Jim Bateman spent the last 29 years as manager/friend/co-producer/confidante of Clarence Gatemouth Brown, epitomizing the very best of what a manager should be. He has been instrumental as a manager in directing an important phase [...]
KPFT has championed the blues since it first hit the airwaves in 1970, playing 10 hours of uninterrupted blues every Sunday, with additional blues throughout the week. The various shows and volunteer hosts perform an [...]
Lightning in a Bottle captures the magic night of February 7th, 2003, when renowned artists across music genres and generations commandeered the stage at New York City's Radio City Music Hall to pay tribute to [...]
Mark Carpentieri started M.C. Records in 1991. To date, M.C. Records has 20 releases with distribution all over the world. The label's albums have been nominated for more than 30 W.C. Handy Awards and four [...]
Paul Natkin has been photographing musicians around Chicago and across the country for almost 30 years. He is well known in rock circles (touring with the Rolling Stones and Keith Richards), but also has a [...]
Before you buy a new blues CD, check out this on-line review site. Since its first on-line issue in December of 1996, Bill Mitchells Blues Bytes has delivered 10 issues of CD reviews each year. [...]
Bill Wax of XM Satellite Radio, champions the blues 24 hours a day. While programming an entire national blues channel by himself can be described as a Herculean task, Bill has been able to call [...]
BMI's roster of affiliated songwriters, composers and publishers is unsurpassed and includes outstanding creators in every style of musical composition, but of particular importance is its dominance in the Blues music genre. BMI has supported [...]
Cary Baker began his life in the blues when he published a blues fanzine in high school in Chicago. For over 25 years, Cary has been one of the hardest working and most effective publicists [...]
Chord On Blues, which has been open since 1996, is a 14,000 square foot facility, located on the river in beautiful downtown St. Charles, Illinois. Just an hour west of Chicago this Blues club gives [...]