This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.(July 2021)
This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Blues Foundation" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(November 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
(Learn how and when to remove this message)
Blues Foundation
Formation
1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Type
Nonprofit corporation
Headquarters
Memphis, Tennessee
Website
www.blues.org
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 performance, and expand worldwide awareness of the blues.[1]
On its formation, the foundation organized the annual W. C. Handy Awards to "give recognition of the finest in blues performances and recordings." The awards have since been renamed the Blues Music Awards.[2] The BMAs are generally recognized as the highest honor given to blues musicians, and are awarded by vote of Blues Foundation members.
The Blues Foundation is also responsible for the Blues Hall of Fame Museum, International Blues Challenge (IBC), Keeping the Blues Alive Award (KBA)[3] and Blues in the Schools program.[4]
Every year, the Blues Foundation presents the KBA Awards to individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to blues music.[5] The KBA ceremony are held in conjunction with the International Blues Challenge. The KBAs are awarded on the basis of merit, by a select panel of blues professionals, working to actively promote and document the music.[6]
The foundation established the HART Fund (Handy Artists Relief Trust) for blues musicians, and their families in financial need, due to a broad range of health concerns.[7] The HART Fund provides for acute, chronic and preventive medical and dental care, as well as funeral expenses.[8]
Barbara B. Newman succeeded Jay Sieleman, as president and chief executive officer of the Blues Foundation on October 1, 2015.[9]
^Connection, Music (November 12, 2019). "The Blues Foundation Launches 40th Year with Honorees". Musicconnection.com. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
^"Awards". Blues.org.
^"Keeping the Blues Alive Award - Blues Foundation". Blues.org. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
^"Blues in the Schools - Blues Foundation". Blues.org. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
^"Search | The Blues Foundation". Blues.org. Archived from the original on June 9, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
^"2022 Keeping the Blues Alive Award Recipients Announced". Americanbluesscene.com. January 8, 2022.
^"Hart Fund - Blues Foundation". Blues.org. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
^"The Blues Foundation". Blues.org. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
^"The Blues Foundation Selects New President & CEO | The Blues Foundation". Blues.org. August 19, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
The BluesFoundation is an American nonprofit corporation, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, that is affiliated with more than 175 blues organizations...
The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum operated by the BluesFoundation at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame"...
subgenres. Blues subgenres include country blues, Delta blues and Piedmont blues, as well as urban blues styles such as Chicago blues and West Coast blues. World...
and BluesFoundation is an independent American nonprofit organization dedicated to the historical and cultural preservation of rhythm and blues music...
one half of The Blues Brothers. In 1993 House of Blues launched a 501(c)(3) non-profit called International House of BluesFoundation which provided arts...
later they were bestowed with the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and BluesFoundation. The Emotions went on to guest upon Earth, Wind & Fire's 2003 album...
2021. "40th Blues Music Awards Winners". The BluesFoundation. May 10, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2021. "2020 Blues Blast Awards Winners". Blues Blast Magazine...
blues that he developed in Detroit. Hooker often incorporated other elements, including talking blues and early North Mississippi hill country blues....
The Blues Music Awards, formerly known as the W. C. Handy Awards (or "The Handys"), are awards presented by the BluesFoundation, a non-profit organization...
Blues standards are blues songs that have attained a high level of recognition due to having been widely performed and recorded. They represent the best...
the festival was the recipient of the 'Keeping The Blues Alive Award' from the BluesFoundation, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Due to renovations that...
"Cross Road Blues" (commonly known as "Crossroads") is a song written by the American blues artist Robert Johnson. He performed it solo with his vocal...
recognized by several music institutions, and has been inducted into the BluesFoundation Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, and the National Recording Registry...
nominated for Best Blues DVD of 2012 by the BluesFoundation. The same organization announced that Bishop had six nominations for the 36th Blues Music Awards...
blues singer and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues"...
an American blues harmonica player, singer and bandleader. After early training as a classical flautist, he developed an interest in blues harmonica. He...
several Grammy-nominated blues albums. In 1988, he was inducted into the BluesFoundation Hall of Fame and in 2003, he was ranked 63rd in Rolling Stone magazine's...
become a filmmaker. In 2018, the BluesFoundation inducted "See See Rider" into the Blues Hall of Fame as a "classic of blues recording". The induction statement...
has become a blues standard, with numerous renditions by a variety of musicians. It also has been selected for the BluesFoundationBlues Hall of Fame...
He was honored with the Legacy Tribute Award from the Rhythm and BluesFoundation in 2003. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Wilson No. 69 on its list of...
2008, Freddy King Sings was inducted into the BluesFoundation Hall of Fame in the "Classics of Blues Recordings" category. Freddy King Sings represents...
received numerous honors, including the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and BluesFoundation, as well as being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996...
Global Information
