Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The recent passing of the 'godfather of British blues', John Mayall, marks the closing of an extraordinary chapter in British ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When most people think of historic Black female recording artists, these and other iconic singers likely come to mind. But ...

The next installment of Rochester Institute of Technology’s Performing Artists Concert Series takes its listeners on a nostalgic journey tracing the history of blues music. “Blues Got You: From the ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The National Blues Museum will close its doors after nearly a decade of preserving the history of the music genre and providing a stage for musicians. It opened in ...

The Ridgefield Library continues its Ridgefield Folk series Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m., with acclaimed guitarist and music historian Joey Leone who will present, “The History of Blues in America,” an ...

You may think this music was created by poor, broke-down black men in the American South, partic,ularly the fertile cotton plantations and ramshackle surroundings known as the Mississippi Delta. You ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...