Looking at the importance of blues pioneer Ma Rainey, who pioneered LGBTQ+ representation in music during the 1920s through ...

Rokia Traoré began releasing music in the 1990s and has had a varied output that draws from all of the disparate traditions of Mali’s musical history.

After 150 years as Dallas’ cultural cradle, Deep Ellum remains marvelously multifaceted, a mythical place where dreams die or ...

A Marion County natice has been nominated for a Grammy for their contribution to a contemporary blues album.Michael Finkley ...

But despite all his preparation, Devereux was skeptical when he first saw an ad for what was billed as Blues Brothers Con — a daylong gathering and concert for fans of the music side project started ...

and in the past two decades has honed his skills to become one of the preeminent young blues artists of his generation. He went through what he called “the typical teenage music obsessions ...

Labels were not interested in anything but blues from artists such as Broonzy, despite the fact that his shows also featured Tin Pan Alley ‘standards’ alongside folk and even pop songs.

John Lennon once revealed he was "self-conscious" about imitating an iconic blues legend's vocal style too closely.

Gambit's new music mix for November 2024 includes songs by Loose Cattle, Jon Batiste, David Shaw, Zita, BJ So Cole, Whisper ...

Most Chicago blues musicians I’ve known have had a formidable sense of humor born of resilience and, not infrequently, a ...

Block chooses "Terraplane Blues" over "Traveling Riverside Blues" to cover ... In comparison with the other artists in the Mentor Series, one might ask who Bukka White is. Do you remember the song ...

Blind Gary Davis, also known as Reverend Gary Davis, was a towering figure in the world of American music. Born in 1896, ...