Blues Links

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A Music Company, Inc.
A Blues music management company in Colorado.

Alvin Jett & the Phat noiZ Blues Band
High energy blues band from St. Louis, Missouri

Atlanta Blues Society Internet Radio Site
The only internet radio station dedicated to playing music from other Blues Societies around the world

Alligator Records
The biggest blues record company on the planet!

Back Yard Tire Fire
One of Central Illinois great power blues trio's featured at the 2005 Luther Allison Memorial Blues Fest

B.C. Read
 An award winning singer , songwriter from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Blueass Blues Band
A rockin' Blues band from Sweden. Check out the video on their website!

Daniel "Slick" Ballinger
Real Delta Blues. Slick was the Winner of the ALBERT KING AWARD for Most Promising Blues Guitarist at the 2004 International Blues Challenge.

David Berchtold
Website of David Berchtold - Acoustic Finger style Guitarist

Bernard Allison
Website of Peoria's native son and emerging blues legend Bernard Allison.

Big Road Blues
An interesting site about all things blues!

Bill Porter Project
Home of the Bill Porter Project

Black and Tan
Black and Tan is a Blues record company in the Netherlands.

BluesAholics
Talk about feeling your disease! BluesAholics is a fellowship of blues fans who share and support blues music. Their motto is  No Cure... No Recovery. " IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, IT'S A DISEASE " There's no cure or recovery for a BluesAholic... Though, there are treatments! Treatment is known as the 12 bar program. Recommended treatments include:
-LISTEN TO BLUES MUSIC EVERY CHANCE YOU GET!
-SUPPORT YOU LOCAL BLUES SCENE (clubs & festivals)
-PURCHASE YOU FAVORITE BLUES ARTIST'S MUSIC
-SHARE YOU LOVE FOR BLUES WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY
-TAKE TWO ASPIRINS AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING

The Blues Blowtorch Society
Home of Central Illinois' premiere Blues Society. Click here to find out how to get involved!

BluesFestivals.com
Internet resource for locating blues festivals and concerts around the nation

Blues Festival Guide
Blues Festival Guide magazine's online directory of Blues Festivals and print magazine information. Great website for finding blues festivals everywhere

Blues Glossary - Language of the Blues
Cop the groovy lingo! American Blues has established a colorful language to go with the heartfelt music. Most terms come from the rural African-American experience or the melting pot of New Orleans.
Click HERE  ifor a glossary of those terms.    

Blueswax
A free Blues music ezine newsletter. Same corporation that publishes Blues Review Magazine. Sign up for a free weekly subscription.

Blue Plate Special
Blues band based in Chicago, IL

BluesWeb.com
International internet resource featuring artist biographies and RealAudio clips

The Blue Highway
Blues database featuring RealAudio blues broadcasts, links, and a search engine

"Blues Highway"
Great Blues historical article from National Geographic Magazine (1999)

The Blues Foundation
The largest organization of blues in the world. This Memphis based foundation is responsible for the International Blues Challenge, The W.C. Handy Awards and the Keeping the Blues Alive awards each year.

BluesPipe.com

BluesPipe.com is the world's first comprehensive Blues Search Engine based on Google's Co-op Search technology. Rather than searching the entire web, your search yields only "blues" related results. Blues pipes visitor's can contribute websites for inclusion and filter out websites not relevant to the Blues world. It's a great research tool to find music, clubs, festivals, equipment, watch video or just plain keep up with what's going on.

Blues Revue Magazine
Blues Revue is the world's largest blues publication, devoted to the listener and musician whose musical passion is the full spectrum of the blues.

Blueskillet
Blueskillet Blues home page

Blues Before Sunrise
Official home page of Steve Cushing and the Blues Before Sunrise music program

Joe Bonamassa
Joe is a smokin blues rock guitarist who won the BluesWax 2004 Artist and Album of the Year Awards. Check out the videos on his site. If anyone tries to say Joe is "not blues" have them listen to some of his great straight traditional blues stuff on the CD "Blues Deluxe".

