Harmonica player and vocalist Mark Wenner from Washington, D.C.-based blues and roots rock band The Nighthawks speaks with Carlos Benjamin about the band's new EP, upcoming performance at the Blast Furnace Blues Festival in Bethlehem, and celebrating the band's 51st anniversary.

Neil Hever talks with Lehigh Valley blues singer Bev Conklin as she prepares to perform with BC Blue at the 2023 Blast Furnace Blues Festival. Bev discusses what makes the festival so special to her.

Lehigh Valley guitarist and singer Doug Ashby from Lehigh Valley blues rock joins WDIY's Bill Dautremont-Smith ahead of the band's set at this year's Musikfest. They discuss the band and listen to some tracks off Tavern Tan's albums including 2020's Tandemic.

Check out photos from the 14th Blues, Brews & Barbecue festival which took place in downtown Allentown on Saturday, July 23, 2022 with music from Mr. Sipp, Veronica Lewis, the Groove Merchants, and more.

"Lil' Ed" Williams of Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials talks with WDIY's Neil Hever about his unlikely job cleaning cars during the pandemic lockdown, and his return to headlining festivals — including the the Blast Furnace Blues Festival in Bethlehem on Sunday, July 24, 2022.

Host John Dodds welcomes John Ernesto, General Manager of the Boscov's Berks Jazz Fest, for another update about next month's events, running from April 1-10 in venues throughout Reading, PA. This time, the focus is on what the festival will be offering for fans of the blues!

In 2014, host Ryan Gottlieb interviewed artists like Robert Randolph, Derek Trucks, and Michael Favinger. Listen to highlights from Ryan's Blues Cruise…

Guitar virtuoso Derek Trucks joined host Ryan Gottlieb on Blues Cruise to discuss his three-night run at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA, Dec. 4 - 6,…

Robert Randolph--pedal-steel guitarist and leader of Robert Randolph and the Family Band--joins Ryan Gottlieb to chat about their Saturday, Nov. 8th show…

PA Blues Festival 2014: A Perfect Lineupby Charles JamesThe music flowed nearly non-stop over three days at this year’s PA Blues Festival at Blue Mountain…