Blues music is a soulful genre. It has roots deeply embedded in the Black experience. Blues has long been a powerful expression of the struggles, joys and resilience of Black life in America.

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, musical heir to a long line of blues greats from the Mississippi Delta, has been compared to the likes of B.B. King. But while the legendary guitarist is one of Ingram's ...

INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...

Muddy Waters once sang: "the blues had a baby and they named it rock and roll." But it's more than rock… the blues makes a strong case for itself as the most influential sound in American music ...

Binghamton's annual celebration of blues music, Blues on the Bridge, will return for its 23rd year on Sept. 13. The event is held annually on Binghamton's South Washington Street Bridge, where vendors ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — A longtime music festival is returning to Davenport this September. The Mississippi Valley Blues Society's Blues Fest will take place Sept. 19 and Sept. 20. This year's event is a ...

The Alpena County Library will host “An Evening of Pre-War Blues Music,” a musical and historical survey of the Blues from the turn of the 20th Century until World War II. It covers the heavy hitters ...

The blues is ripe with legends and myths, not least the oft-touted claim that W.C. Handy was the father of the blues. But as Darryl. W. Bullock tells it, there is an important tract of blues history ...

His brother, like most everyone else at the time, was a huge fan of The Beatles and introduced a young Tracy Lee Nelson to the band and their music. His early music days were filled with playing punk ...