The 2008 Blues Music Awards were announced in the Mississippi Delta on Thursday, May 8. The winners selected by the vote of the Blues Foundation's members are. 1. DVD - Kenny Wayne Shepherd – 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads

2. Traditional Blues Male Artist - Hubert Sumlin

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The Tunica Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced a Delta Blues Tour set for Thursday May 8. This tour is being sponsored by Cline Tours, owned by John McCommon. The tour will accomodate 54 persons and there is no charge. Blues Music Award ticket holders can sign up at the Mississippi D... <more>

Audrey Rohrer of Mishawaka, IN is the winner of the contest jointly sponsored by the House of Blues Radio Hour and The Blues Foundation. They entered the contest after listening to Elwood Blues's show about the upcoming Blues Music Awards. ... <more>

For the second year, XM Satellite Radio's Bluesville channel (Exit 74) will broadcast the Blues Music Awards in their entirety. Bill Wax will be bringing you all the action beginning at 7:30 on the east side of town and continuing until the last note. Sleep advisory: The show will end when Best N... <more>

It just keeps getting better at The Blues Foundation's Blues Music Awards. As of March 27, the following 2008 Blues Music Awards nominees have confirmed their attendance for the 29th edition of the biggest night in Blues music that will be presented at the Grand Casino Event Center in Tunica Missis... <more>

The Blues Foundation is proud to announce that its 2008 Blues Music Award poster is now available in the Blues Store. The poster is created by 2008 Keeping the Blues alive recipient Jen Taylor of Vividpix and is based on a painting by Memphis artist John Robinette, who specializes in scenes that e... <more>

The following esteemed individuals and recordings have been selected for induction into the Blues Hall of Fame by The Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame committee; chaired by Jim O'Neal, founding editor of Living Blues, and David Sanjek, recently of the BMI Archives. The induction ceremony will be cond... <more>

We previously announced the free shuttle service between the Memphis airport and the Grand Casino Resort on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. In addtion, we can now announce a shuttle between Tunica and Clarksdale for Friday. Read on. Blues Foundation Partner Alonzo Grant and his Tennco Express w... <more>

It is a great help to us and helps cut expenses if members looked at their membership card and renew online or sent a check before the month of expiration. That will save The Blues Foundation the cost of printing and mailing renewal notices.

For the first time ever, you can get a DVD of the 2007 Blues Music Awards. Well not all seven hours, but one-hour of highlights, including acceptance speeches by the winners and multiple performances by the nominees. Among the performances, a one-of-a-kind peformances by Tab Benoit with Lousiana L... <more>

INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION
(ISC) ANNOUCES 2007 BLUES WINNERS April 15, 2008 - The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is pleased to announce its 2007 winners, including the winners in the Blues category. The Blues winners includeJack de Keyzer (Toronto, ON, Canada) ... <more>

The “Queen of the Blues,” Koko Taylor, and Native American blues band Indigenous will headline shows at THE Auditorium May 29 and 30, respectively, as part of the 2008 Eureka Springs Blues Weekend. The complete weekend lineup, including 70 shows at 15 venues in 4 days, was announced today by city Sp... <more>

Toronto's Shakura S'Aida, who won second place at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, returned home with a new number one fan - Thomas Ruf, the founder and president of the German blues label, Ruf Records. Ruf was one of the judges at the Memphis event, and "blown away" by her performan... <more>

Put an ad on The Blues Foundation website and reach up to 20,000 blues consumers each month. Rates start at only $50.00 per month for a side banner ad. The Blues Foundation offers 3 locations for ads on our website: 1. Welcome Page Top Banner - this appears at the top of the welcome page, which i... <more>

Dominican University is presenting this spring the first-ever national academic symposium on the blues and gospel music. The Blues & The Spirit Symposium will bring together nationally renowned scholars and experts on African American music and culture, and nationally and locally revered blues and g... <more>

Beyonce is to star as blues legend Etta James in a new film about the 50s record label Chess. The "Irreplaceable" singer will star as legendary blues singer Etta James in Darnell Martin's "Cadillac Records," according to The Hollywood Reporter. She will also serve as one of the movie's executive pro... <more>

Now that Blues fans have returned home from crusin' the Caribbean on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise or crusin' Beale Street during last week's International Blues Challenge, recently retired teacher Art Tipaldi (and Keeping the Blues Alive Committee Chairman) has two at home assignments for e... <more>

Chicago is setting the stage for the 25th Annual Chicago Blues Festival, a lakefront tradition in beautiful Grant Park, June 5-8, 2008, with opening night headliners that honor the city’s first blues festival. Just as in 1984, opening night pays tribute to Muddy Waters featuring headliners John... <more>

Exploring the “Home of the Blues,” the Chicago Blues Audio Tour narrated by Chicago-local Buddy Guy has found an astonishing audience in just six months. The podcast has been downloaded more than 97,000 times and is currently averaging over 1,000 downloads per day. The free, 50-minute tour combine... <more>

Village Square, the folks behind the harmonica necklaces you have seen for years at your favorite Blues festivals around the country are now offering black guitar pick necklaces featuring The Blues Foundation's logo. (When you order in bulk, you can further customize them with your own name or logo... <more>

Creating the Mississippi Blues Trail is one of the Mississippi Blues Commission's primary projects. The Mississippi Blues Trail will be composed of scores of historical markers and interpretive sites, and will include locations throughout the state. The Trail will be developed in phases as funding b... <more>

The first four episodes of The Blues Radio Series hosted by Keb' Mo are now available on The Blues Foundation's website under the What is the Blues? icon. The series will be permanently located here. The series was produced by the Experience Mu... <more>

Looking for Blues music on your radio dial. A very helpful website for finding Blues radio programs is Mary4Music. When you go to the Blewzzman's site, you might just find something more of bluesy interest to you. And check out more>

For information on summer blues festivals. Visit Blues Festival Guide or check out the list at Blues Revue. The Blues Festival Guide lists 530+ Blues Festivals in 2007. In case y... <more>