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Blues News (BN) magazine has been around for 41 long years, since 1968, making it one of the oldest blues magazines in the world. BN is the first black music journal in Finland.

Blues News is published bimonthly (six issues a year) and mostly in the Finnish language by the Finnish Blues Society (FBS), a non-profitable association, sponsored by the Finnish Ministry of Culture and the City of Helsinki.

Finnish Blues Magazine - 41st Annual Volume


Finnish Blues Society to be awarded The Blues Foundation's
KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE (KBA) 2010 Award!

Download the press release (pdf)


BN PROUDLY PRESENTS:


GYAN DOOKIE & TELECASTER COMBO -
20 YEARS AFTER (Blue North BNCD006)

Brand new CD out now. Order it from the Finnish Blues Society!

Also available at:
www.rootscd.com
CrossCut/Bear Family mailorder
Goofin' Records mailorder
Jungle Records mailorder

International payments:

- Europe: by cash in Euros sent to address: Blues News/Finnish Blues Society, Box 257, 00531 Helsinki, Finland (Remember to state your full name and postal address!) or contact us and we'll send you an IBAN invoice.

- USA and other continents (overseas): contact us and we'll inform you how to pay.

>> More information on the CD

Blues News and Blue North Records
are now also on MySpace:

www.myspace.com/bluenorthrecords

Looking for blues/roots concerts in Finland? Check out:

Blues News Gig Guide

 

 

Cover: Georg Schroeter
& Marc Breitfelder
(Photo: Pertti Nurmi)

CURRENT ISSUE BN 6/09 (#240)

Contents:

German & Baltic Blues Challenge ............2 Ellis Hooks (Kari Kempas)...........................4 Wynonie Harris (Juha Jaakola).....................6 Chicago Blues Festival #3 (K. Kempas)...10 The Victorians (Jyrki Ilva)..........................12 R.J. Mischo (Jari Kolari).............................14 Muddy Lee Makkonen (Pirinen - Kallio).......15 Roland Stone (Jarmo Hoppula)..................16 Bluesklassikoiden lähteillä (V. Walamies).21 The Beatles (Aimo Ollikainen)..................22 Tyttöjä tyrkyllä, osa 24 (Juhani Ritvanen)..24 Motown-juhlavuosisatoa (P. Talvenmäki)...29 Yhä jytisee, osa 15 (Juhani Ritvanen).......32 Goofin' Around since 1984 (Mikke Nöjd)....40 Päätoimittajan snadit (Pete Hoppula).........42 Merkillistä meininkiä, osa 3 (J. Ritvanen)...44 CD & DVD -tutkailut......................................47 15. Lucerne Blues Festival (Harri Haka)...66 Blues News from England (N. Darwen)......68   

>> Read more

Altogether 68 pages, mostly in Finnish language.

The material deadline for issue 1/10 is on January 29th

 

BN 6/09 NOW AVAILABLE!

HOJAS BLUES BAND

LIVE AT MYLLYBLUES!

BLUES NEWS IS COMING...

Anthology of Contemporary Finnish Blues

MELLO' HELLO

EDDIE BOYD IN FINLAND

To order the CD's or the magazine, contact: Aarno Alén/FBS

 

 

 

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