From the soul of the Delta to the heart of Madison, we’ve got’cha covered
Join the Madison Blues Society Today!
Hop Garden Brewing and Tap Room Belleville
MBS Blues News & More
Lisa
New Board Member & <br>Website Creative
Nullam dictum felis eu pede mollis pretium. Nullam vel sem. Fusce pharetra convallis urna.
Latest Posts
Categories
- Annual Picnic
- Artist Interview
- Band News
- Behind the Music
- Blues Greats
- Blues History
- Board Meeting
- Community News
- ContemporaryArtists
- Featured Artist
- Festival
- Funding
- GreatsinBluesHistory
- Honoring the Blues
- Live Blues Alert
- MBS Blues Events
- MBS Board
- Musicians
- Partnerships
- Past Event
- Uncategorized
- Upcoming Show
- Update
- Volunteer
- Website Change Log
Tags
Archive behindthemusic blues Blues Greats Educational Programs Event Featured Musicians Festival Funding Fundrasing MBSboard news Scholarship Program sponsors website
Gallery
-
The Isthmus https://isthmus.com/search/event/calendar-of-events Music Festival Wizard https://www.musicfestivalwizard.com/ Monroe Balloon & Blues Festival, June 13-14, 2025, Monroe, WI https://www.facebook.com/balloonrally/| Bryan Lee Memorial Blues Festival, July 12, 2025, Two Rivers, WI Link to Two Rivers Festival New Glarus Blues, Brews and Food Truck Festival, July 19, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/NGBBFTF/ Blues on the Chippewa, July 31-August 2, 2025 https://www.bluesonthechippewa.com/…
-
Sister Rosetta Tharpe Rock-n-Roll was invented by a woman who played the electric guitar in ways very few people could have ever imagined. By Eric Heiligenstein, MD (aka Too Sick Charlie) The Godmother of rock music is Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Her Gibson guitar and voice changed the trajectory of rock & roll, blues, and soul…
-
Chester Arthur Burnett (Howlin’ Wolf) ….was born on June 10, 1910, in West Point, Mississippi. He was in his early forties when he made his first records for Sam Phillips in Memphis. Phillips later said that Wolf was the most arresting figure he ever saw play music, and that no one could transform themselves more…
-
Harmonica Player “Tall” Paul Sabel, originally from DePere, WI, started his journey in music oddly enough during his first year of Physician Assistant school at UW Madison. On a Monday night he heard Westside Andy Linderman playing harmonica into a bullet microphone and a tube amp with The Blue Monday Band which was led by…
-
MBS’s 1st Annual Blues Picnic was held on June 22, 2003, in Warner Park, with 9 hours of free Blues music. A crowd of 500-700 enjoyed the gorgeous setting, Blues music and food on their picnic blankets and lawn chairs. Since then, our Annual Blues Picnic has grown to an attendance of several thousand people.…
-
The Madison Blues Society’s monthly meetings are held the 2nd Monday of each month. Our Board meets both In-Person as well as virtually via Zoom. Meeting information will be emailed to members; others may contact a board member for access. Our next Board Meeting will be on Monday, August 11, 2025, at 6:00 PM. See…
-
The Madison Blues Society’s monthly meetings are held the 2nd Monday of each month. Our Board meets both In-Person as well as virtually via Zoom. Meeting information will be emailed to members; others may contact a board member for access. Our next Board Meeting will be on Monday, July 14, 2025, at 6:00 PM. See…