Blues Historian

More fallout from the University of Chicago study that I posted about HERE on August 15th. This new article from the Chicago Sun-Times , as...

Yesterday I had a tough decision either go to Des Moines for the blues fest, or head 50 mile north to the Iowa Great Lakes, and Arnold'...

Update credit card processing if not working today, should be up and running tomorrow. Check the 2nd National Women in Blues festival websi...

Salty Dog has a great podcast show that you can easily access by clicking here . Podcasts are nice because you can listen to the shows when...

I know many people will wonder what football has to do with the blues. Baseball and blues certainly go hand in hand, especially in Kansas Ci...

A really nice clip of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band at Monterey !

The late Luther Vandross, was a great soul singer, and here he covers Sam Cooke's great civil rights anthem, A Change Is Going To Come ....

I wish this stuff would show up faster, or people would email info for cool shows like this one. From Tulsa World , come information about...

A nice story from the Missourian , in Columbia Missouri about a blues in schools class taught by T J Wheeler. What is cool about the story...

The BBC has a great slide show, and interview of Chris Thomas King. King portrayed delta great Tommy Johnson in O Brother Where Art Thou . ...

The Great Booker T, and his legendary band the MGs with Steve Cropper and Donald Duck Dunn. NICE!!

A little funk for you on a Thursday night. Hey, it actually Friday somewhere. Party Time!!!!

The Statesman Journal from Salem Oregon, has an interview with the Holmes Brothers. These guys are a hard working group that always put on...

Serena emailed me this great show taking place in the heart of Kansas. Blues Heaven Recording Studios located in an old church is having the...

Gary Smith, (With guitar) one of Des Moines great blues guitarists is in Kavanah House, a Hospice out on the westside of Des Moines. Gary wa...

Billie Holiday sings perhaps one of her best known tunes, God Bless The Child, with the Count Basie orchestra.

A very cool remix of Nat from the 50s and his daughter from the 90s.

If this kid put as much effort into his AP history class as he did with this video, then perhaps he wouldn't have the Blues! ACK! LA...