George Hunt, Memphis, TN
George Hunt has dedicated over 30 years of painting to the blues. His work, which can be seen on Beale Street includes 13 posters for the Beale Street Music Festival, 22 portraits for the Blues [...]
Jeff Johnson, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago, IL
Jeff writes about blues for the Chicago Sun-Times, where he works as a copy editor in the Features Department. His love and knowledge of the music has translated into feature stories and album reviews for [...]
American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966
One of the most significant blues releases of all-time was released this year with The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966. Lovingly produced by David Peck & Jon Kanis of Reelin’ In The Years Productions, along [...]
Robert Barclay, WCMU, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Robert Barclay has been hosting 'The Juke Joint' radio show for over 18 years across central and northern Michigan. The format Barclay employs during his three-hour broadcast is both educational and entertaining. Usually his shows [...]
BluesWax, Des Moines, IA
Since BluesWax began distributing its free, internet-based magazine in 2000, Publisher Chip Eagle and Founding Editor Don “T-Bone” Erickson have attracted over 70,000 subscribers and published over 150 issues. The on-line weekly ‘zine brings you [...]
Southland Blues, Los Angeles, CA
Southland Blues has been publishing monthly for 14 years. The 40 pages cover artist profiles, CD reviews, festival reviews and the most extensive calendar of upcoming blues shows throughout the West Coast. Before anyone travels [...]
Theodores’, Steve Walbridge, Springfield, MA
The club opened its doors to live music in 1979, but when Steve Walbridge suggested booking Anson and Sam in 1993, Theodore’s discovered the soul of a blues club. Since then, it has successfully promoted [...]
Beale Street Caravan
Now in its seventh season, Beale Street Caravan remains one of the worlds most popular Blues radio programs, with over 300 U.S. affiliates and over 100 overseas. A worldwide audience of 2.4 million listeners tunes [...]
Ottawa BluesFest
Ottawa BluesFests Blues in the Schools program was created to promote, preserve and perpetuate the art, culture and heritage of Blues music. Since its beginning in 1999, the program has grown from two Ottawa-area schools [...]
‘B.B. King’, XM Radio, Washington, DC
The first coast to coast all digital satellite broadcast group in the United States, XM began broadcasting in late September 2001. It is a subscriber-based radio service that broadcasts only to its own specially built [...]