Rooted in the Mississippi Delta, the blues sprang from spiritual music and field hollers, spinning a cultural thread that followed the Great Black Migration from South to North.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - On Thursday night, Music Box Supper Club will become a rockin’, rollicking blues joint as award-winning, singer-songwriter-guitarist Ronnie Baker Brooks and band command the club’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original ...

Mid-South artists John Németh, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Charlie Musselwhite were among the winners at the annual Blues Music Awards (BMA) on Thursday night. The 44th edition of the BMA honors — ...

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Dion, guitar great Robert Cray, roots music star Rhiannon Giddens and R&B ace Bobby Rush are among the wide array of artists nominated for the 2021 Blues Music Awards. Presented ...

This Friday night World Records welcomes to its stage an artist who changed the course of music history in America: Curtis Salgado. If you are among the many millions who own a copy of the debut Blues ...

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 ...

For Black History Month, we're sharing stories of overlooked entertainment trailblazers: those who made great strides and historic contributions to film, TV, music, literature and more. When most ...

WHEELING, W.Va. — The 24th Annual Heritage Music BluesFest is set to take center stage at Heritage Port, promising an unforgettable experience for blues enthusiasts. The three-day festival founded by ...

The Strokes took home the Grammy award for best rock album for The New Abnormal on Sunday, beating out the likes of Grace Potter and Sturgill Simpson and marking the influential garage rock band’s ...

The Blues Foundation has rescinded Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s 2021 Blues Music Awards nomination for Best Blues/Rock Artist. According to a statement from the organization, the decision was made over ...

INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...