Blues and the Spirit III

The Blues and the Spirit Symposium was destined for success when, on the first night of the first symposium in the spring of 2008, a welcome reception with live music by Chicago bluesman Larry Taylor spontaneously erupted into an all-out jam session. Two years later, a sold-out crowd of music and history scholars and fans commemorated the centennial of Howlin’ Wolf’s birth and the 40th anniversary of Living Blues magazine at the second symposium in 2010.

At this spring’s Blues and the Spirit III: A Symposium on Race, Gender and the Blues, participants will hear from an eclectic group of young scholars, prominent musicologists, writers, musicians and industry leaders, as well be treated to two nights of first-class Chicago blues at popular area blues clubs. The hours of 4 p.m. on Friday, May 18, into the wee hours of Sunday, May 20, will be jam-packed with keynote addresses, panel presentations, awards and of course, spectacular blues music.

To register and learn more, go to dom.edu/blues.