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Welcome to our new MBS online newsletter! In the coming weeks look for interviews, insights, and "artist spotlights"… we'll also take a deep dive into Madison's music venues and artists. Feel free to share your comments and suggestions!
Latest Posts
- MBS Board Meeting Monday August 11
- MBS Board Meeting Monday July 14
- MBS Board of Directors & Key Volunteers 2025
- Join us! Madison Blues Society “Needs You!”
- Local Music Festivals
- Blues Roots
- Annual Blues Picnic
- Jeff “H” Harrington
- Site Pages (Updated Frequently)
- MBS Board Meetings
- Find Festivals
- Featured Musician – Jimmy Schwarz
- Featured Musician – Dave Cornette
- Featured Musician Too Sick Charlie
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Somebody Knocking on my Door: a look behind the music…
- A message of hope & renewal
- Join us at JUNETEENTH Celebration in the Park
- Featured Musician Tall Paul Sabel
- Lost But Found Again: A look behind the music
- Scholarship Guitar Lessons
- Join us at FLIX Brewhouse!
- Raffle Tickets Available at the Picnic!
- 2018 Annual Picnic Line Up
- Award Winning Band at Annual Picnic!
- Dane Arts Grant!
- Local Band Blythe Gamble and The Rollin’ Dice to Perform at Picnic
Categories
- Community News (3)
- Honoring the Blues (9)
- Behind the Music (3)
- Blues Greats (2)
- Blues History (4)
- Musicians (9)
- Artist Interview (4)
- ContemporaryArtists (5)
- Featured Artist (6)
- GreatsinBluesHistory (3)
- Live Blues Alert (2)
- Band News (1)
- Festival (1)
- Upcoming Show (1)
- MBS Blues Events (10)
- Annual Picnic (7)
- Past Event (1)
- MBS Board (12)
- Board Meeting (3)
- Funding (1)
- Partnerships (2)
- Volunteer (2)
- Uncategorized (3)
- Website Change Log (5)
- Update (5)
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Madison Blues Society End of Summer Blues Event 2025
Food & beverages available from The East Side Club’s Tiki Bar & Grille. 50/50 Raffle and Madison Blues Society merch for sale.
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Full Mile Presents: Roscoe Foster & The Rascal Theory
Full Mile Presents: Roscoe Foster & The Rascal Theory Roscoe Foster & The Rascal Theory will rock you, funk you, sing you the blues and make you groove til you drop. Hailing from beautiful hills of Baraboo, WI, these boys have been carving a sonic legacy across the region over the past few years with their…
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David Hecht & the Who Dat Full Mile Beer Company, Sun Prairie It’s so awesome to welcome back David Hecht & the Who Dat to the FMBC&K stage! American Roots Music, R&B, Reggae, Latin & Funk from a quartet of the finest musicians in the Mid-West! From 7PM to 10PM, free admission…just like always!
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Bobby Evans & The Alimony Blues Band
Bobby Evans & The Alimony Blues Band Bobby Evans & The Alimony Blues Band Bobby Evans & The Alimony Blues Band Don’t miss Bobby Evans & the Alimony Blues Band at The Landing — a powerhouse Wisconsin act delivering gritty blues-rock with searing guitar riffs, soulful vocals, and party-ready energy. Whether high‑octane or laid‑back, their…
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Rare Element at the Bur Oak
Rare Element at the Bur Oak ↳ Categories Rare Element is a high-energy funk band based in Madison, Wisconsin, known for delivering electrifying live performances packed with groove, soul, and tight musicianship. Blending deep-pocket grooves, bold brass, and soulful melodies, Rare Element delivers an infectious sound that’s rooted in classic funk traditions while pushing into…
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John Medeski, Todd Clouser & Jorge Servin at the North Street Cabaret
John Medeski, Todd Clouser & Jorge Servin at the North Street Cabaret John Medeski is best known from the pioneering trio Medeski Martin & Wood, John Medeski is a boundary-pushing keyboardist whose soulful, avant-garde style has made him a fixture in jazz, funk, and experimental music worldwide. Todd Clouser is a genre-defying guitarist and composer, Todd Clouser…
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LEO SIDRAN BAND at the North Street Cabaret
LEO SIDRAN BAND – LEO SIDRAN GOES HOME From $24.45 Leo Sidran is a Grammy winning multi-instrumentalist musician, producer, arranger, composer, recording artist, and journalist. As a drummer he has performed around the world with his father, the legendary jazzman Ben Sidran. Leo’s most recent solo record What’s Trending (his eighth) is “all about romanticism,…
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Dave Potter Blues Band at Balanced Rock Winery
Dave Potter Blues Band at Balanced Rock Winery Baraboo, United States
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Johnny Chimes at Louisianne’s Fridays
