The blues guitar legend Buddy Guy once wrote, “Funny thing about the blues. You play ‘em cause you got ‘em. But when you play ‘em, you lose ‘em. The blues chase the blues away.” That's especially true ...

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 ...

What happened to the profoundly influential blues musician Robert Johnson at a crossroads near Dockery Farms, Mississippi, when he was on his way to seek opportunity in Memphis? Blues legend has it ...