The blues musician from Clarksdale, Miss., also talks about his new record label and searching for the next generation of ...

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 ...

Eddie Hope (middle of the back row) with the Royal Sheiks in 1962. Credit: Photo from the Eddie Hope Family Archives/Courtesy of Wienerworld To the casual music listener, blues music may seem like a ...

This weekend’s Black-eyed & Bluesfest is changing things up a bit for its 23rd year of upbeat blues music in downtown Hartford. There will be no Sunday concerts, and the festival will instead begin ...