Here are 16 great Delta blues artists. All are Black. Fifteen are men.
With more than five decades in music, singer and bassist John Lodge has experienced the highs and lows of rock stardom. He relived some of those moments while compiling B Yond, a new retrospective ...
Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks are seasoned blues-rockers who’ve put out more than 20 albums as solo artists and with the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Yet it wasn’t until recently that they truly learned ...
It's late September and the second day of rehearsals for Black 'n da Blues: Stories and Songs from the Arkansas Delta is underway. Performers in the Helena-West Helena-based music and spoken-word show ...
GREENVILLE, Miss. — I recently moved to the heart and soul of the Mississippi Delta, the birthplace of the blues. Signs of this rich music heritage are all around me in this part of the state — the ...
The Moody Blues are known for lush, orchestral arrangements on classic songs like “Nights in White Satin” and “Tuesday Afternoon.” But that’s not how those songs were conceived, explains Justin ...
Ryan Nelson, who goes by Earl on stage, might have made a deal with the Devil in exchange for his guitar chops in blues music. At least that’s what Robert Johnson, who spawned the genre in the 1930s, ...
MARIETTA — The Blues, Jazz and Folk Music Society of Marietta is offering local educational institutions the opportunity to have another Blues in the Schools presentation provided free of charge. This ...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — News 13 has learned through the Artists Music Guild that local Blue's musician Kat Williams has died ...
His brother, like most everyone else at the time, was a huge fan of The Beatles and introduced a young Tracy Lee Nelson to ...
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 ...
It's late September and the second day of rehearsals for Black 'n da Blues: Stories and Songs from the Arkansas Delta is underway. Performers in the Helena-West Helena-based music and spoken-word show ...