
Intrepid Artists International booking agency celebrates 25 years
Five years ago, when Rick Booth’s Charlotte-based blues booking agency Intrepid Artists International celebrated its 20th anniversary, he...

Alligator Records' Bruce Iglauer Has the Blues — and That’s a Good Thing
Raised in Cincinnati, Iglauer's new book (co-written with Patrick A. Roberts) "Bitten by the Blues: The Alligator Records Story" As 2018...

Blues guitarist plays straight from the heart
Kirk Fletcher is a four-time Blues Music Award winner, a 2015 British Blues Award nominee, and has released three acclaimed studio...

Blues Festival founder Paul Benjamin recognized by Maine Legislature
ROCKLAND — Sen. Dave Miramant, D-Camden, presented North Atlantic Blues Festival founder Paul Benjamin with a Legislative Sentiment in...

Anthony Geraci is happy to sing the blues
Marshfield, MA resident Anthony Geraci has recorded enough albums to know what makes for a good session; like-minded musicians who also...

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band: country blues’ lethal weapon
The Guit-gun is a small-bore shotgun the Reverend converted into a guitar I’m guessing it’s not easy to be the Reverend Peyton. His...

39th Annual Blues Music Awards
The Blues Music Awards winners. All the results!! Contemporary Male, Keb' Mo' Historical LP, A Legend Never Dies, @Luther Allison, Ruf...

2018 Juno Awards Blues Album of the Year Nominations
Big Dave McLean With Better the Devil You Know Dave continues to set an example for new generations of musicians by constantly evolving...

Winners Of International Blues Challenge Announced: Kevin "B.F." Burt, The Keesha Pratt Ba
The harmonica wizard from Coralville, Iowa, a brassy blues band out of Houston, a Brazil-born guitar master, and a 21-year-old...

King Biscuit Time radio show host John William Payne dies at 92
John William Payne -- better known as "Sunshine Sonny" Payne -- the longtime host of King Biscuit Time, the award-winning radio show that...