Welcome to the Juke Blues Magazine website
This is the homepage of Juke Blues, the three-times award-winning music magazine. Juke Blues publishes quality coverage of all types of African-American blues and traditional music, from the city to Southern soul, from vintage R&B to gospel and zydeco, with just a touch of other related genres. Each issue is a goldmine of information.
Current issue No. 68
76 pages, full colour throughout
Marie Knight
Interview with the super-talented gospel and R&B star who sadly passed away in August 2009. She came up under the tutelage of Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Mr Keith Little
The fascinating story of ‘The Cincinnati Bluesman’, who it turns out is also a gospel man and R&B man!
Donn Fileti
Adventures in the independent record business in the early 1960s from the New Jersey man probably best known for his part in Relic Records
Margaret Lewis
Part 2 where Margaret becomes a hit songwriter for Johnny Adams, Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson and Johnny Soul, amongst others
Paul Richmond
Chicago soulman extraordinaire: award-winning songwriter, producer and singer
Ms Jody
Mississippi songstress with a very downhome approach to life and her music
Sarah Vaughan
Our jazz pages salute the ‘sassy, divine’ singer.
Plus tons more, including
- News (with Dick Shurman’s Chicago report)
- Festival reports
- Obituaries
- Loads of great photos . . . and of course the reviews section including DVDs and books!
Order a single copy of the current issue here, or take out a 4-issue
subscription, here.
Order back issues online here.
Three-times Award winner
• Keeping The Blues Alive, 2000
• Sweet Soul Music, 2001
• Blues Hall of Fame Classic of Blues Literature, 2004
