Celebrate Mary Lane, Honored By The City of Chicago at Chicago Blues Fest with Host Lynne Jordan, at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at 2:55 pm, millenniumpark.org. Then see Mary as Special Honoree with Win Noll and the Rockin Souls at Epiphany Art Center, epiphanychi.com.

Come See Mary Lane in June

Check out all of the great things happening for Women Of The Blues Recording Artist, Mary Lane. Chicago’s Very Own 85 year old Blues Legend will be honored by the JUS BLUES MUSIC Foundation when they present her with the 2021 Koko Taylor Queen of the Blues Award on Sunday, August 29th at 7 pm CDT & 8pm EDT. (virtual award show)

WATCH FRIDAY 3/20 5PM CDT: NBC Chicago Channel 5 News / streaming NEWS LIVE at https://www.nbcchicago.com/live/
a special feature celebrating Women’s History Month.

Imagine a World filled with Beauty. Here are some of the beautiful blues women who will be gracing the walls of the Delmark Records Gallery. Women of the Blues Foundation & Delmark Records will bring you an exhibit featuring a collection of photographers who have photographed blues women over the decades from legends to daughters of the blues masters to rising stars. Also featuring covers of Living Blues and Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine. We planned on an opening tomorrow night during Women’s History Month but instead we will do a virtual opening on Friday, March 27th. Julia A. Miller, Brenda Taylor Ricci, Demetria Taylor, Kate Moss, Joanna Connor, Anne Harris, Win Noll , Mary Lane, Zayika Hooker, Shemekia Copeland, HolleThee Maxwell , Rose Reed & more. Sherree Lee, Joan Sullivan, Linda S Mensch – photographers (l-r), Roman Sobus, Steven I. Wolf, Allen Winkler, courtesy Brenda Taylor Ricci, Lynn Orman Weiss, Roman Sobus, Jennifer Noble, Living Blues Magazine, Harvey Tillis, Peter Hurley, Howard Greenblatt
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Wednesday, January 29th 3:15pm there will be an opening reception for The Blues Foundation / Blues Hall of Fame premiere in Memphis kicking off the IBC competition and on display Black History Month and March, Women’s History Month.

The Nomination 1st Round for the 62nd Grammy Awards® opened Wednesday 9/25 and will run through October 10th. Proudly Women of the Blues Records and OWL Music & Media offer FYC, 83 year old Mary Lane’s “Travelin’ Woman” for nomination for Best Traditional Blues Album. Only Mary’s 2nd Solo Album, comes 20 years after her debut. Produced by GRAMMY® winner Jim Tullio, the 10 song album of original music is backed by Very Special Guests: Billy Branch, Corky Siegel, Eddie Shaw, Gene “Daddy G” Barge, Dave Specter, Chris Hambone Cameron, Louie Zagoras and Colin Linden.

Check out the trailer from Jesseca Ynez Simmons‘ award winning I Can Only Be Mary Lane Documentary that tells the story of the making of “Travelin’ Woman” at https://vimeo.com/288639534. US Blues Societies are being given a Special Offer to book a FREE screening of the movie for their membership and guests. Call Lynn Orman Weiss to arrange your FREE SCREENING.

Give a listen to “Travelin’ Woman” and check out the movie trailer. Show some love when you agree this album is worthy of a Nomination. Thank you for listening and FYC.

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Claudette Miller and Holle Thee Maxwell’s hand – Photo Lynn Orman Weiss

As every blues aficionado knows, Chicago is a mecca for the music when the 33rd Annual Chicago Blues Festival gets underway on Friday, June 10th. This free festival attracts attendees from all over the world who descend upon the city for live music in Grant Park as well as a full slate of blues-related events and activities.

One of those events will be a special Blues Festival kickoff show of “Women of the Blues—A Coast to Coast Collection” on Wednesday, June 8th from 7-10bpm. Lynn Orman Weiss, curator, organizer and driving force behind this unique exhibit feels that this scheduled showing ties in perfectly with so many international blues lovers who come into town for the festival. It was also fortuitous. In true Chicago fashion, Firecat usually books out early and often!

Robin Zimmerman wrote an extensive feature about Women of the Blues” in the Examiner. The story’s title is “Focus is on the dynamic women of the blues at Firecat Projects’ new exhibit.” Read the full story and look at the photo gallery: