Mike Kappus founded the San Francisco-based Rosebud Agency in 1976. As agent and/or manager, his clients over the years have included Blues performers Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Albert Collins, Charles Brown, Luther Allison, Michael Bloomfield, [...]
2003 will mark the fifth anniversary of the Nuthin But The Blues series. Presented by the Atlanta History Center, Blind Willies Blues Club and True Blues Productions, this event has entertained over 11,000 guests by [...]
After working his way up from the mailroom to the control room at a Memphis jingles studio, Jim Gaines got his break in 1969 when he went to work for Steve Cropper at famed Stax [...]
Aside from writing for major music magazines in both the United States and England, Robert Gordon also is the author of several books including It Came from Memphis and the recent The King on the [...]
Author of the Connecticut Blues Societys Travelin with the Blues column the early 90s, Domenic Forcella approached the editor of The Herald seven years ago about doing a Blues column. The paper began carrying the [...]
Blues Revue was first published in July 1991 by Bob Vorel, who at the time was also the editor, sales rep, writer, and photographer. Originally a tabloid titled Blues Revue Quarterly, the magazine initially focused [...]
Bob Putignano has been host of WFDUs (Fairleigh Dickenson University Radio) popular Across The Tracks program since 2000. The show features a variety of recorded Blues music, as well as live performances and interviews with [...]
Born 18 years ago in the heart of the vibrant Boston Blues scene, Tone-Cool Records has combined a deep respect for the Blues tradition with an open ear and an open mind. By never confining [...]
Since his purchase in 1996 of a now 77-year-old church and his nearly $1 million restoration efforts to turn the sanctuary into a state-of-the-art-recording studio, APO Records Founder Chad Kassem has turned heads. The church [...]
Thanks to the 'I'm Ready' commercial, the little, diamond-shaped pill has become the best-selling drug in history, and this year the company that makes it, Pfizer, won Advertising Age's prestigious Marketer of the Year Award. [...]