Scott Cvelbar is an eighth-grade U.S. History teacher who has been establishing a blues culture in his community through the Blues Project, a Blues in the Schools program at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Valparaiso, [...]

Sharon McConnell-Dickerson's life masks of legendary blues musicians form a stunning collection that celebrates the trailblazers of the music. The 59 Blues Legends life masks capture every facial nuance and detail. Othar Turner, Sam Carr, [...]

The Cahors Blues Festival, founded in 1982, is the oldest blues festival in France. Its founder was Gerard Tertre, who passed away in 2002. Known throughout Europe, this July festival has attracted several thousand people [...]

The Central Iowa Blues Society was founded in October 1992 and has been affiliated with The Blues Foundation since 1993. During the course of its existence, the society has weathered many storms, including crises of [...]

The Chenango Blues Festival was first held 24 years ago, and has been run ever since by largely the same group of committed blues fans, supplemented by some new younger members. The nonprofit group has [...]

Todd Glazer is not only the leader in blues music radio promotionpublicizing new releases for radio airplay and exposurehe was the first in the business. Todd started promoting blues albums to radio more than 20 [...]

Yellow Dog Records was founded in 2002 in Memphis, Tennessee, by Michael Powers, with the goal of cultivating the American musical heritage. Named after the famous Delta train that W.C. Handy was waiting for in [...]