http://www.blues.org/ News form the Blues Foundation offices in Memphis http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=949 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=949 IF YOU RENEW BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, YOU WILL BE ENTERED IN THE DRAWING FOR A COMPLIMENTARY CABIN FOR TWO ON THE LEGENDARY PACIFIC RHYTHM AND BLUES CRUISE SAILING OCTOBER 17-24. Check out the details at <a href="http://www.bluescruise.com"target="_blank">www.bluescruise.com</a>, but you will be sailing, dining, drinking, talking and dancing with Johnny & Edgar Winter, Irma Thomas, Elvin Bishop, Los Lobos, Tommy Castro, Kim Wilson, Marcia Ball, Eric Bibb and dozens of others. <i>Imagine sippi... http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=950 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=950 Two time Blues Music Awards nominee John Nemeth will make his acting debut on TNT's Memphis Beat next week. According to <a href="http://blues.about.com/b/2010/07/26/john-nemeth-to-appear-on-memphis-beat.htm"target="_blank"><b>About.com</b></a>, "The program's music supervisor was originally looking for somebody to sing a Howlin' Wolf song for the show, and when he heard Nemeth belt out "Daughter of the Devil," a Wolf-styled song from his 2009 album Love Me Tonight, he knew that he'd found the ... http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=947 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=947 In recent issues of Parade magazine, found in many Sunday newspapers around the country, readers have asked Walter Scott about both <b>Kenny Wayne Shepherd</b> (July 11) and <a href="http://www.parade.com/celebrity/personality-parade/2010/07/25/bettye-lavette"target="_blank">Bettye LaVette</a> (July 25). In addition, the online version notes that <a href="http://www.parade.com/celebrity/personality-parade/2010/07/27/hugh-laurie-to-play-the-blues"target="_blank">Hugh Laurie</a>, the pill-pop... http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=948 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=948 Charlie Frazier, a long-time Blues Foundation member from Burlington, Vermont, hosts Blues for Breakfast on WIZN 106.7 Sunday mornings from 9-11 am. The show can also be heard at <a href="http://www.wizn.com"target="_blank"wizn.com</a> and you can get more information at <a href="http://www.bluesforbreakfast.com"target="_blank"here</a>. Charlie just hosted his 1000th show and will celebrate 20 years in March 2011. He attended the 2010 Blues Music Awards and does not plan to miss another. http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=946 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=946 ArtsMemphis announces $1,905,553 in funding support to 21 area arts organizations for the 2011 fiscal year. This is an increase of nearly 5 percent over last year’s grants to these same organizations. Annual grants are the cornerstone of ArtsMemphis’ mission and are a direct result of financial support given to ArtsMemphis from individual donors, businesses and foundations. In addition to its annual fundraising efforts, ArtsMemphis is pleased to announce a three-year grant award totalin... http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=944 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=944 CNN's Tom Foreman explains how the Mississippi Blues are cheering up an economically depressed region. See the report <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/07/19/foreman.bua.mi.blues.cnn?iref=allsearch"target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=943 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=943 The 2010 Keeping the Blues Alive Award recipient in the Visual Broadcast: Film, Television, and Video category, <b>Pocket Full of Soul, The Harmonica Documentary</b>, has launched a new website. It's full of information, interactivity, lessons, links, gig-lists, gear and some serious soul coursing through what they hope will become a living breathing heart in the center of the harmonica community. Click <a href="http://www.pocketfullofsoulmovie.com"target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to check it o... http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=935 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=935 Online voting for The Blues Foundation Board of Directors is open now and will be through the end of the month. To vote click <a href="http://www.blues.org/boardvote/index.php"target="_blank">here</a>. There are five constituencies in which elections are being conducted, but only one that is contested. Whether contested or not, an election must be held for each open seat. Members may vote in the constituency in which they are listed in the Blues Foundation database. Elections are being ... http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=940 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=940 The Blues Foundation is very proud to announce that the 30th Blues Music Awards—that you loved so much on DVD—is coming to public television. Thanks to the dedication of Willy Bearden, Rafe Murray and Joe Whitmer, the Memphis public television station WKNO is making a 90 minute version featuring the winners available via the NETA satellite. As soon as we have the details, we will provide them via a special e-zine, but we will need all hands on deck to make sure your local station captures ... http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=813 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=813 The Blues Foundation has partnered with Sound Healthcare, a Nashville entity that offers an approach to the humanization of America's healthcare system, creating access to health insurance and advocacy for the greater good. Its goal is to provide access to specific insurance and discount products custom-designed