Aigars Lapsa – Riga, Latvia
When the Blues Bites Club opened in Riga, Latvia in 2001, it brought American blues men and women to perform twice a month. Sitting in the first row, with a small pocket camera was Aigars [...]
George Wein – New York, New York
No single promoter has done more for bringing blues music to the world than 86-year old George Wein. To many, the Newport Jazz Festival® (1959) and Newport Folk Festival® (1960) are the starting point for [...]
White Mountain Boogie ‘N Blues Festival – North Thornton, New Hampshire
Now in its 15th year and held the third week in August, the White Mountain Boogie ‘N Blues Festival is the largest outdoor festival in the Granite State. The festival is set in a natural [...]
Red’s Lounge – Clarksdale, Mississippi
Other Mississippi juke joints have come and gone, but for over 30 years, Red’s Lounge has provided the Mississippi juke joint experience to the world. A pool table, Christmas lights and Delta blues memorabilia lining [...]
Treme, David Simon and Eric Overmyer, Executive Producers – New Orleans, Louisiana
Set in 2005, Treme is the story of post-Katrina New Orleans told through a diverse group of residents. Central to New Orleans' rebirth is the music of the city. As the city where the American [...]
Severn Records – Annapolis, Maryland
Severn Records was founded in 1997 by David Earl. In 1998, it released its first three records. Since that time, Severn has released over 50 critically-acclaimed titles. As one of the finest labels recording traditional [...]
Ted Todd, KKZX-FM – Spokane, Washington
Ted Todd’s booming baritone has been a driving force behind the blues on Spokane radio for 19 years. His Sunday night three-hour show-The Blowtorch Blues Show-on classic rock KKZX radio is a major reason the [...]
Toni Ann Mamary -Totowa, New Jersey
Toni Ann Mamary has been Hubert Sumlin’s manager for 12 years. In that time, Hubert has been inducted into the Blues Foundation’s Hall of Fame, won numerous Blues Music Awards, seen his album, About Them [...]
Rodgers Redding – Macon, Georgia
As one musician has said, “If Rodgers Redding doesn’t represent you, you don’t work. If he does represent you, you work all the time.” For more than three decades, Rodgers Redding has been the number [...]
Dan Treanor – Arvada, Colorado
Dan Treanor was first approached in 1994 by the Colorado Blues Society to start up it’s Blues in the Schools program. His first program that April reached about 30 children. Since that inauspicious beginning, Treanor [...]