Louisianne’s New Orleans piano, Johnny Chimes, 5:30 pm Fridays. Free. Johnny Chimes Fridays @ 5:30PM — 7:30PM (CDT, UTC-05) Louisianne’s, 7000 Hubbard Ave, Middleton, WI https://johnnychimes.com/event/6126121/723518644/johnny-chimes JOHNNY CHIMES. A man who has been referred to in the media as the “Emperor of Boogie-Woogie”, “Duke of the Honky-Tonk Piano” and a “musician’s musician”. He began his career @age 16, working small…
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Johnny Chimes at Louisianne’s Fridays
Louisianne’s New Orleans piano, Johnny Chimes, 5:30 pm Fridays. Free. Johnny Chimes Fridays @ 5:30PM — 7:30PM (CDT, UTC-05) Louisianne’s, 7000 Hubbard Ave, Middleton, WI https://johnnychimes.com/event/6126121/723518644/johnny-chimes JOHNNY CHIMES. A man who has been referred to in the media as the “Emperor of Boogie-Woogie”, “Duke of the Honky-Tonk Piano” and a “musician’s musician”. He began his career @age 16, working small…
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Albert Cummings Stoughton Opera House
Albert Cummings at the Stoughton Opera House From $18.83 About Albert Cummings Albert Cummings is an American blues musician recording music with Blind Pig Records.[1] He is known for playing with other artists with B.B. King, Johnny Winter, and Buddy Guy.[2] Biography Cummings began playing the five-string banjo at the age of twelve,[3] and developed a love for bluegrass music.[4] In his late twenties, Cummings formed a…
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The Mannish Boys at the Roxxy
Madtown Mannish Boys at the Roxxy 327 W Gilman St, Madison, WI 53703, United States The Mannish Boys are one of the premiere Blues bands in Wisconsin. They’ll be hitting the stage at the Roxxy in Madison on August 22. Doors are at 7 pm and the show is 8-10 pm. Get there early for…
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Aaron Williams and the Hoodoo Tyranena Brewing Company
Clark transformed his music into a gritty, riff-heavy sound, resulting in 2024’s highly anticipated release of Hill Billy Voodoo.
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Mineral Point Blues & Roots Fest – Mineral Point Opera House
Clark transformed his music into a gritty, riff-heavy sound, resulting in 2024’s highly anticipated release of Hill Billy Voodoo.
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Cool Front at the Boneyard
Cool Front at the Boneyard Blues/rock. Free ($10 with (up to two) dogs).This trio is based in Madison, Wisconsin, and performs a mix of rock, blues, and R&B music. Cool Front covers artists like Stevie Ray Vaughn, Allman Bros., ZZT op, Robert Cray, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Stray Cats, Jon Mayer, Steeley Dan, Dire Straits,…
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Ben Sidran The North Street Cabaret
Clark transformed his music into a gritty, riff-heavy sound, resulting in 2024’s highly anticipated release of Hill Billy Voodoo.
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Joe Clark Live, Minocqua Brewing Co, Madison, Aug 22
Clark transformed his music into a gritty, riff-heavy sound, resulting in 2024’s highly anticipated release of Hill Billy Voodoo.
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Sam Ness at the Minocqua Brewing Company
Sam Ness at the Minocqua Brewing Company, Madison Near East Side · 2927 E Washington Ave From $23.18 About Sam From theater performer to full-time busker and wanderer at festivals and cafes, Sam Ness has shared the stage with America, Styx, Night Ranger, Chris Barron (Spin Doctors), and many others. Mixing Traditional Folk/Americana roots with…
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Bill Roberts Combo at the Mansion Hill Inn
Jazz & Cocktails with the Bill Roberts Combo! Founded in 2014, the Bill Roberts Combo brings a tight, nuanced, and rhythmically powerful presentation to blues-jazz unlike anything you’ve heard before. The Combo performs both as an instrumental unit, and in a full band with a vocalist and other instrumentation, allowing the Combo to shine in…
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Johnny Chimes & The Natch’l Blues Band with Moses Patrou The North Street Cabaret
Johnny Chimes is a jambalaya of rolling Southern piano, finger-style guitar pickin’, and sweet soul-singing. He has performed thousands of gigs in his long and storied career.
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The Jimmys & special guest Tracy Nelson – Tofflers Pub & Grill
The Jimmys and special guest Tracy Nelson Toffler’s Pub & Grill Tracy Nelson is an American country and blues singer. She has been involved in the recording of over 20 albums in her recording career, which started in 1965.
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Tall Paul Sabel at the Water Street Social Club
Live blues, funk, Latin music on our patio (and moved inside if weather doesn’t cooperate). We’ll have plenty of drink and food specials. Come support local music! $5 suggested for the band.https://www.waterstreetsocialclub.com/events/tall-paul-sabel Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Live blues, funk, Latin music on our patio (and moved inside if weather doesn’t cooperate). We’ll have plenty of…