Blues News

Young bluesmaker siblings from Tupelo play on the big dance floor of the Samoset Resort, 220 Warrenton St., Rockport.

The one-day event returns to Woodley Park in Los Angeles this Sunday, offering attendees a hodgepodge of "entertainment, education and enlightenment". It's an occasion filled with experts, activists, and celebrities whose efforts are at the forefront of improving healthful living, as well as protecting the environment and animals rights.

Much like Fleetwood Mac, a band that still provokes endless discussion between fans of the Peter Green and Stevie Nicks eras over which was the best, Genesis were really two quite different bands appealing to different audiences.

Two living legends of British blues, John Mayall and Kim Simmonds, will take the stage Saturday night at the Honokaa People's Theater as part of a four-night, four-island tour billed as "The British Blues Explosion." The 79-year-old Mayall is a legendary vocalist and multi-instrumentalist whose Bluesbreakers served as a springboard for numerous ... (more)

With their new blues-rock group the Rides, Stephen Stills and the Electric Flag's Barry Goldberg reached across generations to team with guitar wizard Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

It's getting close to summer in the O.C. and that means local venues will be dialing up their music menus .

The summer of 2013 pop-music schedule at the Jersey Shore is not quite so star-studded as last year.

The Ghost Town Blues Band, which made it to the finals of this year's International Blues Challenge as the representative of the Crossroads Blues Society of Rosedale, Miss., will make their Topeka debut at 8:30 p.m. Friday at Uncle Bo's, the blues club on the lower level of the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center, 420 S.E. 6th.

Actress/model KELLY BROOK is facing almost 500 in fines after failing to renew the road tax licence on her luxury vehicle.

The fifth annual Mount Dora Blues and Wine Festival will present headliners Chris Simmons & Royal Blue and Thomas Wynn and the Believers plus a host of other blues performers and styles in the three-day event.

Beginning Thursday, Sparky's Burgers, Barbeque & Espresso, 115 Franklin St., in Hatch, will kick off its National Blues Festival Month with a series of blues concerts.

The 20th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival proudly announced their 2013 festival lineup .

Carolyn Fe with her agent, the late Montreal bluesman Barry Mell, at the last ever Maximum Blues Festival at Carleton sur Mer, Quebec in August.

When Beyonce Knowles sang the Etta James song "At Last" at President Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration, the song could have had several meanings.

The TD Kitchener Blues Festival has invited an old friend of Waterloo Region's to launch this summer's celebration of the blues.

Lydia Mendoza's heartbreaking voice and 12-string guitar could, in the words of Flaco Jimenez, sound "like the stars falling from the sky." Many consider Mendoza the greatest Mexican American female singer of the 20th century.

A free blues concert will be held Thursday evening at Penrose Square on Columbia Pike.

Maybe it all comes down to being in the right place at the right time. Maybe luck has something to do with it.

The Spin likes mystery and suspense - the kind of atmosphere that gives you pleasant chills as you think about how some pop artists emerge from the shadows after years of obscurity.

John Gregos has done everything from running the top-selling record store in three states to going backstage with Stevie Ray Vaughan and becoming friends with the Grateful Dead's official photographer.