There are 2 article(s) tagged Blues:

• July 2021

  • ‘Blue’ sounds: Rodd Bland brings his dad’s music back to Beale

    Second-generation Memphis musician Rodd Bland, the son of late soul/blues great Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, pays tribute to his father’s sound, on a new tribute album and a Beale Street concert. 

    By Ezra Wheeler July 16, 2021

• January 2019

  • On the scene at the International Blues Challenge

    Bands and solo/duo acts from Memphis and Mississippi to the Mediterranean and all points in-between competed Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the annual International Blues Challenge on Beale. Competition continues through Saturday.

    By Chris Herrington January 25, 2019