Wyland Records has an upcoming album of original blues music from an all-star band of bluesmen, including Taj Mahal, Rod Piazza, and Common Sense vocalist Nick-I, as the Wyland Blues Planet Band

Alligator Records is pleased to announce the signing of soul singer/songwriter/harmonica icon Curtis Salgado!

Where a decade ago, popular blues-playing women were hard to come by, today, there is no shortage of vastly popular & endlessly talented ladies in the blues. While it took a deplorable seven decades, the timing is perfect.

Today’s video is Son House singing “Grinnin’ In Your Face”, one of the most haunting and endearing blues songs of all time, to a doubtlessly wide-eyed and mesmerized crowd clapping to his “beat”.

The Wired Band is one of the most power-packed bands, trio or not, in the Northwest, and they have won the bragging rights to compete to the IBC in Memphis, representing the Washington Blues Society for the second straight year.

The American Blues Scene welcomes author Preston Lauterbach as a new regular guest writer. This article is from the musings of a colorful character who found himself around Memphis in the fever pitch of the Civil Rights Movement.

Buddy Guy played the King Biscuit Festival last night. We were front and center to bring you the best pictures…

Grammy-winning blues harmonica master James Cotton, who is currently celebrating his 67th year as a professional musician (beginning at age…

A dedicated blues fan has a tendency to drop everything when a great blues festival rolls around, and we know…

Preston Lauterbachs new book, The Chitlin Circuit and the Road to Rock N Roll explores the electrifying & colorful origins of the famous Chitlin Circuit, a loose trail of small town venues hosting black entertainers.