to meet the needs of Blues music industry professionals. They strive to customize programs of protection designed to balance your budget with your needs. They offer a line-up of prod... http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=939 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=939 Courtesy of Blues Crtic Media, you can find the July Southern Soul Top <a href="http://www.soulbluesmusic.com/southernsoulbluescharts.htm"target="_blank">here</a>. http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=937 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=937 You are probably a subscriber, but regardless, check out the new <a href="http://www.bluesrevue.com"target="_blank">Blues Revue</a> website. It now features reviews of Blues Hall Of Fame albums. Since 1980, the Foundation has honored albums, singles, performers, non-performers, and literature. Some of Blues Revue writers have contributed their thoughts on a few of their favorite Hall Of Fame albums. http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=934 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=934 KidsROCK Blues Camp will present Lunchtime Blues, a five-concert series, from noon -1 p.m. June 28 - July 2 on The University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg campus. Campers ages 9-15 will learn, prepare and perform blues songs on stage with performers. The public is invited to bring a brown-bag lunch to enjoy during the free concerts. Lunchtime Blues is a presentation of KidsROCK Blues camp, a senior capstone project created through the Southern Miss Interdisciplinary Studies Program, ... http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=930 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=930 The Blues Foundation has set up a Fund for Tracy Nelson. Checks should be mailed to The Blues Foundation, 49 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38103 and marked for "Fund for Tracy Nelson. In the late hours of Saturday, June 5, a substantial fire broke out in Tracy's home. She and her partner Mike Dysinger escaped, but the 100-year-old family farmhouse, situated on eight acres outside of Nashville, Tennessee, and most of its contents, were destroyed. Two of their nine pets died. "Five fire trucks... http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=926 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=926 Looking for a quote about Blues music. Check out the fantastic list at <a href="http://www.saturdayblues.com/blues-quotations"target="_blank">Saturday Blues with Brother Frank and Father Jay</a> on WPIT, a National Public Radio member station serving the Space Coast. Programming and broadcast originate at Florida Institute of Technology's Roberts Hall in Melbourne, Florida. http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=925 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=925 The Blues Foundation is pleased to announce the debut novel and accompanying CD of author Allen Whitley. His novel, “Where Southern Cross the Dog,” is currently available at <a href="http://www.allenwhitley.com"target="_blank">www.allenwhitely.com</a>. As a former and current board member in the non-profit world, Allen will be donating some of the proceeds of the book to The Blues Foundation. While Allen has no Memphis book signings scheduled, he will be in Clarksdale, MS in August and Octo... http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=928 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=928 <i>The following questions and answers were extracted from an interview with Tom Pettty by Greg Kot, Calgary Herald in Calgary, Alberta, Canada </i> Q: So you basically recorded the band live? A: Yeah, we'd never done it to this extent on a Heartbreakers record. We rarely went for a guitar solo or finished vocals as we were recording the basic track. We were more in record-making mode on past albums. We threw that idea out the window this time. We weren't trying to construct something fo... http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=910 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=910 The first of the photo slide shows is in from Mako Funasaka. Click on the <a href="http://talkinblues.com/photography.html"target="_blank"> 2010 Blues Music Awards Slideshow</a> to view the images. Dusty and Val Scott's pics can be found at <a href="http://www.dustyblues.com/images/slideshow2010/bma/index.html"target="_blank"> Dusty Blues</a>. Use the pull down menus on the their home page for more great pics from past award shows, The International Blues Challenge and many other great events!... http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=39 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=39 Looking for Blues music on your radio dial. A very helpful website for finding Blues radio programs is <a href="http://www.mary4music.com/Radio.html"target="_blank">Mary4Music</a>. When you go to the Blewzzman's site, you might just find something more of bluesy interest to you. Smokin' Bluz out of Charlotte, NC is the sponsor of the Smokin' Bluz Youth Showcase each year at the International Blues Challenge. Check out Rick Ballew's Smokin' Bluz 24/7 at <a href="http://www.smokinbluz.com"t... http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=32 http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=32 For information on summer blues festivals. Visit <a href="http://www.bluesfestivalguide.com"target="_blank">Blues Festival Guide</a> or check out the list at <a href=" http://www.bluesrevue.com"target="_blank">Blues Revue</a>. The Blues Festival Guide lists 530+ Blues Festivals in 2007. In case you are wondering. Here's how they breakdown by month. January = 12 February = 16 March = 12 April = 20 May = 58 June = 99 July = 105 August = 102 September = 69 October = 22 November = 1...