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Articles & Interviews
Traveln Blues - Jul 29, 2014
International Blues Music Day brings together communities, schools, artists, historians, academics, and blues enthusiasts all over the world to... Read More InspiriA - Aug 7, 2014
International Blues Music Day term was first time coined by the Famous Musician Johnny Childs. On August 17, 2011 an online petition was launched advocating for the establishment of an International Blues Music Day... Read More The Daily Advertiser - Jul 29, 2014
Wagga's ready to get the blues...Last year's inaugural celebration started with an online petition headed by American musician Johnny Childs in 2011, which secured... Read More Mungpoo News - Aug 3, 2014
Musicians from Darjeeling celebrated International Blues Day at Lion’s Gate, Darjeeling. Musicians of all ages got together to remind Darjeeling of its glowious, yet almost fading music culture... Read More La Gaceta - Aug 1, 2014
A color that vibrates six strings. The idea of American musician Johnny Childs grew slowly, promoted through social networks to fruition last year: Since 2013, every first Saturday of August everyone pays tribute to blues legends, pioneers and modern day practitioners. Blues festivals and recitals that will take place tonight in Tucuman, while the appointed day arrives... Read More Blues Power Blog - July 31, 2014
Last summer, we told you about the inaugural International Blues Music Day (IBMD) established by New York musician and blues society leader Johnny Childs and friends to help promote and celebrate the genre around the world... Read More kiamaindependent - Jul 23, 2014
LEGENDARY Chicago bluesman Willie Dixon has some wise words to say about his musical genre... Read More SCVNEWS - Jul 14, 2014
The Santa Clarita Valley Blues Society and the LA SummerFest at Rivendale with host a Blues Festival on Aug. 2 in honor of International Blues Music Day which is celebrated all over the world... Read More Blues Power Blog - August 2, 2013
Like us, you probably don't need a special reason to go out and catch some live blues music on any given Saturday night, but this weekend offers a particularly good one. Tomorrow, Saturday, August 3rd... Read More Blues Guitar Institute - July 20, 2013
A year ago, a movement was born to bring a community together in celebration of a now global art form. The goal: To...Read More Tulsa World - July 9, 2013
Blues event set next month in Tulsa, Oklahoma for youngsters. Oklahoma Blues Hall of Famer Steve Pryor and Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Famer Jimmy "Junior" Markham will be featured next month in an event called "Even Kids Get the Blues: A Celebration of International Blues Music Day." Read More IBMD Press Release - July 9, 2013
NYC Blues Society to host inaugural "International Blues Music Day" concert at Webster Hall in NYC. Event to coincide with over 100 simultaneous Blues concerts (worldwide) to usher in inaugural "International Blues Music Day"...Read More Blues in the South - July 7, 2013
The first International Blues Music Day is scheduled to take place on August 3, 2013. The brain child of New York City blues man Johnny Chillds. Johnny explains what IBMD means: "A day for the international community to unite in celebration of the blues, including it's...Read More American Blues Scene - Jan 21, 2012
International Blues Music Day - New York City Bluesman Johnny Childs is eager to tell anyone who will listen why he initiated the grassroots movement to establish an International Blues Music Day. Johnny envisions a day on which...Read More Bman's Blues Report - Dec 6, 2011
Petition to declare an International Blues Music Day. To celebrate, promote and preserve the rich legacy, tradition, and future of the great American art form and international language known as blues music. Join the discussion, add all your blues loving friends and let's make history! On August 17, 2011 an online petition was launched...Read More More IBMD news & Blogs features:
