Blues fans! This is your last opportunity to subscribe to the newly expanded quarterly American Blues Scene Magazine featuring Janiva Magness before it’s mailed out! Check out subscription options here. With tons of pictures and a full color, glossy layout, this issue features the huge triumphant, touching story of Janiva Magness’ rise to fame, her heartbreaking childhood and her difficult road to stardom. The issue also features an exclusive, heartfelt interview with brother Edgar Winter and Paul Nelson discussing the passing of blues master Johnny Winter. There’s plenty of pictures and copy on the Big Blues Bender, the biggest blues party in the Vegas…
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Matt Marshall
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The Blues Blast Music Awards winners are in after a grand ceremony at the Fluid Events Center in Champagne, Illinois. Contemporary Blues Album Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues Traditional Blues Album James Cotton – Cotton Mouth Man Soul Blues Album Bobby Rush with Blind Dog Smokin’ – Decisions Rock Blues Album Tommy Castro And The Painkillers – The Devil You Know Acoustic Blues Album Mark T Small – Smokin’ Blues New Artist Debut Album Shawn Holt And The Teardrops – Daddy Told Me Blues DVD Recording Royal Southern Brotherhood – Songs From the Road Song Of The Year “Meet…
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The Clarksdale Press Register is reporting that the Official Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame is considering Clarksdale, Mississippi, widely known as “ground zero for the blues”, as a potential location for a permanent museum. Other potential locations include Jackson, Memphis, Nashville, and Detroit. Clarksdale is famed for being blues music’s “ground zero”, with attractions such as Ground Zero Blues Club, the Delta Blues Museum, and Cathead Delta Blues and Folk Art Gallery, and is home to the crossroads of Highway 61 & 49, where legend has it Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil. The project’s founder,…
Rest in peace to a true wild man of the blues….
Isaiah ‘Ikey’ Owens, the celebrated key player for Jack White, has passed away while on tour in Mexico. He was 38.
The 2015 nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been released…
America’s top-selling car, Toyota’s Camry, sought help from blues legend B.B. King…
BB King has cancelled the rest of his tour after suffering a fall on-stage at a show at the House of Blues in Chicago
Third annual event to feature more than two weeks of live music and hundreds of musicians!