(ThyBlackMan.com) Few musicians have reshaped the sound of modern music as profoundly as Miles Davis. As a visionary trumpeter, composer, and bandleader, Davis revolutionized jazz multiple times over ...

The rock world is mourning the loss of The Moody Blues’ Mike Pinder. The founding keyboardist passed away on Wednesday, April 24, at age 82. Pinder was a member of the popular British group from its ...

Buddy Guy is one of the most talented living blues players, and his influence on the genre (especially the Chicago blues) has left a mark that is still felt today. It’s not surprising all that newer, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I think about the roots of blues music—the raw honesty, the pain wrapped in poetry, the joy carved out of hardship—I think of Ma Rainey. Her voice was more than a sound; it was ...

Looking at the rich musical taste of actor, comedian, and former Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd, stretching from Otis Redding to ...

“I thought it was fitting to rerelease this song because it still resonates. It resonates with people who are out there, struggling and not getting by. We all know it’s reality, and that’s what the ...

Luther Dickinson's concept for Dead Blues is not all that implausible. After all, in the earliest days of the Grateful Dead, blues constituted a healthy ...

“Sinners,” Ryan Coogler’s newest film, supposes that music has the power to conjure spirits past, present and evil. It’s a compelling hook, one that leads the story’s heroes, including Michael B.