With her latest studio release, Paper Doll, the Kansas City blues rocker bottles the energy of life on the road and goes in ...

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 ...

King — better known as B.B. King — was born on a cotton plantation outside tiny Itta Bena, destined to reign as the ...

Acclaimed for singing and acting in the Oscar-winning movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and winning a Grammy for his work on ...

Blue Moon Marquee and Northern Cree have collaborated on a new album. They say the musical genres work together because they ...

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Arkansas Originals, a newly established nonprofit, has unveiled its inaugural program, the Arkansas River Delta Blues Trail. This heritage initiative aims to preserve and ...

Mamie Smith set the tone for a new century of sound in global music. The Cincinnati native was the first singer to record the blues. It’s the foundational American music form upon which jazz, country, ...