The William Bearden Company is a Memphis-based video and event company that has been creating national and international productions since 1988. Since 1998, Willy Bearden and his team have produced the W.C. Handy and Blues [...]
What began in 2004 with five friends who loved the Blues has grown today into one of Europe’s major Blues promoters. In 2007, it organized the first Italian Blues Conference which brought together dozens of [...]
When Junior Watson talks about spending all his money in a record store every time he goes to Charlotte, the rest of us should take note. And Charlotte music fans agree as the store annually [...]
John Hahn has known Shemekia Copeland since she was eight years of age and has carefully managed her outstanding career from the start. John’s professional career in the Blues dates back to the late 1980's [...]
John Kessler has been involved with public radio since 1983. In his early career, John was musical director of the seven-piece band on West Virginia’s Mountain Stage. Since he joined KPLU-FM in 1999, John has [...]
Kai has been broadcasting Blues music on Colorado's airwaves for more than seventeen years, the last twelve live every Sunday night on KRFX in Denver. Known as the Blues Vassal, Kai has acted as a [...]
Opened in 1979, seven nights a week B.L.U.E.S. features some of Chicago’s finest Blues acts. Located on the city’s north side, B.L.U.E.S. prides itself as one of the city’s most intimate clubs to still offer [...]
The Monroe County Library System’s Black History Month Blues Series educational program stands out as an example for every town to emulate. What began in 1988 in the corner of a library branch as a [...]
The Shack Up Inn is nestled three miles south of the Hwy 61 and Hwy 49 crossroads outside Clarksdale on one of the oldest cotton farms in Mississippi, the former Hopson Plantation. These down-home accommodations [...]
The Washington Blues Society will celebrate its 20th anniversary in February of 2009. Founded by an enthusiastic core of Blues fans in Seattle, the society now has 600 members statewide. The Society distributes 4,000 copies [...]