DeFord Bailey was born on December 14, 1899, and he remains one of the most trailblazing musicians in country music history.

I hope when people hear [this album], they understand that this is a community coming together with a lot of love for our ...

As one of the world’s leading blues remixers, Charlie Beale has developed a signature style that incorporates samples of ...

"Some people think that the blues is 'my baby left me' and long guitar solos, but it's a whole lot deeper than that" ...

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods; it's ...

Second annual event features local and national acts at Waterside Place ...

The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...

Ron Teamer poses next to one of his many electric guitars. The Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival was created as a place for a small group of influential blues artists from northeast Kansas ...

The hangings parted and a great brown woman emerged—she was the size of Fay Templeton in her Weber & Fields days, and she was even garbed similarly, in a rose satin dress, spangled with sequins, which ...

Being called a performer who dedicates their life to their art applies to many musicians, but few truly lived by those words ...

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (WSPA) — A huge blues festival in Western North Carolina is bringing in top musicians and supporting Hurricane Helene relief efforts. The Black Mountain Blues Festival is back for ...