What began in 1959 as a meeting place for local musicians, The Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation has, since 1998, been teaching Blues history in schools, hospitals, festivals, and libraries. After the death of Piedmont [...]

Founded in 1995, the Alabama Blues Project, under the directorship of Debbie Bond, has created a series of blues education programs that have reached thousands of students of all ages. In addition to the in [...]

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 [...]

Respected music writer Santelli (a regular contributor to Rolling Stone, among other publications) would deserve this award for his contributions to Blues literature alone (The Big Book of Blues, The Best of the Blues: The [...]

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 [...]

D.C. Minner, a 64 year old Rentiesville, Oklahoma native played bass with Freddie King, O.V. Wright and Chuck Berry in the 1960s. Minner switched back to guitar and married singer-bassist Selby. They toured extensively with [...]

My mission is to let young folks know that the Blues is an important aspect of American music history The Blues is the real deal, the story of the human experience, and that will always [...]

Children are the future. It's one thing to say it and another to actually do something to mold and enrich their lives. And most adults could also stand to have an enlightening learning experience also. [...]