Buddy Guy's Legends
Official home page of Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago, IL

Michael Burks
Official home of Michael Burks

Blues For Peace
Blues for Peace was set up in Israel to honor the roots of blues music and promote peace and the understanding that ALL peoples have had their share of the blues.

Chicago Blues Beat
Bluesman Lordy from Chicago has a great little website that covers live Blues in Southwest Suburban Chicago. If you want to find a Blues bar in Chicago land this is a great place to start.  

Chicago Blues Fest
One of the BEST blues festivals in the US! Four days of blues and it is ALL FREE!

Chicago Blues Guide
Your complete guide to Chicago's blues scene

Chicago Blues News
 Terrance "Gatorman" Lape's website of all things "Chicago Blues". Has many great interviews, CD reviews and more.

Chittlin' Circuit
A site dedicated to R&B, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Reggae, Gospel, Rock, Country, Blues and Southern Soul.

Cold Front Band
Some of Central Illinois best blues\rock musicians in their new blues venture.

Computers for Quads
Website and project of Tom Nelson, aka "Slider" from Central Illinois bands, Doc Rodgers and the Rock Dodgers and the Flying Drito Brothers. One of the best dobro players in the midwest who was stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). Tom is totally immobile but not inactive! He uses his computer to communicate.  He has written a a dobro method book and maintains his own website. His organization is raising money to buy computers for other quadraplegics to be able to communicate and stay active.
Visit, Support, DONATE!

Canned Heat
Official home of Canned Heat

Crossroads Blues Society
Home of the Blues in Northern Illinois. Located in the Rockford area in Freeport, IL

The Dave Chastain Band
One of Central Illinois Best Rockin Blues Band

The Blue Lightning Band with Steve Ditzell
A Blues band from Rockford, IL

DeltaBlues.net
Home of lots and lots and lots of Blues information and history

Delta Franks Blues Blowtorch
Delta Frank's Blues Blowtorch Page

The Delta Kings Band
Official home page of The Delta Kings Band

Dusty Blues
DustyBlues is dedicated to digital blues memories of blues festivals, events and activities. Photographers Dusty & Val Scott capture the artists, musicians, fans and the surrounding elements to provide slideshows of memories after the event.

Early Blues Website
A website by Alan White in the UK. Created to "broaden awareness and understanding of the origins of blues music". There is some great early Blues history information available here. Their information is very well researched! Check out their chronology of Blues recording. Interesting site with loads of info.

The Edge Band
Streator Illinois finest Blues Band

Electric Blues
Searchable blues resource with blues CD reviews and ratings

Excello Album Discography
An excellent discography of the Excello history

The Rich Fabec Band
St. Louis based Blues band

The Veldman Brothers
Blues band in Amsterdam

Fatcatblues.com
Where Blues Artists sell their CD's NOT their souls!

Sue Foley
Official Home of artist Sue Foley

Diunna Greenleaf and the Blue Mercy Band
If you haven't heard of Diunna you WILL! She won 1st Place at the 2005 International Blues Challenge held in Memphis, TN and appears destined to be a blues legend in her own right.

House of Blues
Home of the House of Blues, featuring cybercasts and artist performances

Hip Pocket
Home of the Bloomington-Normal's own Hip Pocket

Kilborn Alley Blues Band
Champaign, Illinois band picked up by Nick Moss for his Blue Bella Label
Kilborn Alley Blues band was nominated for a 2007 Blues award for their CD

KALA Radio
KALA 88.5 & 105.5 FM offers the most eclectic mix of music in the Quad Cities. Listen to Mississippi Valley Blues Society's "Blues Hour" Wednesday's 9 P.M. and Thursdays at 5 P.M. Beale Street Caravan is on Monday's 8 P.M.

KDHX TV - Saint Louis Community Television
Listing of St Louis area concerts, Blues & otherwise maintained by KDHX Public TV

La Hora del Blues
"La Hora del Blues" is weekly on air since 1981 in Radio PICA, a non commercial radio station at the 96.6 of Barcelona FM. The director and host is Vicente Zumel.
The basic aim is to explore, give knowledge and popularize blues music in all its aspects from the origins until now. To do so Vicente Zumel has an archive of more than 100.000 blues songs from the first blues recordings till the more actual cds.
 

