2019 Blues Cruises

Devan Jones & the Uptown Stomp will be starting the 2019 Blues Cruise season on April 28. Cruise along the Tennessee River (Loudon Lake) and enjoy listening to amazing blues music! Devan Jones brought the Uptown Stomp together as a band in early 2013. T...

May 19, 2019 Kara Grainger's music career began in a small suburban town of Sydney Australia and since then has taken her on an incredible journey throughout the globe.  Combining tasteful blues and slide guitar, soulful vocals and a heartfelt approach to son...

Blue Barry here. I’ve been pretty busy with the BITS (Blues in the Schools) program since September and schools got cranked up again.  It has been a great pleasure to play with a harmonica student of mine as well.  Fifteen year-old Ben Kreider has been helping...

Blue Barry Faust is a charter member of the Smoky Mountain Blues Society. He has been performing in Knoxville for more than 20 years. A former member of The Bluesblasters, and The Delta Souls, and currently playing with Terraplane Blues, Barry is a blues sch...

June 30, 2019 The Bridget Kelly Band has been inspired by classic & electric blues, they have placed their unique stamp on the blues genre, with high-energy live performances and a hybrid sound that mixes Texas and Memphis Blues with various Southern Blue...

Knoxville and its surrounding counties has a number of venues to visit if you love blues jams. These events feature a cornucopia of skilled musicians, singers and a throng of fans. The blues is a fantastic genre for artists to form impromptu sessions that alwa...

November 2018 While you’re reading this review why not go to www.petervbluestrain and see what you can listen to.  Talk about some great blues, here you are!  Peter V Blues Train – Shaken but Not Deterred is out and kicking it up a notch!  Peter V is Peter Ve...

Last week, my friend and bandmate, Rey Pineda, called and asked if I would join him in entertaining the patients at the Ben Atchley State Veterans Home. I readily accepted the invitation and was really excited about going. Rey decided that we would treat t...