by Michael Davis | Apr 30, 2021 | Blues News
Great news for our ABS Musician Sponsor Eddie 9V Ruf Records is proud to announce the signing of Eddie 9V! Keep an eye out for a new album May 28! All his life, Eddie has acted on instinct. At the tender age of 15, this old soul turned away from the...
by Michael Davis | Oct 17, 2020 | Blues News
Great article on our ABS Honorary Lifetime Member William Bell. Beyond Blues: Born Under a Good SignRecent National Heritage Fellow William Bell’s well never runs dry.By Hal Horowitz, Creative Loafing. Even if William Bell hadn’t just been named as a National...
by Michael Davis | Oct 16, 2020 | Blues News, Sponsor Event
The Northside Tavern is Back!We are pleased to announce that they are now a Venue Sponsor of the Atlanta Blues Society Top Ten Dive Bars in America, hole in the wall, live music, cheap drinks Northside Tavern is an Atlanta landmark. Built in the 1940’s as a...
by Michael Davis | Oct 15, 2020 | Blues News
Check out this great article about our 2020 Honorary Lifetime Member, Bill Sheffield. Blues and Beyond: Six Degrees of Bill Sheffield.Fifty-plus years on the blues fringes hasn’t diminished the Atlanta veteran’s enthusiasm for the music he loves. By Hal...
by Michael Davis | Oct 11, 2020 | Blues News, Sponsor Event
CLJ Media Corp presents Blues Old School TV Network, BOS TVYour Home for Blues and Old School TV Programs CLJ Media Corp has partnered up with Wireless1Apps.com to bring you this newly launched network on Roku & Amazon Firestick. Will soon be offering...
by Michael Davis | Jul 29, 2020 | Blues News
Time is running out to Save our Stages The mission of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) is to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of independent live music venues and promoters throughout the United States. This is our final push to Congress and there...
by Michael Davis | Jul 27, 2020 | Blues News
RIP Frank Robinson, Jr., aka”Scrap Iron”March 24, 1951-November 6, 2020 From the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise: It is with Deep Sadness and Sorrow to report that the LRBC Family lost a Major Friend, Colleague and Member this week. Our beloved emcee...
by Michael Davis | Jul 27, 2020 | Blues News
Singer Joseph “Mojo” Morganfield, son of blues legend Muddy Waters, has died at 56 JOSEPH “MOJO” MORGANFIELD: APRIL 14, 1964 – DECEMBER 10, 2020 Singer Joseph “Mojo” Morganfield, a son of blues legend Muddy Waters, died Thursday morning, according to his publicist...
by Michael Davis | Jun 26, 2020 | Blues News
President and CEO of the African American Museum in Philadelphia and former Executive Director of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation Patricia Wilson Aden named new President & CEO of The Blues Foundation The Blues Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of...
by Michael Davis | Jun 26, 2020 | ABS Announcement, Blues News
Welcome to our new Friend of the ABS, “Live Music Daily”We write what we see. Live Music Daily is a hybrid music news website that combines the interactive aspects of a music blog with traditional high quality news content. Our website immerses users in the live music...
by Michael Davis | Jun 25, 2020 | Blues News
Sterling Magee, Satan of the duo Satan & Adam, has died. There’s no easy way to say this, but perhaps you’ve already heard: after fighting COVID-19 to a draw, moving from the emergency room to intensive care to a regular hospital room and then...
by Michael Davis | Jun 20, 2020 | Blues News
WABE 90.1 FM Announces New Weekend ProgramAmerican Routes, Sundays at 7 pmThis two-hour program is hosted by Nick Spitzer, a folklorist and professor of anthropology at Tulane University. American Routes brings “a broad range of American music – blues...
