Blues News

CBS newsman Morley Safer is 78. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 60. Entertainment Tonight host Mary Hart is 59.

Murali Coryell spent years shunning his legacy. With an affinity for languages, he toyed with the idea of becoming a translator or an academic.

Rhythm 'n blues drummer Matti Oiling has passed away. He died peacefully at a Fuengirola hospital in Spain on Thursday, 5 November 2009.

A Mississippi Blues Trail marker will be dedicated Friday on Summit Street in McComb.

Another round of hard rock and blues awaits those who attend the 22nd Annual Nam Jam benefit concert Saturday.

Laurie Morvan's new release, "Fire It Up," contains 12 original songs, including "Cafe Boogaloo, Lay Your Hands, Skinny Chicks, Livin' In A Man's World and Come On Over to My BBQ." Celebrations for her fourth CD will be held on 11/06 in Hermosa Beach and on 11/14 in Ukiah, California this month. Laurie recently performed many of her songs on The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise. More information is available at the website.

Tara May played the part of a Voodoo Festival zombie on Halloween to the hilt. While modeling her white dress, black and white leggings and zombie face paint, the 10-year-old from Metairie explained why she likes the festival.

Showman, vocalist and blues harp player James Harman, a charismatic performer who will be remembered by many here for his rocking appearances in Bluesharp Blowouts, returns to the Rockfish Grill at 8 p.m. Thursday to head a show featuring Nathan James.

THE fourth annual Crawley Blues Festival is bigger and better than ever, organisers at The Hawth are promising.

The Baltic Blues Challenge and German Blues Challenge contests were held last weekend in Eutin, Germany.

Writing about tonight's broadcast of "Bluesland," the show's host Leo Schumaker writes that he "is excited to bring renowned blues rock guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd to KCSB Thursday at 9 PM.

BURNLEYa S famous blues festival is set to be slashed to a single day because of financial worries, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal.

In addition to her solo career, Erja Lyytinen has twice starred in Blues Caravan: in 2006 with Ian Parker and Aynsley Lister, and again this year with Oli Brown and Joanne Shaw Taylor.

When you walk the streets of Clarksdale, Mississippi, you can still hear the voice of blues legend Robert Johnson - ringing from the shop windows as well as from passing cars.

Comic actor Dan Aykroyd, who is guesting with Downchild on several eastern Canadian dates of this tour, became one of the group's biggest fans.

With more than 4,000 gigs under their belt, you'd think The Hamsters would have played pretty well everywhere by now.

Closing in on 70 years of age, blues singer Finis Tasby continues to improve his craft and artistry.

VINELAND -- Peter Tork feels everything is right with the world when the blues rock the house.

Four award-winning and pedigreed bands will perform in "Blues Ala Carte," a new Great Northern Blues Society musical event set for Saturday.

The Blues Band have a very interesting technique to their gigs, there are no set lists and they don't even stay in the same hotel sometimes.