Giles Robson and John Primer released a new album together in December 2025 called Ten Chicago Blues Classics. Robson is a harmonica player and Primer is a guitarist, and album also features former band leader for blues great Muddy Waters. We’ll also be featuring a previously unreleased song from the late Philadelphia blues singer Frank Bey, who died in 2020.

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:

01/05 | Sunday Blues Brunch & Jam at Jamey’s House Of Music at 12 PM
01/05 | Sunday Blues Brunch & Jam led by Mikey Junior at The Twisted Tail in Philadelphia from 5 PM – 9 PM
01/19 | Billy Price at 118 North in Wayne, PA at 8 PM
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
02/08 | The Two Johns (Johnny Never & John Colgan-Davis) at Steel City Coffeehouse and Brewery in Phoenixville, PA
03/01 | Joe Louis Walker at Sellersville Theatre with Livestream Available
03/07 | Jontavious Willis at Harold Prince Theatre, Penn Campus at 8 PM
04/06 | Robert Cray Band at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe, PA at 8 PM
05/11 | Shemekia Copeland at Sellersville Theatre
07/10 – 07/12 | Briggs Farm Blues Festival in Nescopeck, PA