Beale Street Caravan
Now in its seventh season, Beale Street Caravan remains one of the worlds most popular Blues radio programs, with over 300 U.S. affiliates and over 100 overseas. A worldwide audience of 2.4 million listeners tunes [...]
Ottawa BluesFest
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 [...]
‘B.B. King’, XM Radio, Washington, DC
The first coast to coast all digital satellite broadcast group in the United States, XM began broadcasting in late September 2001. It is a subscriber-based radio service that broadcasts only to its own specially built [...]
Jim Murphy, New York State Rhythm & Blues Festival
The New York State Rhythm & Blues Festival, held each summer in Syracuse, celebrates its twelfth season in 2003. The longest-running downtown festival in Syracuse history, it has an economic impact of well over $1 [...]
CBS Early Morning
CBS Early Morning News - Hosted by Russ Mitchell and Gretchen Carlson, this Saturday morning program of news and features made its debut as the CBS News Saturday Morning in September 1997. Blues artists get [...]
Chuck Winans, Portraits in Performance Photography
Chuck Winans had been a Blues fan for over 20 years prior to picking up a camera. In fact, until seven years ago, he didnt own a camera of any kind. In just six years, [...]
Gibson Musical Instruments
Founded in 1894 by part-time shoe clerk and musician Orville Gibson of Kalamazoo, Michigan, the Gibson Guitar and Mandolin Company became and remains a world leader in the manufacturing of many different types of guitars. [...]
Cascade Blues Association
Founded in 1986 by a handful of music enthusiasts, the Cascade Blues Association has grown into one of the largest and most viable Blues societies in the country. Recognized as 'the Ambassador of the Blues' [...]
Slippery Noodle
Indiana's oldest continually-operated bar (it began life in 1850 as the Tremont House and is on the National Register of Historic Places), the Slippery Noodle is home of the Blues in Indiana with live local, [...]
Memphis Music Record Store
Located on Beale St. in downtown Memphis, Memphis Music is the largest Blues retailer in the city. Memphis Music carries music from over 8,000 artists with emphasis on any artist who has recorded the Blues. [...]