There are more famous cities associated with the history of blues, but only this Texas town can claim to be the lifelong home ...

The youngest band to perform at the recent Baton Rouge Blues Festival, the Juke Joint Juniors feature middle and high school students enrolled in the West Baton Rouge Museum’s Blues After School ...

pt. I. History, Development, and Influence. 1. African Influences: A Pre-history. 2. The New World. 3. Some Highly Musical Places. 4. The Classic Era. 5. Hoodoo ...

Blues music is a soulful genre. It has roots deeply embedded in the Black experience. Blues has long been a powerful expression of the struggles, joys and resilience of Black life in America.

I have been a lover of music for my entire life and this year I wanted to dive deep into music history that helped to shape the genres that we listen to today. The Blues Trail was created in 2006 and ...

“Jacktown USA” explores the rich musical history of Jackson, Mississippi, covering blues, southern soul and other genres. The book features anecdotes and stories from prominent musicians like Benjamin ...

The Atlanta Blues Society won the Keeping the Blues Alive award for 2019 from the Blues Foundation. Its focus is on metro programming and bringing blues fans together.

Chicago is celebrated as a hub of the blues. Memphis, too. And, of course, the Mississippi Delta. But you don't hear as much about Houston, despite its size (the fourth-largest city in the country), ...

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is the co-director of a new documentary about the music of Saturday Night Live over the last 50 years. It's called Ladies & Gentlemen and it's streaming on Peacock. We'll ...

"I think the blues will always be around. People need it," guitar legend Johnny Winter famously said. And his words couldn't be more true than in Mississippi. Blues music has been passed down through ...

Imani Perry (left) is the author of "Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People." Perry recalls how blue first spoke to her through childhood memories of her grandmother’s blue room, ...

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