Author: Matt Marshall
Matt Marshall
Matt Marshall is the original publisher of American Blues Scene and owns Bluescentric.com the shop for Blues, Soul, and Rock n Roll -- authentic music t-shirts where every sale pays artist's estates directly.
Blues is a universal language — appreciated and revered by fans everywhere.
Find out all the winners in the International Blues Challenge band and solo/duo competition, as well as best self-produced CD and top harmonica and guitar player honors!
The finals have been announced and the gears are in motion for the blowout competition to determine the winners at the Orpheum Theatre. The band finals begin at 2:00pm, Solo/duo finals will begin at 7:30 pm.
BAND – Semi-Final Schedule ALFREDS 5:20 The Delta Sonics 6:00 Lawyers Guns & Money 6:40 Mikey Junior & the Stone Cold Blues 7:20 Fred Chapellier 8:00 The Willie J. Laws Band BB KINGS 5:20 Blues Dragon 6:00 Tony Vega Band 6:40 Ron Yarosz and the Vehicle 7:20 Pristine 8:00 The Candymakers 8:40 Noah Wotherspoon Band BLUES CITY CAFÉ 5:20 The Mojo Webb Band 6:00 Terry Gillespie Trio 6:40 Sherry Pruitt Blues Project 7:20 Daddy Mack Blues Band 8:00 Memphis Cradle CLUB 152 5:20 The Robbie Laws Band 6:00 Little Jake & The Soul Searchers 6:40 The Bart Walker Band 7:20…
The Blue Bella Blues, Rock and Soul Revue is finally here! Blue Bella Records will be showcasing Nick Moss and the Flip Tops, Kilborn Alley, and the newcomer Steepwater Band at Rum Boogie
Check out the events of Thursday night!
A favorite during the International Blues Challenge every year has been Bob Margolin’s Jam at the Rum Boogie Cafe, famously located on the corner of the original Highway 61 and Beale Street. The jam is gearing up to Margolin is one of the most talented and electrifying slide guitar players alive — and he should be. The blues master learned slide from Muddy Waters himself. Among his esteemed guests at the jam are Chuch Botton, Bob Corritore, and if the playbill is to believed, Elvis will make an appearance. Margolin is heading up the VizzTone Blues Revue for the VizzTone Label Group,…
The preliminary round has started and finished. Beale Street has officially been flooded with blues fans, and the music is in the air!
Find out the band that went on to the IBC Semifinals!
Como to celebrate ‘Hill Country Blues’ Feb. 3 as the Alan Lomax Collection gives the small town a piece of it’s own musical heritage — recordings made by the famed musicologist decades ago.