The days are getting shorter and the weather colder, so some of us get in a SAD funk. It's known that music can help improve ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival is getting the national spotlight as it competes in a USA TODAY reader contest for the best music festivals in the country. While the ...

PAXICO — The Paxico Blues Festival is set to return for its 21st year, bringing top blues musicians to the small town of Paxico on Sept. 20. The festival, which runs from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., is free ...

When B.B. King passed away in 2015 at the age of 89, he left behind a challenge. “Do what you can to keep the blues alive,” he often told those who crossed his path. Today, on what would have been ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Smithsonian curator John Troutman and blues musician Dom Flemons about the new folk music album, Playing for the Man at the Door. DOM FLEMONS: This is a collection that ...