Blues News

Local singers, songwriters and one comedian proved they have stage presence at the third annual Midcoast Maine Has Talent variety show held May 23 at The Strand Theatre in Rockland.

Due to inclement weather, the 2013 Blues & Wine Festival will be held on Sunday, May 26 and Monday, May 27.

I have lost count of the number of times I have included the line 'mentored by the great Walter Trout' in a review of some new young fireball: Trout is a man who has been generous with his time and with his talent.

The first annual Blythe River Blues Festival was held May 26, 2012 at Quechan Marina.

Blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd remembers what it's like. He grew up in Shreveport, La., and has vivid memories of the sky turning a sickly color and the winds suddenly whipping up around his town.

The Chicago Blues Festival returns and is anticipated to welcome more than 500,000 fans.

Roy Book Binder, a storytelling, fingerpicking blues legend, will perform Friday evening at Sandywoods Center for the Arts in Tiverton.

Guitarist Derek Trucks and his wife Susan Tedeschi, leaders of the Grammy Award-winning Tedeschi Trucks Band, headlines the Sunday portion of the two-day Santa Cruz Blues Festival in Aptos.

This month, Bluedog will be one of four bands competing in the final round of Battle of the Blues Bands on April 7th at Famous Dave's BBQ and Blues Uptown in Minneapolis.

With his flowing hair, full beard and wraparound shades, Kenny Lee Lewis doesn't try very hard to hide his rock 'n' roll roots.

The Monday night blues series at Time Out Pub, 275 Main St., will continue Monday, June 3, from 7 to 10 p.m. with Doug Deming & Dennis Gruenling with The Jewel Tones.

The excitement is building for the 18th annual Silver City Blues Festival, the largest free outdoor Blues Festival in the Southwest.

Photos from the weekend's Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival already appear online through Instagram, using the hashtag #chesapeakebaybluesfestival and #chesapeakebaybluesfest . If you have your own photos on Instagram, tag them with the above hashes and they'll appear in this gallery.

The Northwest Folklife Festival takes over Seattle Center for the entire Memorial Day Weekend.

Queen's Birthday weekend is again Blues Festival weekend in Rotorua. In keeping with the objectives of the Bay of Plenty Blues Club to "nurture and develop Blues among young and aspiring musicians", there will be two opportunities for young students to gain knowledge of the blues guitar during the festival weekend.

"If you guys came for the blues , you came to the right place!" announced Jeff "Papa J" Hudson at The Orange County Blues Society's one-year "Anniversary Party and Blues Jam" on May 19, at the Main Street Restaurant in Yorba Linda, California.

For Peter Tork , former member of The Monkees , writing songs is a lot like writing poetry.

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.

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.

MONTEREY, Calif.- A new festival is replacing the down and out Monterey Bay Blues Festival this summer at the Monterey County Fairgrounds to even include a reality TV star.