The Music Fix — Gig Review: The thrill is gone... more info

All About Jazz — All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Eagle Rock Entertainment "B.B. King - Live at Montreux 1993" DVD giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on July 25th. Click here to enter the contes... more info

Live Daily — Keb' Mo' [ tickets ] has added a substantial number of dates to his in-progress trek through North America, which now takes the blues musician into late fall. The Grammy-winning performer, who has been on the road since mid-May, will continue the ... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Last month The Paul Green School of Rock hosted two WFMU benefits--one at Asbury Lanes and one at BB King's. Paul runs a network of rock music schools for the after-school junior high and high school crowd and he's been... more info

All About Jazz — For Soul on Ten, his fourth and latest album for the Concord Music Group, five-time Grammy nominee Robben Ford is definitely on ten, playing with the kind of skill and experience that had Musician magazine dubbing him one of the 100 Greatest Guitaris... more info

The Music Fix — News: Universally hailed as the reigning king of the blues, due to popular demand, B.B. King comes out of retirement and returns to the UK and will embark on four arena concerts in June 2009. The blues guitar icon will team up with the legendary Bri... more info

Chicago Tribune — Chicago lost a blues legend last week in Koko Taylor, which will no doubt cast a slight shadow on the city's festival in Grant Park this weekend. Taylor's passing will also make a mark farther north, at the 2nd annual Blues on the North S hore f... more info

All About Jazz — Gibson Guitar, the world's premier musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology, announced its sponsorship of the 2009 Chicago Blues Festival. The Chicago Blues Festival is the largest free blues festival in the world and remains th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — disco ball in the trees @ BKLYN Yard (TASTENYC) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Little Richard @ BB King's * Luke Solomon @ The Yard * Ne(x)tworks @ Issue Project Room * Lichens with Lee Ranaldo @ Monkey Town... more info

MTV.com News — Chicago blues star had a hit with 'Wang Dang Doodle.'By Gil Kaufman Koko Taylor Photo: Michael Caulfield/ WireImage Koko Taylor, one of the giants of Chicago blues, died on Wednesday at her Chicago home at the age of 80 of complications fr... more info