Leo ‘Tater Red’ Allred
This year’s honoree was born and raised in the Delta town of Ruleville, Mississippi. As a child in the farm fields, he was influenced by the rhythmic chants of the workers as they picked cotton. [...]
Winstar TV and Video
Winstar is a leading independent supplier, in all visual media, of best-of-class programming in three complementary niches: Cinema, Performance and the Arts and Holistic Living. The company distributed Robert Mugge’s pivotal Blues documentary “Deep Blues” [...]
Monterey International
Monterrey International takes great pride on representing the very best the world has to offer in Rock, Blues, Jazz, Alternative, World, Folks and Roots Rock. The organization currently books such Blues mainstays as Jimmie Vaughan, [...]
Raeburn Flerlage for Chicago Blues
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, [...]
Peter Dammann – Waterfront Blues Festival, Portland, OR
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 Smokehouse–Tampa, FL
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–Nadine Cohodas
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 [...]
Kalamazoo Valley Blues Association (KVBA)
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 [...]
Sir Charles Blues Lab
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 [...]
Oxford American
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 [...]