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The landmark 30th annual International Blues Challenge is taking place in Memphis, Tennessee “the home of the blues”, and American Blues Scene will be continuing it’s annual coverage of the week’s events in their entirety.
Don’t miss the Blind Raccoon Roots & Blues Showcase during IBC Thursday, January 23 and Friday, January 24!
Wednesday night, Jan. 22, at Rum Boogie Cafe on Beale Street, where Annika Chambers will be wowing audiences with her amazing voice as she sits in with Brandon Santini for some soulful blues.
Find what the legendary “Crossroads” word means in the blues, and follow it’s amazing, devilish roots all the way back to Africa in this week’s article
It’s storied allure, the opportunity to see the very best in blues from across the world, and the chance to be a part of something incredible…
This is something you’ve heard, but many of you don’t (and won’t) believe this: Winning the IBC should not be your only goal (and other helpful IBC tips)
So many roads, so many trains, so many blues music articles….
Over the decades, the story of friendship and collaboration between musicologist John Lomax and folk/blues singer-songwriter Lead Belly has reached mythical proportions…
Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking force in American culture, has died.