When Vasti Jackson returned from the 2016 Porretta Soul Festival, he said: “They revere this music. They have a soul music museum. They have shops that sell old vinyl. And they pay homage to the [...]

Almost 20 years ago, in 1997, Steve Salter became frustrated that he could not find the resting places of many of the blues musicians who were his heroes. To fill that void, he founded the [...]

For over 43 years, Eddie Stout has been working as a musician, record label founder, producer, and promoter. He began playing bass in 1972 and has worked with Anson Funderburgh, Katie Webster, Lou Ann Barton, [...]

Suzanne Swanson has been behind the blues camera for almost five decades. Beginning as an accredited staff photographer for MCA Records in Dallas, Suzanne was first assigned to cover the Texas International Pop Festival in [...]

WGLT in Normal, Illinois, a noncommercial NPR affiliate, began playing the blues in 1984. Since 2005, WGLT’s weekend programming has included 32 hours of locally produced blues over the airwaves. Since 2006, GLT Blues Radio at wglt.org [...]

Wolf Records began its mission in 1974 when 20 Austrian blues fans founded the Vienna Blues Fan Club and began bringing blues artists to tour their country. In 1982 four members transformed the club, renamed [...]