It looks like the Wikipedia page for famous blues singer Mamie Smith needs to be updated. New York Times Magazine writer and 2018 Guggenheim Fellow John Jeremiah Sullivan has confirmed that the “Queen ...

The blues is a genre that needs to be experienced live, and these are ten albums which well and truly capture the heart of it ...

Melody Angel plays like its her last gig. That’s because, for years, the singer and guitarist wasn’t sure if her passion would pay off. Even in her hometown, where she applied to play Blues Fest ...

Praised by Living Blues Magazine as “one of the most consistently creative guitarists playing blues today,” Grammy winning musician Steve Freund will perform at the ProArts Playhouse on Sept. 6 with ...

Here & Now host Celeste Headlee speaks with blues singer Shemekia Copeland, who just won the Critics Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album of 2022 by Living Blues Magazine, as well as the magazine's ...

The most memorable live performer I’ve seen this year was Jimmy “Duck” Holmes at the Montreal Jazz Festival on the night of July 2. The wiry country-bluesman, a few weeks shy of 75, sat in a white ...