This year’s festival will see it return to 229, Great Portland Street, and officially start on Saturday 3rd January 2026 for ...

January Blues Festival has announced its full 2026 lineup at 229 London, featuring artists from across the UK, Europe, and ...

Back in 1984, it began rather humbly as “The Blues Amateur Contest,” a small free showcase held at the New Daisy theater, part of an ongoing series of concerts called The Beale Street Rambles. But 40 ...

When NBC’s Blue Network was divorced from the Red, the Blue retained custody of one of radio’s brighter offspring — the Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street. Like many a bright village charmer ...

PAXICO — The Paxico Blues Festival is set to return for its 21st year, bringing top blues musicians to the small town of Paxico on Sept. 20. The festival, which runs from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., is free ...

Harold Washington Library staffer Sarah Zimmerman shares a commemorative brochure from the fourth annual Chicago Blues Festival in 1987. Credit: James Hosking When it comes to the blues, sometimes ...

Blues legend Bobby Rush and other Mississippi blues musicians performed at the RiverBeat Music Festival in Memphis. Rush, 91, energized the crowd with his harmonica playing and classic blues songs.