It’s time for some blues and the holidays. We’ll feature blues for and about the holidays, including selections from the newly issued album Blues, Blues Christmas Volume 7, a continuing album series reissuing holiday blues songs from the 1920s through the 1960s.

In Blues News; Chess Tales a new podcast series narrated by Marshall Chess, son of Chess Records co-founder Leonard Chess, along with his son Jamar and partner Richard Ganter, explores the recordings and the history of the crucially important blues label Chess Records.

Upcoming Events:

12/22 | 10th Annual Gypsy Joe Holiday Show 1 PM – 5 PM at Gallo’s Burger Bar in Philadelphia featuring Gypsy Joe & the Groove Prophets, Mikey Junior Band, Sister Blue Band, Slidewinder Blues Band, Little Red Rooster, Harmonica Slim & Jeffrey Attakorah, Don Evans & Billy Hyatt, Nick Trill & Anthony Kane, Vin Mott, Craig Tillman, Big Daddy Lamberson, and more.
01/02 | Popa Chubby at Sellersville Theatre at 8 PM | Live stream
02/01 | Vanessa Collier at Sellersville Theatre
02/01 | Lehigh River Blues Jam at The Ice House in Bethlehem, PA at 2 PM – 10 PM featuring Mike Wheeler, James Armstrong, Bobby Kyle Band w/ Dave Keyes,Dave Keller Band, BC Combo, Big Bone Daddy
02/07 | Shemekia Copeland at Zellerbach Theatre on the University of Pennsylvania’s Campus at 8 PM
03/07 | Jontavious Willis at Harold Prince Theatre, Penn Campus at 8 PM