Blues News

If you are a blues fan, you might want to consider a road trip this weekend. The Southeast Iowa Blues Society will hold their first ever Blue Ribbon Blues Festival at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Fairfield on Saturday, August 2. The festival will feature performances by four blues band, including headliner the Ghost Town Blues Band.

Touring in support of his most recent album release entitled, Radiogram , Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter Gwyn Ashton returns to Rio de Janeiro in July and August to play multiple shows.

Though the turnout was light for Blues Brews and Barbecue, there was a comfortable amount of people so as not to feel strangely vacant.

Israel's Ori Naftaly Band plays the blues at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 31, at the Conway Muse, 18444 Main St., in Conway, and at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, at the Mt.

In a recent phone conversation, singer Anni Piper was psyched for an impending tour of North American that includes Edmonton's Blues on Whyte, this week through Sunday.

Former Washington County residents Liz Pennock and Paul Shambarger, performing as Liz Pennock & Dr. Blues, will be bringing their summer tour to the Mid-Ohio Valley once again this summer.

With dozens of camper vans turning up at this remote site for the weekend, it was like a mini Glastonbury The crowds weren't as big as this Glastonbury turnout but the Green Valley Blues Festival was like a mini version of the world famous event While good weather is no guarantee of success for a music festival it is a definite enhancement ... (more)

A young up-and-coming guitarist is bringing his own brand of the blues to the borough, writes Fiona Parker.

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Blues fans keen to take in next year's Winter Blues Festival at Echuca will have the option of arriving by train.

STATERS WILL BE SINGING THE BLUES. ALWAYS GREAT TO BE WITH BLUES MUSICIANS. TALK ABOUT THE BLUESFEST.

While most audience members of the Tacoma Jazz and Blues Festival preferred to sip their beer on the sidelines, Karen Noyes, 60, was dancing to the beat.

"Turning Whiskey into Dancing" is the appropriate tag line of Wicked Blues Band.

"I've got new partners," said Castro, who's been mirroring the blues masters since he was a 10-year-old in San Jose.

This 3-day event has a lot for music lovers of all ages. A cruise along the Cape Fear River on the Henrietta gets the weekend started, but it's just one of the many festival events planned.

Truro native Jessica Purdy, who now lives outside Stewiacke, sits on the stage at the Nook and Cranny on Prince Street.

Prolific blues player Patrick Sweany is out on the road this summer to promote his latest album "Close to the Floor," which was released last year via Nine Mile Records.

Southeast Iowa Blues Society, along with the Jefferson County Fair Board, present the Blue Ribbon Blues Fest, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds as part of a blues music-themed weekend in Fairfield.

The Jarekus Singleton Band, a first-time visitor to the Pennsylvania Blues Festival, takes a modern approach to the music.

The Bull Durham Blues Festival arrives in September, but blues fans who need their spirits stoked can attend the Triangle Blues Society's Blues Challenge on Saturday at Hayti Heritage Center.