As one of the world’s leading blues remixers, Charlie Beale has developed a signature style that incorporates samples of archival blues tracks with electronic beats. Beale is one of the world’s few ...

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With this year’s Blues on Belgrade, set for Saturday on lower North Mankato’s main street, Jake Downs is again showing that persistence pays off. Band schedules don’t always work out for them to play ...