Otis Taylor announces the first annual Trance Jam Blues Festival which will take place on November 25 – 27, 2011 in Boulder, Co. The event will feature a weekend of public workshops and jams for musicians and fans of all levels and ages who wish to join world-renowned guitarist Bob “Steady Rollin’” Margolin, Tony Trischka [...]
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Debbie Davies at The Triad in NYC
Debbie Davies and her band rockin’ The Triad http://www.debbiedavies.com/ Welcome back my fellow Blues lovers! For my post this week I have some photos of one of the finest Blues guitarists out there, Debbie Davies. The photos are from her show at The Triad in New York City, a venue that has been having some [...]
Santana Gets His Own School
Guitarist Carlos Santana has earned a long list of accolades in his four-decades- long career, but now he can add a new one — a Los Angeles school named in his honor. The LA Unified school board on Tuesday approved the name “Carlos Santana Arts Academy” for what has been called Valley Region Elementary [...]
New Blues Club In Chicago
New Blues Club opened in Chicago! Dave Katzman reports of his involvement in a new blues venue in Chicago! Dave writes “I’m partnering with Mike Hanely to open a blues club here on the near West Side. It’s the Water Hole at 14th and Western. The opening night was August 27 and featured a 7pm early [...]
Chicago to Los Angeles – Jeff Dale’s ‘Blues Room’ – Good ol’ brand new blues.
Chicago to Los Angeles…Jeff Dale’s ‘Blues Room’ …Good ol’ brand new blues. Last night (Tuesday October 11th, 2011) was the official Los Angeles CD release party for Jeff Dale and The South Woodlawners ‘Blues Room’ CD. Myself along with a crowd of JD fans filled up the Typhoon in Santa Monica where Jeff and Co. put [...]
The Blues are Back In Montgomery Alabama
With all the talk of venues and festivals closing down, we have some good news in Montgomery. Last year it was reported that the Capitol Oyster Bar – one of very few, and the most regular, venues that would book touring blues acts – was closing down. The restaurant was, in part, a victim of [...]
Jimmie Vaughan and the SRV Rememberance Ride
We continue our interview with Jimmie Vaughan as he speaks of his CD, his guitar, and the Stevie Ray Vaughan motorcycle ride, which will take place on October 2, 2011, in Dallas, TX.
Bluzapalooza heads out on Sept. 2
On September 2nd, the world famous BLUZAPALOOZA celebrity concert tour will be making Blues history again when it ships out to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to entertain our troops. Starring BLUZAPALOOZA veteren Billy Gibson, the “Prince of Beale Street”, this amazing Blues concert tour will be another historic event for the Blues. “It is [...]
Blues-Beale-Bikes
In Memphis, TN, from April through September every Wednesday is Bike Night On Beale.
Jeff Healey Park Opens
Jeff Healey Park opens with a bang in suburban Toronto. Jeff Healey was joyfully remembered this past week, as a park in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke was renamed in his honor. More than a thousand people showed up, and plenty of Jeff’s musical colleagues came to play, including members of the Jazz Wizards, with [...]
Record High Water in Memphis Cannot Stop the Music
(Memphis, Tennessee) Huge rains, tornado sirens, power outages affecting tens of thousands of Memphis residents were unable to stop this year’s Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival…likewise the Blues Music Awards took place again in Memphis for the 32nd year in a row. Despite the death and destruction which ran rampant throughout the South [...]
32nd Blues Music Awards
On Cinco de Mayo, the Blues Foundation brought out their best at the Cook County Convention Center in Memphis, TN for the 32nd Blues Music Awards. The night was full of awards honoring artists in 26 categories wrapped around performances by many of the nominees. The evening began across the street where Ms. Eden Brent [...]
Photos from 2011 Blues Music Awards in Memphis
Reba Russell Samantha Berman and Steve Bryson Melvin Lee Green and Billy Lavender at table A Brad Webb and Earl the Pearl Banks Mr. and Mrs. Vince Johnson Wayne and Reba Russell Steve Miller and his band kick off the show Rick Estrin The Steve Miller Band Big Lou and Mickey Thomas Priscilla Hernandez [...]
Joe’s Pub Renovation
Joe’s Pub is a great source of information for American Blues News. We are excited for the changes this already great venue will be making! The Public Theater Announces Three Month Hiatus For Joe’s Pub Renovation and Expansion Beginning July 2 Joe’s Pub To Reopen on October 1 Original Designer Serge Becker Returns For [...]
Blues Conference in Memphis Announced
“THE DELTA - EVERYTHING SOUTHERN” CONFERENCE IN MEMPHIS ANNOUNCED. On June 3 the University of Memphis will host the conference, which will feature topics including the origins of the blues and speakers including blues scholar Tony Russell from the UK (who was featured on Highway 61 a couple years ago) and Al Bell, former chairman [...]
