In a Blue Mood

Selwyn Birchwood, seen at 2013 DC Blues Society show will be appearing at the DC Blues Festival and Alonzo's Memorial Picnic this Labo...

Sista Monica at 1997 DC Blues Festival. Photo © Ron Weinstock The 24th DC Blues Festival takes place, September 1, 2012. It is at the C...

Enjoying the Fish fry Tomorrow, July 14 DC Blues Society is presenting its 8th Annual Hotter Than July Fish Fry ‘n’ Blues at the Americ...

Word came out towards the end of 2011 that William ‘Whop’ Frazier had passed. I had known Whop for about two decades, although I cannot reme...

Brett Littlehales, has been part of the DC music scene for decades, but it was not until recently, as leader of the Big Boy Little Band, tha...

Here is a review from October 1996 of the Bullseye Blues album by Smokin’ Joe Kubek Band With B’nois King, “ Got My Mind Back, ” that appear...

2010-0826 Kenny Neal at Surf Club Live-8265928 , originally uploaded by NoVARon . Not a completely accurate title insofar as Surf Club Live...

2008-0809_Homemade_Jamz_at_Surf_Club-251 Originally uploaded by NoVARon Saturday evening, August 9, The Perry clan made their way to Surf Cl...

Playing with Booba Barnes as a teenager, and later recording for Fat Possum, while touring with R.l. Burnside, Jr. Kimbrough and others, Mis...

Terence McArdle posted the following on the RockinRecords list at yahoo.com. Ironically, the picture of Bobby is from the benefit he played ...

Last night I visited Chester Chandler, aka Memphis Gold, at his Arlington, Virginia apartment along with his wife Barbara and some of his fa...

I missed seeing Memphis Gold on Tuesday as I ran in Charlie Sayles on my way home on the Metro (Washington's subway). We stopped at his...

Born near New Orleans, Eleanor Ellis heard the blues blasting out of the radio, but it was when working at the Tulane University Jazz Archiv...