Since the early days of 32 Bar Blues, one of our favorite artisan potters has been handcrafting beautiful candle cups, mugs and whiskey tumblers for us in her Oceanside studio. As a touching gesture in support of our nonprofit 32 Bar Blues Foundation efforts, she has created a limited-edition guitar & keys whiskey tumbler for… Read more »
Congratulations Eric Bibb and Nicole Glover, our Fall and Holiday Voices of the Art! Eric’s featured album “Live At The Scala Theatre” and Nicole’s album “Play” were just named two of the year’s best by DOWNBEAT Magazine in their January 2025 issue. You can pick up Eric’s and Nicole’s CDs under The Arts on our… Read more »
Following the success of the Ghost-Note T-shirt that we featured alongside the Ghost-Note CD in our Summer catalog, we added special T-shirts for blues icon Eric Bibb and legendary rockers Little Feat as part of our Fall and Holiday collection features. It’s an opportunity for us to generate greater contributions for our artists than we… Read more »
Since our first collection in 2012, we’ve honored more than 100 pioneers of American music, writing and photography on our pages and have given 100% of the profits from the sales of their CDs, books and photos directly back to them as part of our commitment to the arts. But this summer we started something new…. Read more »
Congratulations, Kwame Dawes! The National Library of Jamaica has announced that he will be Jamaica’s new Poet Laureate. Often called “the busiest man in literature,” Kwame is the author of 20 books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. We featured him as our 32 Bar Blues Voice of the Art several… Read more »
Congratulations to all of our featured Voices of the Art who received top honors in the DownBeat Magazine Readers Poll for 2023! Clockwise from upper left: Ahmad Jamal – Historical Album of the Year; Kenny Garrett – Alto Saxophone; James Carter – Baritone Saxophone; Brad Mehldau – Piano; Marcus Miller – Electric Bass; Brian Blade… Read more »
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