Ray Flerlage’s photographs have appeared internationally in books, magazines, cd’s, postcards, videos, posters, and t-shirts. A graduate of the Chicago Institute of Design, Flerlage has worked in many capacities in the music world -- promoter, [...]
Since 1994, Peter has been the Talent Coordinator for Portland Oregon’s Waterfront Blues Festival. The festival is the largest Blues festival in the Pacific Northwest. Last year, 75 national and regional acts performing on three [...]
Skipper’s has been a Florida safe harbor for touring Blues acts. The club has hosted just about every Blues artist that bothered to come to the Sunshine State. Sunday has become their traditional night for [...]
Spinning Blues Into Gold is the recount of Chess Records and the men behind it – Leonard and Phil Chess. Cohodas also tells a story of American history from immigration, race, relations, music, plus the [...]
Started in 1994, the KVBA’s mission is to promote the history of Blues music through musical events, education programs, and support of its local Blues musicians and venues. A nonprofit, all-volunteer organization, the KVBA presents [...]
The Sir Charles Blues Lab is a Blues in the Schools Program, but it exists as so much more: a classroom, a clubhouse, a refuge, a friendship, a performance, a jam session, an experience, and [...]
The Southern Magazine of Good Writing.” The Oxford American is published bimonthly by critically acclaimed novelist John Grisham. The publication has championed not only the Blues, but also Roots music in general. The publication produces [...]
AIWA AMERICA, INC., is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of audio, video and car stereo products. Since 1997, the company has been the title sponsor of the San Francisco Blues Festival and [...]
All Music Guide was founded in 1991 in Big Rapids, Michigan. The All Music Guide first appeared as a book debuting on the Internet in 1995. Allmusic.com is the world’s largest and most comprehensive online [...]