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Here is our list of the 10 best beards in the blues.

Ranking among the IBC’s marquee offerings is the Keynote Panel “Blues as Healer” on February 3. The panel will look at the restorative power that music, especially blues music, can hold.

It was forty years ago today. Thanksgiving Day, November 25th, 1976.

Americana music artist, David Luning, was studying music scoring at the Berklee College of Music when he first heard the music of John Prine. His response was immediate.

This is now a “must go next year and bring my friends with me” event.

With all due respect to Mr. Trower’s age, experience, and musical knowledge, I must reply, poppycock!

If you happened to be at the right stage at the right time you could witness things like The Reverend Peyton playing slide on a three-string cigar box guitar, or, catch a rip-roaring musical sermon from soulful Nashville singer Mike Farris.

Bridging the Blues, a multi-week celebration of the musical heritage of Memphis and the Delta regions of Mississippi and Arkansas, marks its fifth anniversary with dozens of activities in late September and early October.

Perhaps the biggest reason Sticky Fingers has not only endured, but achieved almost mythic status is the overall quality of the work, and the emotional responses it entices from listeners even today. This music hasn’t lost a step, and continues to speak to the human spirit and psyche.

“The way the nation is now, it’s full of hate. I’m doing this because the world – and especially our country right now – needs this message. I want the regular folks to come out. There are so many nice people in the world.”