Lady Di Blues by Name
Interesting blues myspace site.

Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
The World's Only Fully Chartered Blues Cruise

Levee Town Blues Band
2007 International Blues Challenge Finalist for Kansas City

Living Blues Magazine
The web page of the premier blues publication, Living Blues.

Robert Lockwood, Jr.
Official home of Robert Lockwood, Jr.

Mary 4 Music Blues Portal
OK so it is not really a new link but if you have not visited the Blewzzman's Blues Portal recently you are missing out on the BIGGEST Blues Music resource on the Internet.

Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society
A non-profit blues club based in Melbourne, Australia whose mission is to bring together blues enthusiasts and blues artists, and also encourage budding musicians.

The Mud Bugs
Myspace site for the Mighty Mud Bugs Band

The Mudcat Cafe
Nationally recognized Blues and Folk music I-magazine

Muddy Waters
Official home of Muddy Waters

Mississippi Valley Blues Society
The Quad Cities Blues Society for the Illinois/Iowa area located in Davenport, IA

Madison Blues Society
Blues Society of Madison Wisconsin

Mandolinblues.com
The mandolin blues of Rich Delgrosso. Includes some free blues music for mandolin.

Mountain Of Blues
An internet site with streaming audio that features Live interviews with National Artists.

The Lizzi Neal Band
The Lizzi Neal Band from Mendota, IL

Nickslicks.com
Homepage of  Blues Guitarist and Peoria Native Son, Nick Boettcher

The Perth Blues Club
Home page of Perth,  Australia blues site - "May the Blues be with you!"

Magda Piskorczyk
3 time winner of  "Best Female Blues Vocalist in Poland" by the Polish magazine "Twój Blues" (Your Blues). (Click on the British flag to translate site into English)

Sonny Boy Williamson
Official home page of Sonny Boy Williamson

River City Blues Society - IL
Central Illinois Home of the Blues for the last 23 years

River City Blues Society - Richmond, VA
Richmond's Home of the Blues - The other RCBS on the East Coast

RX Blues
Southern Illinois Blues band from Highland, IL

Deb Seitz
Chicago Blues vocalist

Simpleman Enterprises
Home of the "Simply the Blues" Festival in Fort Madison, IA

South Side Cindy & The Sliptones
The homepage of the Slip

South Skunk Blues Society
The homepage of a great group of blues lovers in Newton, Iowa

Southern Blue Band
Official home page of the Southern Blue Band

Sally Weisenburg and the Famous Sidemen
Home page of Sally Weisenburg and the Famous Sidemen

Stagger Lee Files
A very interesting blues-oriented website which explores the meaning and significance of the legend of Stagger Lee. (The song has also been called Billy Lyons and Stackalee; Mrs. Delion's Lament; Stagger Lee; Stack O'Lee Blues; Stagolee; Stackerlee; Stack O Lee; Stagolee Was a Bully)

Steve the Harp Blues Band
2003 Peoples Choice Award winner at the Central Illinois Blues Challenge

Melvin Taylor
Chicago Blues Guitarist and performer

Today's Chicago Blues
Web Blog of Chicago Blues Writer Karen Hanson. Check out her book "Today's Chicago Blues" from Lake Claremont Press available on the site. Everything you want to know about Chicago Blues and more!

Windy City Blues Society
The official Blues society for Chicago area fand and musicians.

WGLT
News, Blues and all that Jazz: Central Illinois home of Frank Black & Blues as well as NPR, Jazz, and specialty programs.

WEFT
WEFT 90.1 fm  in Champaign/Urbana Blues Mon-thru Fri 11:30 a .m til 2 p.m plus blues from 8 til 10 Friday nites

WeenieCampbell.com
Weenie Campbell's site devoted to all things Country Blues.

Year of the Blues 2003
Congress declared 2003 "the Year of the Blues". This website has some great blues links