KZUM, the oldest independent, noncommercial, listener-sponsored radio station in Nebraska, has been bringing the blues to Lincoln since 1978. The air staff consists of around 90 volunteer programmers who work hard to bring great shows [...]
Noel Hayes has been a blues patron since he first heard Charlie Musselwhite live in 1977. As a result of his extensive blues knowledge, in 1985 Hayes was asked to play music from his collection [...]
Scott Cvelbar is an eighth-grade U.S. History teacher who has been establishing a blues culture in his community through the Blues Project, a Blues in the Schools program at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Valparaiso, [...]
Sharon McConnell-Dickerson's life masks of legendary blues musicians form a stunning collection that celebrates the trailblazers of the music. The 59 Blues Legends life masks capture every facial nuance and detail. Othar Turner, Sam Carr, [...]
The Cahors Blues Festival, founded in 1982, is the oldest blues festival in France. Its founder was Gerard Tertre, who passed away in 2002. Known throughout Europe, this July festival has attracted several thousand people [...]
The Central Iowa Blues Society was founded in October 1992 and has been affiliated with The Blues Foundation since 1993. During the course of its existence, the society has weathered many storms, including crises of [...]
The Chenango Blues Festival was first held 24 years ago, and has been run ever since by largely the same group of committed blues fans, supplemented by some new younger members. The nonprofit group has [...]
Though he's a world-class photographer and writer, Fred Delforge is best known for developing his website, www.zicazic.com, 15 years ago as a portal to promote all forms of blues and other musical styles to his [...]
Todd Glazer is not only the leader in blues music radio promotionpublicizing new releases for radio airplay and exposurehe was the first in the business. Todd started promoting blues albums to radio more than 20 [...]
Yellow Dog Records was founded in 2002 in Memphis, Tennessee, by Michael Powers, with the goal of cultivating the American musical heritage. Named after the famous Delta train that W.C. Handy was waiting for in [...]