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The 10-day eBay auction for November is now open. This month we are offering a Michael Maness print of his original painting of B.B. King. This print has some personalization effects added by Michael. Most importantly, it is signed by B.B. King. Similar prints have gone for over $500 at recent ...

Nineteen individuals and organizations will be honored with The Blues Foundation's 2010 Keeping the Blues Alive (KBA) Award during a recognition brunch at the Downtown Doubletree Hotel Saturday, January 23rd, 2010, in Memphis, Tennessee. The KBA ceremony begins at 10:00 A.M. and will be held in ...

Check out Neal Moore's CNN iReport on Blues music and Clarksdale, MS here . Neal is canoeing the Mississippi River and writing positive stories along the way.

For the second time this year, the blues have tuned into Egyptian sound waves. This April saw an Opera House audience's first encounter with American blues music, an event that resounded with success. The concert, held under the auspices of the American Embassy in Cairo, was attended by the ...

Social Networking seems to be a growing industry. Not to be left in the 20th century, The Blues Foundation has stepped up our social marketing, please join our fan page on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/ykv85g3 and you can also follow us on Twitter at BluesFoundation. For those of you that are ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center and the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today the 10 ensembles who will tour with The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad program in 2010. American music groups from across the United States specializing in jazz, urban/hip hop ...

The Following CDs have been submitted for the Best Self Produced CD. Our distinguished judges will review and listen to each disc before whittling this impressive list down to just five discs fro the final round of judging. The winner will be announcing January 23, 2010 at band finals of the ...

Membership DOES have its have its privileges! Just ask any of our proud members below. We would like to thank all of our current members for your support. We have more members today than at any point in our history. But we still need more. Remember that each year we have a drawing for the ...

Norton Buffalo, one of the multitalented and brilliant harmonica players and well-known singer and songwriter died after battling with lung cancer on October 30, 2009. Norton Buffalo was famous for his strong and expressive performance in harmonium as well regarded as a distinguished and ...

Nominees from across Canada have been announced for the 13th Annual Maple Blues Awards! The Maple Blues Awards is Canada's national blues awards program. Its goal is to promote blues music across Canada, and to recognize outstanding achievement in the field. Voting opens Friday, October 30th ...

Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women, who are coming to the end of their farewell tour, have confirmed a special live concert to air on XM Satellite Radio's B.B. King's Bluesville Channel 74. This special one-hour live concert will air at 3:00pm EST on Monday, November 2nd. Encore broadcasts will ...