New York City Bluesman Johnny Childs is eager to tell anyone who will listen why he initiated the grassroots movement to establish an International Blues Music Day. Find out why!

Bobby Messano’s album That’s Why I Don’t Sing The Blues continued it’s assault on the Blues Top Five chart, again securing the #1 spot. Sena Ehrhardt took the number two spot with her award-winning Leave the Light On, released by Blind Pig Records.

Etta James, the blues giant with the larger-than-life voice, has succumbed to her battle with Leukemia.

The dynamic blues singer Candye Kane has announced that her pancreatic cancer, which had previously been in remission, has returned.

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Johnny Otis, the “godfather of rhythm and blues” who wrote and recorded the R&B classic “Willie and the Hand Jive” and for decades evangelized black music to white audiences as a bandleader and radio host, has died. He was 90.

Piano great Omar Shariff died on January 8th of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. He reportedly had been living in severe…

GRANDMA plays the blues! The tune is “I Need Your Love So Bad”, which was largely made famous by B.B.…

There have recently been reports that J.M. Randalls — an iconic Williamsburg, Virginia bar, grill and live music club known for it’s strong affinity for blues — has closed its doors temporarily.

Find out the tentative times and dates for the International Blues Challenge.