Since 1996, Lewis Mashburn’s Capitol Oyster Bar in Montgomery, Alabama, has been a dedicated supporter of live blues. The club is one of the premier venues in the South to showcase and promote top blues [...]

Organized in 2008, Croatian Blues Forces, a founding member of the European Blues Union, got its start when blues aficionado Drazen Buhin, the secretary of the Croatian Musicians Union, arranged for representation of Croatia at [...]

Swedish blues photographer Hans Ekestang has been capturing the blues through his impressive photography since 1971. He has devoted the better part of his life to traveling internationally to create a superior catalog of photographs, [...]

Jesse Finkelstein has been keeping the blues alive for decades as the producer and host of Blues Radio International and co-founder of the Shining Stone Music Group. Blues Radio International is the world’s only weekly [...]

Sarah French is the leading blues publicist in Canada. Her hard work, dedication, and experience in the music industry have earned her a reputation as the go-to publicist for Canadian musicians. In addition to an [...]

Jean Guillermo’s passion is keeping the blues alive in France, and he has put thousands of hours into this endeavor. He is one of the six founding members of the European Blues Union and has [...]

Since 1981, when he saw one of Muddy Waters’ last road performances, Tom Hyslop has been obsessed with the blues. It has been suggested that he has more CDs than most music stores or radio [...]

Don “Don O.” Ottensman has been playing the blues on KNON-FM, Dallas’s noncommercial 55,000-watt radio station, for 35 years. Ottensman’s show has been one of the biggest fundraisers during the station’s pledge drive for over [...]

Catfood Records owner Bob Trenchard has worked in the music business for over 50 years in a variety of roles. Originally linked with Johnny Rawls and Kay Kay and the Rays as a bass player, [...]

Gary and Gillian Atkinson own the independent roots music label Document Records. Based in the United Kingdom, it is known for specializing in the issue and reissue of early recordings of American blues, gospel, spirituals, [...]