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 ...

Multi-instrumentalist and former Sarasota resident Døvydas will return to the area for a homecoming concert Sunday at Big Top ...

Blue Moon Marquee and Northern Cree have collaborated on a new album. They say the musical genres work together because they ...

Nashville, Austin, New Orleans, Chicago, and New York are some of the more notable American locations for music. However, the location that partially gave these places their music: the Mississippi ...

Hoyt Axton contributed some of the most iconic songs of the mid-20th century, in addition to being a prolific recording artist and actor.

Beach bars? Sure, Southwest Florida has plenty of those. Blues bars? Now, that's a much different story but a story worth telling, nonetheless, especially when you are talking about the "World Famous" ...

Leon Thomas earns his first Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit as a recording artist this week with "Mutt." Read his reaction here.

The annual concert that put Bradenton on the map as a blues destination has been permanently discontinued after a 12-year run, organizers say. The Bradenton Blues Festival, held each year in December, ...

*Lawndale, CA – It’s that time of year again when the spotlight shines brightly in the City of Lawndale. The blues community and other music lovers from all walks of life came together for the 12th ...

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Indie-punk group Camp Trash — which has its roots in Sarasota-Manatee, though not all its members live there anymore, and ...