talent Agency have dedicated themselves to booking only Blues and roots artists. In a time when clubs are closing and musicians are struggling to get gigs on [...]
Founded in 1995 by Rich Sherman, Omega Events currently produces five music festivals and various concerts on the West Coast throughout the year. Omega’s signature event is the Doheny Blues Festival, celebrating its 12th anniversary [...]
Founded in 2000 by Tim Westergren, Pandora has over 18 million registered users and has played 4.7 billion songs. Users type in the name of a favorite song or artist and the Genome Project quickly [...]
Hal Horowitz is a Contributing Editor to Blues Revue. Since joining the staff in 1997, he has written numerous profiles, interviews and over 500 CD reviews for the magazine. In addition to his work for [...]
His body of work about Blues Hall of Famer Stevie Ray Vaughan began as a quarterly newsletter in 1993, a website in 1997 and led to three books: The Stevie Ray Vaughan Anthology (1996), The [...]
If you play it right, they will listen. Randy Chortkoff’s deep love of traditional Blues gave birth to Delta Groove Music in 2004. Delta Groove’s first project captured the time honored Blues approach of the [...]
If you're standin' in the photo pit of many a Blues festival, chances are Dusty Scott is shootin' next to you. Accompanying him and taking the wide angle shots is wife,Val. When the shootin' is [...]
When Fernando Jones starts talking the Blues, students wake up. What began as a local initiative in the Chicago area schools in 1990, his “Blues Kids of America” today has spread across the country. His [...]