Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.

Ma Rainey, born Gertrude Pridgett to a touring minstrel family, shaped blues in the early 20th century blending her ...

Here are 16 great Delta blues artists. All are Black. Fifteen are men.

Kurt Vile, Valerie June and I’m With Her are also all booked to play western Wisconsin’s rootsy campout next June.

Thanks to bands such as The Eagles and Led Zeppelin, these three blues albums from the 1970s are overly slept on.

PAXICO — The Paxico Blues Festival is set to return for its 21st year, bringing top blues musicians to the small town of Paxico on Sept. 20. The festival, which runs from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., is free ...

Blue Ox Music Festival will return to Eau Claire, WI, with a 2026 lineup topped by Charley Crockett, Marcus King Band, and The Dead South.

Led Zeppelin transformed the 1929 blues song by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie into the powerful rock anthem When the ...

GRAPEVINE, Texas – David “Honeyboy” Edwards sits in a chair atop the modest stage at a restored theater in downtown Grapevine, working his slide guitar like few can and singing, almost shouting, the ...

New to the blues? Here’s what you need to know to get you started. Blues music is a genre that grew out of the American dream. Its roots were firmly planted in the New World before it migrated to ...

ST. LOUIS - In celebration of the enduring spirit and impact of blues music - the eponymous genre that gave this hockey team its name back in 1967 - the St. Louis Blues today debuted the opening notes ...