Browsing: Juke Joint

Debut record ‘Blues is Calling Me’ set for June 23 via Music Maker Foundation!

The contents of Po’ Monkey’s, one of the last remaining juke joints located just outside of Merigold, Mississippi will be sold at auction.

Enjoy hanging in the few juke joints that are left? Listeners should pick this up, and they’ll be at the juke joint every time they put this on!

“If I don’t get out there acting like a clown, people think there’s something wrong with me.”

A juke or juke joint is a funky little bar that provides dance music from a piano player, but it’s real meaning goes MUCH deeper than that. Discover the fascinating hidden history behind the word “Juke”

The fight to save Gip’s Place, the legendary Bessemer, Alabama juke joint, came to city hall Tuesday night.

Michael “Iron Man” Burks, the incredible Arkansas blues master who’s attacking guitar style was one of the most powerful in the industry, has passed away.

After a fire raged on the property of the legendary Gip’s Place, rumors &questions have been swirling as to whether it burned to the ground, or if fire damage destroyed the venue. Luckily, the main venue and Gip’s adjourning house came out of the disaster unscathed.