Angel Forrest will be performing this Friday, March 11th, at the Corona Theater in Montreal as part of her CD launch for Angel’s 11 which will be released that same day. Multiple guests that appear on the CD will be present so come one, come all, as this promises to be a great show, on a day that also just happens to be Angel's birthday.

This year promises to be a tough challenge whether you are a judge or one of the registrants participating in the 2018 Montreal Blues Society’s Quebec to Memphis contest...

There are only two Blues festivals in North America that last more than 4 days, and both of them occur during roughly the same ten days, usually at the beginning of July. They are both in Canada, in locations that are only about 320 km apart…   

This long running Florida based quintet consists of Sonny Charles on harmonica and vocals, Kid Royal on lead guitar and vocals, Little Johnny Walter on rhythm guitar and vocals, Stick Davis on bass, and Joe Bencomo on drums.

I have only a few “Best Of” or “Greatest Hits” compilations in my collection, and the ones there are, are almost all because of songs that are on them, that cannot be found elsewhere...

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 

I had the great pleasure of meeting artist, writer and impresario, Doudou Boicel. 

Most chronicles of an “event of the year” type that one reads discuss one specific performance of one, or possibly two if the opening act merited mention, specific artists. They also tend to be published in ...

The latest album from Toronto guitarist/singer/songwriter Chris Antonik, Monarch, released in February of this year, is the last in what is described as “a trilogy of self-expression”. As is often the case, dealing with some personal setbacks brought out some of that self-expression in the form of the Blues. Not unexpected...

Congratulations to all nominees and winners!

An enthusiastic crowd was gathered at Salle Pauline-Julien to welcome Dawn Tyler Watson backed by Ben Racine and his band after their triumphant first-place win in the Band category at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. 

Juno Award-winning guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer, Colin James, needs no introduction. At 52 years of age, Colin is the “King of the Blues” in Canada.

Pat Loiselle and Martin Hury first met in 2012 in Quebec City. Four years later, the two bluesmen competed as a duo in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee.