[ May 6, 2010; 12:00 pm; ] Blues Music Awards Nominees, 2010
31st Blues Music Awards
The Blues Foundation will present the 31st Blues Music Awards on May 6, 2010, at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, TN. Performers, industry representatives and fans from around the globe will have the chance to celebrate the best in Blues recording and performance from 2009.
Among those [...]
[ December 31, 2009; 5:30 pm to 11:59 pm. ] Chicagoland’s New Year’s Eve Blues Shows for Thursday, December 31, 2009
(last updated 12/30/09)
* Blue Chicago #1 - Linsey Alexander with Patricia Scott
* Blue Chicago #2- Shirley Johnson Blues Band (Maybe last show at club before closing!)
* B.L.U.E.S. on Halsted- Jimmy Johnson, Rico McFarland, Big Ray
* Blues Bar (Mt. Prospect)- Li’l Ed & the Blues [...]
CHICAGO BLUES: A LIVING HISTORY
RECEIVES 2010 GRAMMY NOMINATION
Chicago Blues: A LIVING HISTORY is being hailed by musicians, music historians and music critics worldwide as the most important tribute of our time to the Chicago Blues.
CBLH brings together two generations of Chicago’s greatest living traditionalists. In an unprecedented Chicago Blues collaboration, the legendary Billy Boy Arnold, [...]
[ January 16, 2010 7:00 pm to January 17, 2010 2:00 am. ] Blues University has announced the date of the Winter 2010 Chicago Blues Tour. The tour, celebrating its 20th Anniversary Year, connects 8 of Chicago’s famous lounges featuring 10 live blues bands and many special guests all night long, on Sat., Jan. 16th. Tickets are $45, with various earlybird, group, and advance discounts available via [...]
[ December 13, 2009; 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Today’s Chicago Blues Blog indicates…
The DuSable Museum of African American History is hosting an exhibit about the blues from now through Dec. 13.
The exhibit, titled “The Soul of Bronzeville The Regal, Club DeLisa, and the Blues,” comes courtesy of the Chicago Blues Museum, which owns an impressive collection of blues memorabilia and audio/visual material. The [...]