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Friday - Bottoms Up Blues Gang at Brandt's Cafe
Saturday - Morgantown at Broadway Oyster Bar
Sunday - Bob Case and Paul Jarvis at Schlafly Bottleworks - King Cake party
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• Starting this week, "Winter Blues" at the Soulard Art Market
(01/07/09)

• Blues Trail Markers
(01/07/09)

• Chris Smither news
(01/07/09)

• Maple Blues Awards and Blues Summit IV
(01/07/09)

• Alligator Records signs Buckwheat Zydeco
(01/07/09)

• First Annual Mile High Blues Festival
(01/01/09

• B.B. King's Bluesville Picks To Click
(01/01/09)

• New CD reviews - Lee "East Side Slim" Howland :: Amos Garrett – Get Way Back: A Tribute to Percy Mayfield | Jeff “Harpin Homer” Winders :: Jackie Payne & Steve Edmonson Band - Overnight Sensation
(12/29/08)

• New CD reviews from Gator :: Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne - Can’t Stop Now
Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials - Full Tilt | Marcia Ball - “Peace, Love, and BBQ”
(12/29/08)

• Marcia Ball's Great Big Birthday Bash
(12/29/08)

• Rosebud Toy Drive & Winter Relief
(12/29/08)

• B.B. King's Bluesville Picks To Click
(12/29/08)

• Candye Kane Signs With Delta Groove And More
(12/29/08)

• Happy Holidays from everyone at STLBlues!
(12/22/08)

• M FOR MISSISSIPPI NABS NOMINATION FOR BLUES MUSIC AWARD DVD OF THE YEAR
(12/22/08)

• STLBlues Announces The 2009 LIVE MUSIC GUIDE
(12/22/08)

• Blind Pig Announces January 2009 Releases
(12/22/08)

• Kennedy Center Honors To Be Blue On TV
(12/22/08)

• 2009 Blues Music Awards Nominees Announced
(12/22/08)

• 40th ANNIVERSARY JAZZ FEST ANNOUNCED!
(12/22/08)

• Latest American Folk-Blues Festival DVD Set For May Release
(12/22/08)

• 30th Annual Blues Music Awards
(12/17/08)

• New CD review from Illinois Phil :: Albert Castiglia - These Are the Days
(12/17/08)

• New CD reviews from East Side Slim :: Monster Mike Welch – Just Like It Is
(12/17/08)

• New CD reviews from Jeff “Harpin Homer” Winders :: FLIISKO & NODEN - LIVE | SEAN COSTELLO - WE CAN GET TOGETHER | Los Fabulocos – Featuring Kid Ramos
(12/17/08)

• New festival review from Jeff “Harpin Homer” Winders :: 2008 ROOTS ‘N BLUES ‘N BBQ FESTIVAL
(12/17/08)

• "With A Smile The Whole While" - Buddy Guy show review
(12/13/08)

• Once again STLBlues was Clarksdale bound, working on the new website for the Juke Joint Chapel! Of course that means a stay at the Shack Up Inn (you may have read our friend Tom Uhlenbrocks article)
(12/10/08)

• 2008 Grammy Nominees - Blues
(12/10/08)

• The 2009 International Blues Challenge
(12/10/08)

• New CD reviews from East Side Slim :: Bud Summers – Golden | Mississippi Heat – Hattiesburg Blues
(12/10/08)

• New CD review from Eric S. :: Gina Sicilia - Hey Sugar
(12/08/08)

• A Plea From The Native American Music Assocation
(12/01/08)

• Bob Corritore Celebrates 25 Years With CD
(12/01/08)

• River City Blues Society Shows in Illinois
(12/01/08)

• Fats Domino's Walk Back To New Orleans To Air
(12/01/08)

• The Phoenix Blues Society will celebrate its 20th anniversary with the annual festival called Blues Blast
(12/01/08)

• Finalists of the 8th annual Independent Music Awards (IMA)
(11/27/08)

