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The Blues Foundation is an American nonprofit corporation, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, that is affiliated with more than 175 blues organizations from various parts of the world. Founded in 1980, a 25-person board of directors governs the foundation whose stated mission is to preserve blues heritage, celebrate blues recording and ...
The Electric Fetus is a record store in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Minnesota Public Radio said the Electric Fetus is "widely regarded as the pre-eminent indie record store in Minnesota." [1] Owner Keith Covart estimates that the store has an inventory of approximately 50,000 titles.
The Blues Foundation has named Judith Black its new president and CEO, effective January 1, 2022. Black is co-founder and previously served as President of the Tarik Black Foundation, which has a ...
The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum operated by the Blues Foundation at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame" was not a physical building, but a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music. Started in 1980, it honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues.
The film, which “reevaluates the life of the Memphis Country Blues Festival through the lens of race, the counterculture of the 1960s, and the genre of Memphis blues,” will be available to ...
Willie Murphy, who replaced Willie Walker in Willie & The Bees was named "one of the three charter members of the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, along with Bob Dylan and Prince," according to Blues on Stage, who added, "the Minnesota Music Association has given more nominations and awards to Willie and his groups than anyone else". [112]
The American Composers Forum is an American organization that promotes and assists American composers and contemporary classical music. It was founded in 1973 as the Minnesota Composers Forum and is based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. As of 2000 it was the largest composer-service organization in the country. [1] Its chief executive is Vanessa Rose.
Formed out of a union of five Swedish-American music groups [14] American Union of Swedish Singers: 1892 [14] Knights and Ladies of Kaleva "preserving Finnish identity in America" [15] Estonian Singing Society (Eestlaste Laulu Selts) 1904 [16] Estonian American Music Club: International Polka Association: 1968