Blues music is a soulful genre. It has roots deeply embedded in the Black experience. Blues has long been a powerful expression of the struggles, joys and resilience of Black life in America.

Long before her six Grammy nominations and her signature 1973 hit “Midnight at the Oasis,” a young Maria Muldaur was befriended by a pioneering blues singer-songwriter named Victoria Spivey. A ...

A jam-packed week of new music releases includes a salute to one of the country’s most venerable blues venues, the return of a visionary British jazz-rap troupe and with new titles from the likes of ...

In the nearly six decades since Roomful of Blues was founded in 1967, upwards of 55 members have passed through its ranks. But in all that time, save for a three-month stint, Texas-born Lou Ann Barton ...

Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram has announced he’s launching a new label specifically for blues and blues-influenced artists. Red Zero is named after two of the earliest places Ingram played in Clarksdale ...

Long Beach is getting a bit of the blues this summer, and that’s a good thing for fans of the musical genre. With a lineup of more than 20 acts, the New Blues Festival is taking place at Shoreline ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The first Black radio station owner in Tennessee, the first woman to start her own record company, and a blues legend were among six people inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of ...