Browsing: Chicago Blues Festival

The Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival presented by xFinity and taking place in the “City with Soul”, Jackson, Mississippi is now two months away and excitement is building for the festival

A bright unison of powerful musical styles, plenty of space, and a perfect downtown location let the free festival once again show why more people flock to it than any other.

Watch the Blues Today, Chicago Summit 2014 LIVE from your computer NOW!

30th annual Chicago Blues Festival on June 6-9, Shemekia Copeland and Bobby Rush kick off the festival’s Journey Up the Mississippi

Editor’s Note: This is an incredibly special part of “dual articles” about the dynamic Shemekia Copeland and her long time manager and songwriter, John Hahn!

The Chicago Jazz Magazine responds to recent dispute over high commission fees.

Blues fans discover merch sales charging incredible merchandising fee, take to social media.

Ten years removed from a stroke that had doctors saying he wouldn’t be able to play again, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, 81, is proving age and injury can’t diminish his skill set.

We were recently informed of an effort to nominate a good friend of American Blues Scene, bluesman and doctor Dan Ivankovich, for a CNN Heroes 2011 award, which we are thrilled to be a part of.

Two American Blues Scene favorites, Nick Moss and Curtis Salgado, are joining the stage for a series of Chicago performances!