Join HBS Thursday, June 30th at the Big Easy Social Club, 5731 Kirby Dr., for our monthly jam. Meet the new HBS board members at 7:30 pm. Robert Taylor & band starts at 9 pm. Be there! Bob Ruggiero @andrewdansby jesse sendejas Chris Gray Texas Music Office The Blues Foundation Houston MediaSource

Thank you to outgoing HBS Prez, Sandra Scott (L), for your leadership throughout the pandemic and a big welcome to Shironda White (R), our new HBS Prez. Congratulations on your new role! The Blues Foundation BluesFoundation Texas Music Office HoustonArtsAlliance @HouArtsPartners Houston Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs Heidi tull

Join HBS for our monthly jam tonight at the Big Easy, 5731 Kirby Dr. in Houston's Rice Village. Hosts for the evening are the H-Town Jukes. Music begins at 9 pm. Be there! Bob Ruggiero jesse sendejas @andrewdansby Joey Guerra 🪩 Chris Gray Houston Press Houston Press Houston Press Music

Join HBS for our monthly jam, Thursday night, August 25th, at the Big Easy Social and Pleasure Club, 5731 Kirby Dr. This month's host is Sonny Boy Terry and band. Music starts at 9 pm. Be there! Bob Ruggiero jesse sendejas Chris Gray Joey Guerra 🪩 The Blues Foundation Texas Music Office

Join HBS for a celebration of the life of Dee Dee Bret, Weds., Sept. 21st, 9 pm, at the Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club, 5731 Kirby Dr., in Rice Village (Houston). Bob Ruggiero @andrewdansby jesse sendejas Joey Guerra 🪩 Chris Gray The Blues Foundation Texas Music Office Houston Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs

Join HBS for the Houston Jazz & Blues Festival, Sunday, Sept. 25th, at the Rustic, in downtown Houston, 1836 Polk St., 6 pm for a special evening with Eric Gales, Diunna Greenleaf, the Mighty Orq & Mathias Lattin. Be there!prekindle.com/promo/id/53143…

Join HBS for our monthly jam, Thurs. night, Sept. 29th, at the Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club, 5731 Kirby Drive, in Rice Village (Houston). Your musical host for the evening is the Lightning Rod Band. Festivities begin at 9 pm. Be there! Bob Ruggiero Chris Gray jesse sendejas

This was the first time I met Koko Taylor. I was 15 and so nervous I could hardly speak but she was so kind and gracious to me and continued to be until the day she passed. Happy Birthday to the Queen of the Blues! #Bluesville

It's time once again for the Houston Blues Challenge, Sunday, Oct. 9th at the Continental Club, 3700 Main St., 1 pm. The winner will go to Memphis to compete in the International Blues Challenge in January. The Blues Foundation @andrewdansby jesse sendejas Chris Gray Bob Ruggiero

Congratulations to the Mathias Lattin Band who will be representing Houston at the IBC in Memphis on Jan. 24th. Big Thank U to the Devon Rismay Band and to Joe Miranda & the Plimsoul Rockers for competing on Sunday. Onward to Memphis! The Blues Foundation Bob Ruggiero jesse sendejas

Join HBS for our monthly jam, 10/27, at the Big Easy Social Club, 5731 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX. Our host for the evening is the Chris Castaneda band. Music starts at 9 pm. Be there! Texas Music Office The Blues Foundation Bob Ruggiero @andrewdansby jesse sendejas Chris Gray Houston Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs

Mark your calendar for the annual Blues for Food concert & fundraiser at the Big Easy Social Club, Sunday, Nov. 13th, 1 to 9 pm. An absolute stellar line-up you won't want to miss! Trudy Lynn-Official RaaRaaZydeco Evelyn Rubio KPFTHouston KPFT Radio Houston Bob Ruggiero Chris Gray

Join HBS for our pre-thanksgiving jam, Weds., Nov. 23rd at the Big Easy Social Club, 5731 Kirby Drive. Our host for the evening is John Del Toro Richardson & band. Music starts at 9 pm. Be there! Bob Ruggiero Chris Gray @andrewdansby jesse sendejas KPFTHouston KPFT Radio Houston

Join HBS at our annual holiday bash and IBC sendoff fundraiser, Sunday, Dec 4th, 2 - 6 pm at Rockefellers, 3620 Washington Ave (Houston). DK Harrell, Mathias Lattin & the Champions Blues Revue youth band will entertain. For tickets, please visit this link: houstonbluessociety.wildapricot.org/event-5032795

HBS recommends this show! Bobby Rush & Houston's Keeshea Pratt Saturday, December 17th at the Continental Club, 3700 Main St., in Houston. Music begins at 8 pm. @andrewdansby The Blues Foundation Texas Music Office Chris Gray jesse sendejas Joey Guerra 🪩 Alternative Houston continentalclub

Join HBS for our monthly jam Thurs, December 29th, at the Big Easy, 5731 Kirby Dr. in Houston. Our host for the evening is Houston Blues Challenge winner, Mathias Lattin & band. Music begins at 9 pm. Be there! The Blues Foundation Texas Music Office KPFTHouston KPFT Radio Houston Texas Music magazine

Join HBS on Sun., Jan. 22nd, at the Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club, 5731 Kirby Drive, Houston, as we send the Mathias Lattin Band and the Champions Forest Blues Revue to Memphis for the IBC! Admission is $10 at the door. Bob Ruggiero @andrewdansby Chris Gray The Blues Foundation

Congratulations to Houston's Mathias Lattin (and band). The talented 20 year old won first place Saturday night, in Memphis, at the International Blues Challenge! The Blues Foundation Big City Blues Mag Texas Music Office Texas Music magazine @andrewdansby Bob Ruggiero jesse sendejas Chris Gray

Houston roots rock-Americana-R&B band Los Vertigos revisit an old gospel hymn - where The Grim Reaper makes house calls - as a tribute to those lost during COVID. My talk with drummer Koop Kuper: houstonpress.com/music/things-t…

Greetings friends & neighbors. Join me for an encore (2019) edition of my webcast, "Reverberation," every Sat. in May at 2 pm (EST) on rippleradio.org & on the last Weds. of each month at 12 noon (CST) on hmsnetradio.org Texas Music Office Houston MediaSource 91.3 FM WLVR