Joan Gand: Leading the Chicago Women in the Blues

  The Ship and Shore Blues Festival is honored to have the Chicago Women in the Blues band grace the stage this August. The band was created and organized by keyboardist Joan Gand and her husband Gary in 2011, and includes some of the best female blues artists from the …

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Donna Herula: The Electric Slide Guitar

  Donna Herula has slayed blues audience around the world for over twenty years. Her weapon of choice: the electric slide guitar. This August she will be wowing the Ship and Shore Blues Festival crowd with her blazing hot twist on traditional Delta blues. iRock Jazz spoke with Donna Herula …

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