Gil Anthony – Dothan, Alabama
With a career spanning more than 40 years, Gil Anthony and his radio show Blues Power have contributed to keeping the blues alive in southern Alabama and northern Florida. In 1994, Blues Power initially aired [...]
Stan Street – Clarksdale, Mississippi
One visit to Stan Street’s Hambone Art Gallery in Clarksdale and it’s obvious that he deeply loves all aspects of the blues. Though he began his art career as a schooled drummer, as he traveled [...]
Telarc – Cleveland, Ohio
Originally founded in 1977 as a classical music label, Telarc, a division of Concord Music Group, established a blues imprint in 1993 and, after only three years, scored two GRAMMY® nominations for recordings by Junior [...]
Shelley Ritter – Clarksdale, Mississippi
Shelley Ritter has been the executive director of the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale for nearly a decade. However, before that, Ms. Ritter was the first archivist with Elvis Presley Enterprises from 1990 to 1995, [...]
Mount Baker Rhythm And Blues Festival – Bellingham, Washington
Since 1995, this festival has been a major stop in the northwest corner of Washington for world-class blues acts and adoring fans. For the first decade, the festival was held on a private Christmas tree [...]
Vicente Zumel – Barcelona, Spain
Since Vicente Zumel discovered the blues 40 years ago, he has made it his life’s calling. He began as a performer in the early 1970s, establishing one of Spain’s first blues bands, the Ancora Blues [...]
Boulder Outlook Hotel – Boulder, Colorado
The Boulder Outlook Hotel is an intimate, 120-seat room, which offers the finest blues talent to its customers. Brothers Dan and Pat King attend to every detail as they provide world-class blues. The hotel aspect [...]
Colorado Blues Society
The Colorado Blues Society was established in 1995. What sets this society apart is its incredibly active participation in many different programs. Its Blues in the Schools program was started in 1994 by 2012 KBA [...]
I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy by Bob Riesman, Chicago, Illinois
This is the acclaimed biography of a towering but often overlooked figure in blues history, Big Bill Broonzy. Meticulously researched and engagingly written, Bob Riesman’s book illuminates the significant contributions Broonzy made during his 30-year [...]
Blues News – Oslo, Norway
Blues News was founded in 1997 as an independent publication for the Norsk Blues Union. The magazine is published five times a year with a circulation of 10,000 to subscribers, stores and newsstands. Today, it [...]