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Interviews / News
SCVNews - Santa Clarita, CA
[TV News Spot] WFDU 89.1 New Jersey [Interview: Johnny Childs - Director IBMD] SCVTV - (Santa Clarita, CA) [TV News Spot] NEWS 10 ABC - (Sacramento, CA) [TV News Spot] PRIME 7 TV - (Australia) spot about IBMD [TV News Spot] CV LIVE - (Texas) [TV News Spot] WENDEE CHAVEZ TARTAGLIA Wendees Blues Rumble [Interview: Johnny Childs - Director IBMD] (begins at 18 min mark) NIKKI ARMSTRONG - Bues in the Grooves [Interview: Johnny Childs - Director IBMD] (begins at 1 hr mark). IAN McKENZIE - Wednesday's Even Worse [Interview: Johnny Childs - Director IBMD] DR BOB & THE BLUES SHOW [Interview: Johnny Childs - Director IBMD] VINNY MARINI - MUSIC ON THE COUCH [Interview: Johnny Childs - Director IBMD] (begins at 93 min) LEGENDS RADIO w/ Evan Ginzburg [Interview: Johnny Childs - Director IBMD] [Radio Interview] More... IBMD - Public Service Announcement
Now airing on these fine radio programs: Download PSA on SoundCloud Deb Magin "21st CENTURY BLUES WITH DOWNTOWN DEB" on Gold Radio 24/7 www.goldoldies.com Steve Stoddard "SOMETHING BLUE" KTUH Honolulu 90.3 FM, Thursday 9am-12pm Honolulu, Hawaii www.ktuh.org Steve Stoddard "SOMETHING ELSE" KTUH Honolulu 90.3 FM Saturday 10pm-12am Honolulu, Hawaii www.ktuh.org Vinny Marini "MUSIC ON THE COUCH" Monday 9pm (CT) Olive Branch, MS www.BlogTalkRadio.com/musiconthecouch www.musiconthecouch.com 24/7 Przemek Draheim "MUZYK ZRODEL" Polish Radio PiK, Wednesday 7:05pm Poland www.radiopik.pl Cliff McNight "NOTHING BUT THE BLUES" 24/7 United Kingdom www.nothingbuttheblues.co.uk Sheldon Abbott "THE CURE FOR THE BLUES" KUCI 88.9 fm Irvine, CA www.kuci.org Brant Zwicker "AT THE CROSSROADS" Canada www.atcblues.ca Brant Zwicker CFBX 92.5 FM Kamloops, B.C., Canada www.thex.ca Cornel Bogdan "TANGLED UP IN BLUES" WNCM 93.3 Sunday 7pm-9 Bordman, OH www.tangledupinblues.biz Benjamin Haile "BOWDOIN BLUES PROGRAM WBOR Brunswick, ME www.wbor.org Massimo Ferro "HIGHWAY 61" Radio Voce Spazio FM 93.8 Poland www.radiopi.com Ole Harv "THE BLUES REVUE" 88.1 WVPE Sat & Sun 1pm-4 Elkhart, IN www.wvpe.org Peter "Fish" Case "FISH IN THE MORNINGS" 92.7 WKVT Brattleboro, VT www.wkvt.com Ralph Henson "BLUES CAFE" KVMR FM monthly show Nevada City, CA www.kvmr.org Gil Gigliotti WFCS, 107.7 FM New Britain, CT www.ccsu.edu Milton Shirdan II WVAS-FM Montgomery, AL Dr. Bob & The Blues Show KYUS US97 Sunday 9am-11am Springfield, MO www.drbobsbluesshow.com www.us97.com Krunoslav Markutovitch "BOOM BOOM" Blues Radio Show Sundays from 10pm (CET) Vinkovci, Croatia www.vfm.hr Chris Maley "ON THE ROADSIDE" Public Radio 88FM, Saturday 6pm Rio Grande Valley, TX www.kmbh.org Steve Horn "BLUES CAFE" KDLL 91.9 FM Public Radio, Thursday 7pm-9pm Kenai, Alaska www.kbbi.org Simone Bargelli "ROCK N BLUES TODAY" RadioRCC, Tuesday 9:30pm Umbria, Italy www.radiorcc.com Norman Davis "THE MIDNIGHT FLYER" Concord, CA www.midnightflyerblues.com www.kegr.org Wild Bill Rowan "CATCH THE BREEZE" Thursday 7pm-10pm Wild Bill Radio Schertz, TX www.wildbillradio.net Sheila Cain BLUES CITY RADIO on Live 365 - 24/7 www.blues-city-radio.info Billy Dew Dewberry AM1670 - Dewberry Jam Community Radio San Antonio, TX www.am1670.org John Gorny "BLUE MIDNIGHT" WPNA Radio 1490am, Monday 1am Oak Park, Ill www.wpna1490am.com Otis Williams KSDS Jazz & Blues 88.3 San Diego, CA www.jazz88.org Roy Prescott "BLUES SUMMIT" 93.5 WMWV-FM Conway, NH www.wmwv.com Brice Phillips "All Blues Tuesday" WQRZ 103.5 FM Saint Louis, Ms www.WQRZ.org Gary Grainger "THE BLUES SHOW" 105.9 Bishop FM - Sunday 6pm [UK] www.BishopFM.com More Radio shows coming soon! |
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9th ANNUAL IBMD - WORLDWIDE
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