Interview with the Pros – Junior and Sugar – Big City Rhythm and Blues Magazine
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Making a Scene Presents an Interview with the Pros – Junior and Sugar of Big City Rhythm and Blues Magazine
You would think that it would be unusual for a web magazine to interview the publishers of another magazine. But, Big City Rhythm and Blues Magazine is celebrating 25 years of print, which is an amazing accomplishment in a world where print magazines are disappearing and going digital. They have found a way to make it economically viable as well as be a valuable voice in the world of Blues and Roots music. In this world of the Pandemic Shutdown, this is more important than ever! Big City Rhythm and Blues is one of only two print magazines that cover blues as a genre!
Junior and Sugar are more than business partners. They are partners in life as both Husband and wife, but also share a kidney! Sugar donated one her kidneys for junior when he needed a transplant.
We talk to Junion and Sugar about the passion it has taken to bring Big City Rhythm and Blues to the newstand every month. We discuss the future of the blues and the music business in general as we move through this Pandemic Shutdown. This is an inspiring story of true survivors following their passion!
Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine is being sold and distributed by Ingram across the country at bookstores our distributor has them in all 50 states and has done so for over 25 years! We also allow a percentage of magazines to be “comped” at certain musical events and venues for example at these distribution points:
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruises (The Caribbean),
Buddy Guy’s Legends (Chicago),
Chicago B.L.U.E.S., Kingston Mines (Chicago),
Rosa’s Lounge (Chicago), Reggie’s (Chicago, IL),
Motor Row (Chicago, IL),
Slippery Noodle (indianapolis, IN),
Antone’s Records (Austin, TX),
Delta Blues Museum (Clarksdale, MS),
Deak’s Harp Emporium (Clarksdale, MS),
The Shack Up Inn (Clarksdale, MS),
The Ark (Ann Arbor,MI),
Guy Hollerin’s (Ann Arbor, MI),
Encore Records (Ann Arbor, MI),
PJ’s Lager House (Detroit, MI),
Dearborn Music (Dearborn, MI),
New York Bagel (Ferndale, MI),
Berts Warehouse (Detroit, MI),
Northern Lights (Detroit, MI),
Third Man Records (Detroit, MI),
Bubba’s Blues Corner (Helena, AR),
Louisiana Music Factory (New Orleans, LA),
C.C’s Coffeehouse (New Orleans, LA),
Kermit’s Mother-in-Law Lounge (New Orleans, LA),
The Little Gem Theatre (New Orleans, LA),
Rock N Bowl (New Orleans, LA),
BJ’s (New Orleans, LA),
Luizza’s (New Orleans, LA),
Backstreet Cultural Museum (New Orleans, LA),
BB’s Lawnside BBQ (Kansas City, MO),
St. George Country Store (Delaware),
Blind Willie’s (Atlanta, Ga),
Northside Tavern (Atlanta, GA),
BB Kings (NYC) Daddy Jacks (New London, CT)
Laundromat Bar (Morristown, NJ),
Stanhope House (Stanhope, NJ),
Bitter End (NYC), 12 Grapes (NYC),
Knuckledown (Madison, WI),
Anotyne Coffee Roasting (Madison, WI),
Mamies (Milwaukee, WI)
many venues distributed by blues societies across the country plus at Blues Festivals and concerts such as at the
Tampa Bay Blues Festival,
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival,
Blues Music Awards,
Deak Harp’s Mississippi Saxophone Festival,
Juke Joint Festival,
Chicago Blues Festival,
Blues on the Fox (Aurora, IL),
Greeley Blues Festival,
Mississippi Valley Blues Festival,
Cincy Blues Festival and many others.
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