With “traditional” blues as their foundation, some artists and educators working to introduce the music to the next ...

For artists like Matt Schofield, Eric Gales, Shemekia Copeland, Jeff Taylor, and D.K. Harrell, blues is more than a genre; it’s inheritance, influence, and life itself. In an exclusive interview with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The blues is nearly 200 years old and arguably so beloved of a genre that the notion of it requiring innovation could easily be ...

For nearly 30 years, Berks Jazz Fest not only has brought the best jazz musicians to the Reading area, but it has often strayed into blues music with artists who straddled the styles. But in its third ...

Phoenix’s mix of desert isolation and Southwestern stubbornness has given rise over the years to a diverse musical landscape: Punk, metal, cumbia, alt-rock, jazz, and soul all thrive here. But the ...

A new mural project in Deep Ellum aims to shine a light on Dallas’ influence over the Blues music genre by highlighting some of the city’s own. Entertainment is Deep Ellum’s claim to fame, and people ...

The Austin Blues Festival returns to Waterloo Park, honoring Antone's long-standing influence while bringing the community together through music, history and shared cultural space.

The Ottawa-based musician performing at the City’s Jazz Festival this evening is sort of a jane-of-all-instruments. Angelique Francis is a JUNO-award winning singer, songwriter, band leader and plays ...

The 20th Doheny Blues Festival will rock Doheny State Beach in Dana Point this weekend, an anniversary that prompted founder Rich Sherman to consider his legacy. He was inspired to create the Doheny ...

Growing up on a sharecropper’s farm in Mississippi, Chicago blues musician John Primer lived in a wooden shack without running water and shared a bed with his cousins. Those hardships turned into ...

Black lives do matter. As heart-wrenching as it was, slavery built this country into the economic power known today. Over the years, numerous contributions were made from African American ingenuity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 14—NESCOPECK — Briggs Farm Blues Festival celebrates 28 years of festival fun July 10, 11, and 12 in Briggsville!