Browsing: IBC Coverage

The 29th International Blues Competition semi-finalists have been announced by the Blues Foundation. So far the competition has been fierce, with incredible performances by so many of the brightest blues blues artists from all over the world.

We sat down on the back porch with this year’s IBC winners The WIRED! Band to talk about their enormous win, how it felt to , and who the big winners liked on Beale.

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…

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…

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!