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The Blues Foundation
Purveyor of WC Handy Awards and all things blues

Delta Blues Museum
The Cathedral of blues

BluesCD.co.uk
Excellent online record store - spend, spend, spend!

Earlyblues.com
Useful resource for fans of - well - early blues

Blues Highway Millennium Trail
New Orleans-based group behind the 'Blues Highway Millennium Trail'

Bluesnet
Blues links and more blues links

Chicago Blues Festival
Find out direct from the Mayor what's planned for the next Chicago Blues Festival

Delta Blues Festival
Greenville's Delta Blues and Heritage Festival official site

Sunflower Blues Festival
August sees Clarksdale party to some of the best blues in America

King Biscuit Festival
Helena's huge blues festival is one of the best events in the Southern calendar

Bluesfestivals.com
Searchable database of North American blues festivals. Very useful

Alligator
Chicago blues supremo Bruce Iglauer's thriving label continues to record some of the greatest living blues stars

Earwig
Michael Frank's acts include David 'Honeyboy' Edwards and the Jelly Roll Kings

Delmark
Another Chicago label with a fantastic back catalogue

Fat Possum
Recording the likes of RL Burnside and T-Model Ford in the heart of the Delta

Rounder
Some great blues records including Alan Lomax/Library of Congress material

Ace
Funky blues remastered and reissued from the heart of London

Document
Classic oldies from Charley Patton onwards

Blueprint
The best in British blues

Blues Revue
All the blues news that's fit to print

Living Blues
Not much of a site given the stature of the magazine

Bluesworld
Cracking UK-based blues magazine

The Blues Highway: New Orleans to Chicago
Definitive guide to the cradle of American music by Roots of Rhythm Travel founder Rich Knight

The Blues Foundation database
Affiliated blues societies worldwide

Documents Records database
Huge list of blues societies thanks to Document Records

Ozblues
Blues societies Down Under

The Big Blue
Outstanding British blues band playing the South East and beyond

Michael 'Hawkeye' Herman
Visit Iowa-born blues guitarist and great friend of Roots of Rhythm Travel Hawkeye Herman. You can download music from his site

Beat Daddys
Alabama-based blues band The Beat Daddys combine smooth musicianship with impresive song-writing talent; check them out

www.kingbiscuit.com
Helena's legendary blues radio slot is still going strong

www.bluesexplosion.com
Bastion of Chicago blues and a useful site

New Orleans Jazz Club
New Orleans Jazz Club - dedicated to preserving the New Orleans sound

Jazz Institute of Chicago
Useful society and festival links

Chicago Jazz Archive
Chicago Jazz Archive - serious jazz buffs only

Lincoln Center
Jazz powerhouse now in its 11th year

Jazz.co.nz
Jazz in New Zealand

Jazz.ch
Jazz in Switzerland

Jazz-in-Scotland.co.uk
Jazz in Scotland - clearly

JazzFrance
Similarly self-explanatory

Vision X
All About Jazz - outstanding jazz portal

New Orleans Jazz Fest
New Orleans' Jazz and Heritage Festival features New Orleans-style music from the some of the most famous names on the jazz scene

Juneteenth Jazz
St Louis swings to the sound of jazz during this world-class festival

Chicago Jazz Festival
Find out direct from the Mayor what's planned for the next Chicago Jazz Festival

Bix Fest
Bix Beiderbecke's life is celebrated in style in his home-town of Davenport, Iowa

Jazz World Database
Massive database of jazz festivals worldwide - impressive

Verve
The Big Daddy of jazz labels

Concorde
California-based label dedicated to great jazz

Jazzology
New Orleans-style jazz with lots of classic reissues

Arbors
Some of the best contemporary US jazz

Delmark
Jazz and blues specialist based in Chicago

Calligraph
Humph's label featuring the Lyttelton band and lots of star friends

Zephyr
Outstanding mainstream jazz recorded in the UK

Jazz Times
The leading US jazz magazine

Jazzwise
Excellent UK-based jazz magazine

The Blues Highway: New Orleans to Chicago
Definitive guide to the cradle of American music by Roots of Rhythm Travel founder Rich Knight

AFJS
American Federation of Jazz Societies with member links

EJN
European Jazz Network - includes record label and magazine links

Digby Fairweather
Digby Fairweather is one the greatest and most versatile jazz musicians in the UK and an accomplished author and broadcaster. Visit the multi-talented 'Diggers' at his website

Trio Time
Outstanding British jazz trio featuring Ted Beaument, Adrian Macintosh and Mick Hutton

Kathy Stobart
British musician Kathy Stobart has been a professional sax player for 60 years. Visit her site to find out more about this exceptional and much-loved jazz star

Jazzradio.org
Live from the Lincoln Center and under the watchful eye of Wynton Marsalis

BBC Radio 2's 'Best of Jazz'
British jazz patriarch Humphrey Lyttelton's long-running jazz show sets the UK standard

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