• Concord And Ray Charles Foundation Agree On Release
(11/27/08)

• Mississippi Blues Trail Marker Ceremony - Muddy Waters
(11/27/08)

• New link partner - Chicago Blues Tours
(11/27/08)

• Delbert McClinton Featured In Production Class
(11/24/08)

• Antone's Records, Texas Music Group Got Chapter 11
(11/24/08)

• New CD reviews from East Side Slim :: Robin Rogers – Treat Me Right | Elvin Bishop – The Blues Rolls On
(11/19/08)

• New Cornbread fixin's :: B.B. King’s One Kind Favor
(11/17/08)

• Learn to play a 'Dumbek'
(11/17/08)

• "Don't Miss" movies
(11/17/08)

• Doris Carr, Singer and Wife of Sam Carr, Passes
(11/13/08)

• Toronto Blues Society Presents Women's Blues Revue
(11/13/08)

• B.B. King's Bluesville Picks To Click
(11/13/08)

• The Thelonious Monk Institute Of Jazz Honors B.B. King
(11/13/08)

• 100 Guitar Concert
(11/11/08)

• New Cornbread fixin's :: Jeff Beck: Performing This Week Live At Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club | Down The Tracks: The Music That Influenced Led Zeppelin.
(11/11/08)

• A Senseless Loss :: Kelty O' Brien RIP
(11/10/08)

• The 2009 KBA Awards, part of the IBC weekend. A 'Must Do' event!!
(11/10/08)

• New CD reviews from East Side Slim :: Moreland & Arbuckle – 1861 | Mike Zito – Today | Dog Town – No Ordinary Blue
(11/06/08)

• All Bands and Music Lovers - Join the STLBlues Affiliate Program
(11/06/08)

• Austin City Limits :: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and Carolyn Wonderland
(11/06/08)

• Nick Curran On HBO Series True Blood This Sunday
(11/06/08)

• B.B. King's Bluesville Picks To Click
(11/06/08)

• RIP :: Veteran Detroit Soul/Rock Artist Nathaniel Mayer Passes | Jimmy Carl Black Passes | Former Grateful Dead Keyboardist Saunders Passes
(11/06/08)

• The LED ZEPPELIN DEFINITIVE COLLECTION OF MINI-LP REPLICAS
(11/06/08)

• New CD reviews from East Side Slim :: Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks – Born To Be Wilder | Samuel James – Songs Famed For Sorrow And Joy
(10/30/08)

• New Cornbread fixin's :: Live from Texas (CD)
(10/30/08)

• Pinetop & Honeyboy To Perform For 4,000 Students
(10/30/08)

• Mississippi Blues Trail Marker Ceremony
(10/30/08)

• Jeff Healey Unauthorized Release
(10/30/08)

• The Devil Auctioning Robert Johnson's Soul
(10/30/08)

• B.B. King's Bluesville Picks To Click
(10/30/08)

• Jazz St. Louis has started a CD Listening Club
(10/16/08)

• New Cornbread fixin's :: LYNYRD SKYNYRD SWEET HOME ALABAMA: THE ROCKPALAST COLLECTION
(10/16/08)

• New CD review from East Side Slim :: Magic Slim & The Teardrops – Midnight Blues
(10/16/08)

• Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum Award Show
(10/16/08)

• Allman Brothers To Receive 'Legend of Live' Award
(10/16/08)

• New CD reviews from East Side Slim :: Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King – Blood Brothers | Jeff Healey – Mess Of Blues | The Wood Brothers – Loaded
(10/14/08)

• There's no fest like it, anywhere to be found. It's now known as the Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival, but we'll always call it 'The 'King Biscuit'! It embraces the rich heritage of the Delta, you'll simply have to experience it yourself. STLBlues is a proud sponsor. Here's our review of Day 1 & Day 2, Day 3 coming soon!
(10/13/08)

• Win a FREE CD of Ron McManaman – Alibis
(10/06/08)

• Taste of St. Louis - our photo gallery
(10/03/08)

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