Born from the spirituals, work songs, and field hollers of African American communities in the Deep South, blues music gave ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Robert Johnson’s music that grabs you by the soul and doesn’t let go. Maybe it’s the rasp in his voice, the haunted slide of his guitar, or the way his lyrics ...

It's easy to play the blues—or at the very least it's easy to learn the basics—but keeping the form fresh and interesting is another matter entirely. Likewise, any beginner can tackle a quiet ballad, ...

The blues-punk power trio Jon Spencer Blues Explosion never disperse from the scene for long, and they regrouped earlier this year for their 10th album Freedom Tower – No Wave Dance Party 2015. These ...

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

Complete Information About Ballads, Blues & Bebop in Cincinnati at Corbett Auditorium. • Jazz Series •BALLADS, BLUES & BEBOPCCM Jazz Lab BandCraig Bailey, music directorFeaturing ballads, modern and ...

THE POWERHOUSE SOUL SINGER REUNITES WITH JOE BONAMASSA ON A MASTERFUL COLLECTION - PRODUCED BY BONAMASSA, JOSH SMITH, ...

German-born roots-music fan Chris Strachwitz founded Arhoolie Records in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1960 — a blues and folk boomtown on the verge of psychedelia. This deluxe-hardback book with four ...

Dead & Company: blues, ballads, and lots of drums for ‘One More Saturday Night’ at Fenway As long as the band’s legacy continues to evolve in some way, shape, or form, there’s no sign that it will be ...

The Blues: highlighting this Afro-American roots art form from its rural country roots to the urban manifestations and regional flavors that encompass the genre. Hosted by Tom Mazzolini. B.B. King ...

Call Brad Mehldau's Blues and Ballads the pianist's "Every Man Set." There has been, from the beginning of Mehldau's career, a sense of the cerebral in his approach, with its classical music ...