Magic Slim News

Blues and roots-rock label Blind Pig Records has cracked open its music vault once again and chosen two deserving candidates for reissue as part of their Vinyl Master Series.

The 3rd annual Sun Prairie Blues Fest, a festival that features some of the top blues artists from Wisconsin and the U.S., is being held Saturday from 12 p.m. to 10 at Angell Park.

When this year's Edmonton Labatt's Blues Festival kicks off, organizers Carrol Deen and Cam Hayden will breathe a deep sigh of satisfaction.

When this year's Edmonton Labatt's Blues Festival kicks off, organizers Carrol Deen and Cam Hayden will breathe a deep sigh of satisfaction.

Here's a tip for aspiring music journalists: think twice before you call an old bluesman at his hotel after 10 p.m. If he's anything like 71-year-old Morris Holt - aka Magic Slim - he might say, "Well, I was damn well asleep there!" and then answer most of your questions with a grunted "Yeah". Then you've got your own case of the blues as you try ...

Four-year-old Tzippi White of Tuscon, Ariz., enjoys Tom McCall Waterfront Park with her family Wednesday, a day before the start of the Waterfront Blues Festival, which will bring crowds to the stretch of grass where she's peacefully blowing bubbles.

Formers Teardrops bassist Nick Holt, the brother of Chicago blues legend Magic Slim , died in Lincoln, Nebraska on Monday, June 22, 2009 from brain cancer.

Magic Slim feels the blues deep in his soul. And he'll play those blues from his heart, just like the song says, at the Untapped Blues Festival on May 9 at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Kennewick.