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Artists from around world rise to challenge on International Blues Challenge #33
Blues promotion and preservation member organization The Blues Foundation puts on a couple of big programs in Memphis each year: in May, a Blues Music Awards (BMA) gala celebrates the best of the blues from the past year, including performances … Continue reading
Posted in Albums
Tagged Al Hill, Brody Buster, Dawn Tyler Watson Band, Felix Smith, International Blues Challenge, Johnny Fink & the Intrusion, King Bee, Rae Gordon & the Backstreet Drivers, Randy McQuay, Ruth Wyand, Sam Joyner, Sobo Blues Band, Souliz Band, Sugar Brown, Wes Lee
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New recording offers glimpse of what you’ve been missing at annual International Blues Challenge
You may have seen that the 2017 International Blues Challenge (IBC) took place in Memphis recently, with the Dawn Tyler Watson Band (Montreal Blues Society) and Al Hill (Nashville Blues Society) taking top honors in the band and solo categories, … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Awards
Tagged Al Hill, Ben Hunter, Bing Futch, Dave Muskett, Dawn Tyler Watson Band, Hector Anchondo Band, InnerVision, International Blues Challenge, Jason Willmon, Joe Seamons, Norman Jackson Band, Paul Deslauriers Band, Sonny Moorman, Trey Johnson
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All new! The BluesPowR Radio Hour, Episode 2
Thanks to those of you who checked out the inaugural edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour over the past month. We hope you enjoyed listening to it as much as we did recording it. Today, we’re pleased to bring you … Continue reading
Posted in BluesPowR Radio Hour
Tagged Alvin Youngblood Hart, Ben Harper, Big Bones, Charlie Musselwhite, Dr. John, Grady Champion, Grammy Awards, International Blues Challenge, Little G Weevil, Lucky Peterson, Maple Blues Awards, Matt Andersen, Monkeyjunk, Murali Coryell, Paul Pena, Selwyn Birchwood, Simon McBride, Tas Cru, Wooden Horse
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Local blues champions
A quick congratulations to Ron Yarosz and the Vehicle and Carnegie’s Gary Prisby, who last night won the honors of representing the Western Pennsylvania region in the band and solo performer categories at next year’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Gregg Krupa of Jill West and … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues Society of Western Pa., Gary Prisby, Gregg Krupa, International Blues Challenge, Ron Yarosz and the Vehicle
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Blues on the Pittsburgh stage
Evidently “still alive and well,” international blues guitar legend and producer Johnny Winter will be in Pittsburgh this Thursday, April 8 for a performance at Diesel Club Lounge. The subject of an upcoming biography (Raisin’ Cain: the Wild and Raucous Story of … Continue reading
Posted in Shows
Tagged Blues Society of Western Pa., International Blues Challenge, Johnny Winter
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