Jerzy George Kossek is a nationally and internationally recognized educator, blues theorist, and blues promoter who has actively promoted blues music in Poland over the past three decades. Known to many as Doctor Blues, Kossek [...]
For over 20 years, Tas Cru has been developing and conducting activities ranging from teaching about the blues and its history to teaching people how to play and enjoy the blues. In that time, Cru [...]
Nat Dove has a long and successful career in music as a performer, composer, and in-demand sideman for some of the greats in music. However, in 1980, Dove also became a full-time music educator. In [...]
Dan Treanor was first approached in 1994 by the Colorado Blues Society to start up it’s Blues in the Schools program. His first program that April reached about 30 children. Since that inauspicious beginning, Treanor [...]
Gary Allegretto is a world-class harmonica player who shares his passion through his acclaimed work as a BITS educator and blues harmonica workshop teacher at camps, special events, and festivals. But perhaps most remarkable is [...]
Four decades of international touring and many years of visiting schools have helped Spencer Bohren develop an innovative approach to blues education titled “Down the Dirt Road Blues.” Using a single African melody as a [...]
The Monroe County Library System’s Black History Month Blues Series educational program stands out as an example for every town to emulate. What began in 1988 in the corner of a library branch as a [...]
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 [...]
When school children hear Rev. Robert Jones play Son House's 'Death Letter Blues', they are immediately transported into the life of the Delta Blues legend, but a few seconds later they are made aware that [...]
David Berntson has been actively involved in teaching the blues for many years. Each year, David packs his harmonicas and heads out into school districts to share his love of blues history combined with his [...]