Blues News

The blues is big in Pine Island. So big, in fact, the island's annual blues festival jumps the Matlacha Bridge on Saturday for northwest Cape Coral.

Next to a distant train whistle or cowboys hunkered around a lonely, late-night campfire, the harmonica produces some of the most evocative sounds and images of the traditional American landscape.

Get on your dancing shoes, Marietta, because Friday night the joint will be rockin.' Back by popular demand for the third year in a row, the Chicago Blues Party at the Lafayette Hotel promises to be a good time for all.

HE is fast becoming Europe's number-one guitar slinger, and is about to grace Blaenau Gwent with his talented presence.

It's not very rock'n'roll but then Eddie Martin doesn't claim to be a rock star.

To go What: 10th Annual Southwest Florida Blues Festival When: Saturday, Nov. 21 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Where: German-American Club, Cape Coral Who: Sponsored by the Matlacha Mariners Why: To raise funds for PIE music program and other island charities For the tenth consecutive year, the members of the Matlacha Mariners are presenting the Southwest ...

This week, we turn our spotlight on New Orleans' Dirty Dozen Brass Band , who will return to St.

Blues fans are in for a treat today: Downtown venue The Place will host the 2009 Nashville Blues Awards, which will bring out a crew of well-known local performers and touring acts - including the Dynamites' Charles "Wigg" Walker; the late Johnny Jones' "last living blues disciple," Doc Blakey; James "Nick" Nixon; "Nashville's Queen of the Blues," ...

Louis blues music. The show runs through Aug. 28, and admission is free. Gallery hours: Tuesday, noon-8 p.m.; Wednesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Closed major holidays.

The mood will be anything but blue in Tenby on Saturday when a free daytime musical feast will be upping the feel-good factor.

ROCKLAND : Maine blues fans can take in a live double feature at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., when both Tommy Castro and Coco Montoya bring their bands to town Wednesday, Nov.

The streets of downtown Florence were filled with merchants, vendors and thousands of people of all ages on Saturday to celebrate the sixth annual Pecan Festival.

Woo hoo! Some fantastic blues to light up a chilly Monday night! And we've got a free pair of tickets to give away to the show.

Fourteen musical acts will perform at 11 different locations this weekend as The Pee Dee Blues Bash kicks off its inaugural year.

Genre-spanning Northern Californian artists Mark Matos and Os Beaches offer psych-pop songs with a melancholy country twang 8 p.m. Saturday at the Brown Lantern.

THE fourth annual Crawley Blues Festival is bigger and better than ever, organisers at The Hawth are promising.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 12:49 p.m. One of the things I like best about Barbara Strauss, aside from the cool factor, is that she can go from breakfast with rock stars to picking up cigarette butts off the lawn of Ed Smith Stadium the day after a blow out at the 19th annual ...

BURNLEYa S famous blues festival is set to be slashed to a single day because of financial worries, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal.

White Rock's Sam & Luke are taking their act on the road. Even though the Remedios brothers aren't planning any major tours just yet, opportunity is knocking - " and it's a fair bet the Peninsula won't be able to hold them too long.

Bukka White s granddaughter Sandra Marble expresses her gratitude for White s recognition.