North Jersey Blues Society

Last week, the blues world came alive as the 40th International Blues Challenge (IBC) unfolded in Memphis, Tennessee. Artists, fans, and...

The North Jersey Blues Society, an affiliate member of The Blues Foundation, is hosting a local competition, 6/30 @ The Stanhope House.

“Because people don't understand we're the only country in the world that thinks art is a luxury. Everybody else in the world understands...

Blues People frontman Kelton Cooper starts the band’s recent single, the moody “Troubled Times” (listen below) with some big questions:...

June is African American Music Appreciation Month! Created by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, this month celebrates the African American...

Updated 1/20/2024: The Blues Foundation's 39th International Blues Challenge was held January 16 - 20, 2024 on Beale Street in Memphis,...

City Winery New York presents Shemekia Copeland live in concert on February 1 at 8 PM. Award-winning blues, soul and Americana singer...

City Winery New York presents Remembering Jeff Beck live on January 17 at 8 PM. Remembering Jeff Beck featuring Kenny Aaronson (of The...

Robert Gordon , one of rockabilly’s earliest revivalists and a familiar presence on the 1970s New York City punk rock scene, died Tuesday...

“Can’t Stop the Blues” (CSTB), was founded by Karen Gottheimer in March of 2020. The CSTB virtual concert series, streamed on Facebook...

The Passage Theatre located in Trenton, NJ presents Blues in My Soul with performances 10/13 to 10/30. It's 1959. Chris, a local DJ, gets...

North Jersey Blues Society board members Cristy Benvenutti and Joe Foti featured in the Blues Festival Guide newsletter on 8/25/2022.

In memoriam, Sandra Copeland

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