The Austin Blues Society (ABS) is seeking applicants for the 2008 Heart O’ Texas Blues Challenge. Winners of the Heart O’ Texas Blues Challenge will represent the ABS at the International Blues Challenge (IBC), in Memphis, Tennessee, and we are accepting applications NOW! Read on to find out how to enter yourself, your duo, or your band!

This week on Blues At Sunrise, DJ Smokehouse Brown interviews Texas bluesman Rob Roy Parnell. Parnell, the brother of early-90's country star Lee Roy Parnell, has kept his feet firmly planted in Texas blues a la Smokin’ Joe Kubek, Bnois King, and Mike Morgan. Tune in for the lowdown on Parnell's new record, Let's Start Something on Blues Rocket Records.

It all goes down on Blues At Sunrise, this Wednesday June 25th from 7-9 AM on KVRX 91.7 FM and www.kvrx.org.

Steve Gatchet, AKA DJ Daddy-O, will be joining DJ Smokehouse Brown as a special guest from his home in Northern California this morning on Blues At Sunrise. Smokehouse will also be paying tribute to the late great Bo Diddley. It all goes down on KVRX 91.7 FM and www.kvrx.org from 7-9 AM on Wed. 06/04!

Alligator recording artist Marcia Ball, the queen of swamp-blues and boogie woogie piano, will be making a live appearance in the KVRX studios on Blues At Sunrise this Wednesday, April 10, from 8-9 AM. Ball is a Grammy nominee and multiple Blues Award winner, and has a new album out on Alligator titled Peace, Love & BBQ.

Join DJ Smokehouse Brown and Marcia Ball for this great live interview, as well as for a chance to win tickets to see Ball's upcoming show at Antone's on Friday, April 11.