Blues News

If you follow the blues, you have heard many guitarists, but none like Clarence Spady.

Play on the Plains Festival chair Harold Clapham said ticket sales were on par with last year's event, but could be much better if some accommodation could be freed up.

Songwriter Jerome "Doc" Pomus was truly a man ahead of his time - a white blues singer in the bars of Brooklyn and Manhattan in the 1950s.

If you're a blues lover, you'll probably want to see every single act in this year's Bradenton Blues Festival.

She won't talk about it unless you ask. And when she does talk about it, she acts like it's no big deal.

Well-known Tulsa-based harmonica player and vocalist Jimmy Markham recently returned from Los Angeles, where he was working with Eric Clapton on a tribute album honoring the recently deceased J.J. Cale - who like Markham, honed his chops in the Tulsa club scene of the 1950s.

Sensational deals on Musikfest CafA© and select Blast Furnace Blues Festival tickets, plus great savings on ArtsQuest Gift Cards and merchandise, highlight the first ArtsQuest Cyber Monday Sale Dec. 2 at www.artsquest.org .

He's perhaps Bradenton's most famous bluesman, but he didn't play at the Bradenton Blues Festival last year.

John Mayall the "Godfather of British Blues" astounded and mesmerized a packed Municipal Auditorium in downtown Sarasota on Friday night.

This video comes from Chicago's Alligator Records , whose roster includes a number of Louisiana artists.

ORGANISERS of one of Cumbria's remaining festivals have pledged to continue running as it announces its headline acts for next year.

The city of Clearwater confirmed the artists to perform at the eighth annual Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival scheduled on Feb. 15-16, 2014 at Coachman Park.

Blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr. is scheduled to perform at the House of Blues New Orleans on Monday, November 25, 2013.

Marcia Weaver, a former Jackson city councilwoman and longtime manager of singer Dorothy Moore, will journey to Memphis in January to be honored by the Blues Foundation.

Don't expect to hear "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" when bluesman Johnny Winter headlines the Southwest Florida Blues Festival on Saturday.

With the announcement of a special appearance by veteran blues man Jesse Yawn, the lineup of the second annual Bradenton Blues Festival is finally set.

Blues music has plenty of fans on the Midcoast: Rockland hosts a weekly series of live shows, as well as the annual North Atlantic Blues Festival; and Belfast is home to the state's contender in the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge, the Juke Rockets having won that distinction two years in a row.

South Africa's top rock and blues guitarist, Dan Patlansky has enjoyed a successful, if not challenging year.

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Let's rock 'n' roll, Brevard! The Space Coast Rock and Blues Festival is Sunday with a schedule full of local talent and national headliners including Johnny Winter.