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“We highlight Black Radio because of its significance to our history and the significance of the individuals involved.”

The shows will feature 2016 Grammy nominee Vasti Jackson, St. Louis blues prodigy, Marquise Knox, and American bluesman and educator, Fernando Jones.

The collection features 60 photographs of ‘Women of the Blues’ of all ages and ethnic backgrounds representing all styles from southern soul blues to Chicago blues & rock blues.

As an affiliate, the National Blues Museum now has the opportunity to utilize the many technical and cultural facets of the GRAMMY Museum, including exhibitions, research and educational programs, internship programs for college students, and professional development seminars.

Washington Ave. in Saint Louis was filled with people and the air was electric for the National Blues Museum’s opening. News crews reported, cameras flashed. The mayor and Saint Louis dignitaries were there. So were blues legends Bobby Rush and Shemekia Copeland! Find everything you need to know about the National Blues Museum and how to plan a musical vacation to Saint Louis.

“We greatly appreciate all of the support that has been provided by the City of St. Louis and the State of Missouri, our donors and the general public. We couldn’t be more pleased to share it with the world.”

Music champion Jack White has made a six-figure donation to the National Blues Museum in St. Louis…

Actor John Goodman, a Saint Louis native, is the latest high profile personality to advocate the National Blues Museum in Saint Louis in a YouTube video posted today.

The country’s only national museum devoted to Blues music to open in St. Louis makes major announcement!

Listen up to hear all about the National Blues Museum, the good it’s already doing for the blues community, and how one localized blues scene is thriving and exploding with the support of a very successful website.