In this column: festivals and events, blues, the Netherlands, BRIDGE Guitar Festival Eindhoven, Chris Corcoran, Aynsley Lister, Fapy Lafertin, Paulus Schafer and Daniel Gueli, Breda Jazz Festival, Ruud Weber Band, Lars Müller, Bikkelblues, Vlierden, David Ronaldo and the Dice, Giles Robson and Little Steve Band, Bluesroute Helmond, 2 x Bluesroute Helmond in 20 minutes. The …
Gregor Hilden and Jimmy Reiter sadly announced the news on their Facebook pages. Old-school bluesman Tommie Harris passed away on April 19, 2025. Tommie was born in 1938 and grew up in the Southern states, at a time when life was tough for people of his color. As a young man, he sang gospel, but …
In this column: festivals and events, blues, the Netherlands, Utrecht Blues Festival, Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht, Blues Estafette, Meena Cryle & the Chris Fillmore Band, Sean “Mack” McDonald, “Big” Monti Amundson, Richard Earl, Ribs & Blues, Raalte, Leif de Leeuw and Sem Jansen, Jazz in Duketown, Den Bosch, 's Hertogenbosch, Gregory Porter, Jazz Orchestra of the …
In this column: festivals and events, blues, the Netherlands, North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam, Dutch Swing College Band, Muddy Waters Band, B.B. King Blues Band, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Rhythm and Blues Night De Oosterpoort, Groningen, Lucky Peterson, Guy Davis, Popa Chubby, Moulin Blues Ospel, D.K. Harell, Monster Mike Welch, Holland International Blues Festival, Grolloo, …
In this column: music blues spots, festivals, Europe, City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival (Ir), Dark Season Blues, Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen, N), Jimmy Carpenter and band, Santa Maria Blues, Santa Maria Island (Prt), Robbert Duijf, Callander Jazz and Blues Festival (Scotland), Brunner Blues Festival, Brunn am Gebirge (A), Pewny and Steinbach, Suwalki Blues Festival …
In this column: music blues spots, festivals, Europe, Blues to Bop, Lugano (CH), Johnny Mars Band, Notodden Blues Festival (N), Blue Mood Labelmates, Baltic Blues Festival (Eutin, D), Trudy Lynn, Harvest Time Blues (Monaghan, Ir), August Blues Festival (AugustiBluus, Paapsalu, Est), Eric Steckel, Upton Blues Festival, Upton-on-Severn (GB). The following episodes describe a number of …
In this column: music blues spots, festivals, Europe, National Jazz and Blues Festival London, Reading Festival, Bath Festival of Blues, Led Zeppelin, Puistoblues Järvenpää, John Lee Hooker, The Band, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Pistoia Blues Festival, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins, Rawa Blues Festival Katowice, Koko Taylor, James Blood Ulmer, Blues Peer, Robert Finley, Liri Blues …
In this column: blues music spots, festivals, Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, Spring The Blues, WC Handy Blues and BBQ Fest, The Pittsburgh Blues and Roots Festival, French Quarter Festival, The Highland Jazz and Blues Festival, Cincy Blues Fest, Boundary Waters Blues Festival. The following episodes describe a number of important and annually recurring …
In this column: blues music spots, festivals, The Bentonia Blues Festival, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, The Tampa Bay Blues Festival, The Telluride Blues and Brews Festival, North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, Memphis in May International Festival, Beale Street Music Festival. The following episodes describe a number of important and annually recurring blues festivals. The Bentonia is …
In this column: blues music spots, festivals, Chicago Blues Festival, King Biscuit Blues Festival, Juke Joint Festival, Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival, Mighty Mississippi Music Festival, Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival. The following episodes describe a number of important and annually recurring blues festivals. The largest Free Blues festival in the world, the Chicago …
In this column: blues spots, the strolls, Maxwell Street (Market), Chicago, Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, Avenue D, Forth Pierce, U Street Black Broadway, Washington, Beale Street, Memphis, Bourbon Street, New Orleans, French Quarter, Broadway Nashville, Honky Tonk Highway, Stacy Mitchhart Band, Blues Outlaws, Sixth Street (Dirty Sixth), Austin, Rainey Street, 18th and Vine, Kansas City, Muddy …
In this column: blues spots, chitlin circuit, Baker's Flamingo, Bradfordville Blues Club, Damon Fowler Group, Club Eaton, Deep Water City Lodge, The Elks, Evans Rendezvous, American Beach in Nassau County, Lyric Theatre, Manhattan Casino, The Blue Notes, Ritz Theatre, Jazz Discovery Series, Douglass Theatre, Macon Music, Minnehaha Nickelodeon Theatre, Ben's Chili Bowl, the Lincoln Theatre, …
In this column: Blues spots, chitlin circuit, victoria grill, chitlins, soul food, chitterlings, Bobby Rush, 100 Men D.B.A. Hall, Little Milton Campbell, Jim Crow Segregation, Sherman Dudley, Theater Owners’ Booking Association, Manhattan Casino, Denver and Sea Ferguson, Sunset Terrace, Walter Barnes, map Chitlin Circuit, Apollo, Royal Peacock, Royal Theatre, Regal Theater, Paradise and Fox Theater, …
In this column: music blues spots, juke joints, Journey Proud , Alabama, Henry “Gip” Gipson, GIP Documentary, Patrick Sheehan, Melanie Jeffcoat, Mississippi Jukes, Robert Mugge, Chicago, Buddy Guy’s Legends, Buddy Guy, Bobby Rush, Kinston Mines, Rico McFarland, Toronzo Cannon, Rosa’s Lounge, Billy Branch, Sons of Blues, Antone’s Nightclub, Austin, Jimmie Vaughan, B.B. Kings Blues Club, …
In this column: blues music spots, juke joints, barrelhouses, music blues spots, juke joints, barrelhouse, Marion Post Wolcott, Belle Glade, Crossroads Store, Blue Front Cafe, fam. Holmes, Bentonia, Junior Kimbrough`s juke joint, Chulahoma, Blind Willie’s, Atlanta, Atlanta Has Soul, Virginia Highlands, Red’s Lounge, Ground Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, Mississippi Blues Project, Po' Monkey's Lounge, the …
