FREIBURG, GERMANY – Blues guitarist and singer Bernard Allison will release his first new studio album in six years, In the Mix, on March 17 from the Germany-based label, Jazzhaus Records. Produced and arranged by Bernard Allison, In the Mix features 10 tracks, including five originals, as well as covers of two songs from his legendary father, Luther Allison (“Move from the Hood” and “Moving On Up”), plus tunes from Colin James (“Five Long Years”), Freddie King (“I’d Rather B

LOGAN SQUARE — Rosa’s Lounge is keeping the blues alive in Chicago, according to a prestigious award set up to honor promoters and documentarians of the classic music genre. The Keeping the Blues Alive award was given to the Logan Square blues lounge Jan. 23 at a recognition ceremony in Memphis, Tenn., where a variety of 14 global blues outlets, from festivals to journalists and radio DJs, were honored. “This is a great honor and a privilege, so I would like to give thanks to

There’s a deep spiritual and healing aura when you listen to Blues music. If you don’t get Blues music, you’ll never understand why it is the perfect music for pain, confusion, weariness and depression. It roots deep into the emotional brain and electrically shocks and amplifies the brain’s pleasure neurochemicals into waves of rhythmic, irrepressible, azure-hued ocean surf breakers washing away, for a little while, the gasping starfishes, smashed seashells, and beer bottles

By: Peter Goddard Visual Arts, Published on Fri Jan 16 2015 Blues music has been called all sorts of things from soulful to misogynist. But a business? A viable business at that? Some time before, during or after the Maple Blues Awards Monday Jan. 19 at Koerner Hall “Stormy Monday” will be sung, with the lyric’s famous line about “the eagle flies on Friday.” This means payday. Once was that was about all the business a blues star might worry about. Not any more. The awards,

Unlike the Blues Music Awards, the award recognizing the past year’s best in recordings and performance voted on by thousands of The Blues Foundation’s members, the KBAs are awarded to non-performers strictly on the basis of merit by a select panel of Blues professionals. Noted educator, author, journalist, and KBA Chairman Art Tipaldi notes “The KBA may be awarded for the recipient’s work in the past year but most often reflects a lifetime of work; we don’t view the recipien

The Blues Matters Magazine "Writer's Poll" has named "Confessing the Blues" Radio 2014 Best International Blues Radio Show .... I'm so humbled and at the same time thrilled by this honor. The popularity of our efforts are a reflection of the love of Blues Music from fans and enthusiasts around the planet. It is quite the accolade for me and confirmation that what we do is indeed recognized as fine Blues radio programming. Hard work, dedication and the drive of doing things