NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to jazz musician Sherman Irby about his new show at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, "Birth of the Blues," exploring the origin of the blues and its continued ...

The Baton Rouge Blues Festival is an annual celebration of the city’s native music — Swamp Blues. As a genre, Swamp Blues is ...

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, musical heir to a long line of blues greats from the Mississippi Delta, has been compared to the likes of B.B. King. But while the legendary guitarist is one of Ingram's ...

The 20th Doheny Blues Festival will rock Doheny State Beach in Dana Point this weekend, an anniversary that prompted founder Rich Sherman to consider his legacy. He was inspired to create the Doheny ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The blues is nearly 200 years old and arguably so beloved of a genre that the notion of it requiring innovation could easily be ...

The blues genre has never been totally obsolete. However, in the ever-changing music industry, the genre has seemingly taken a back seat in favor of other types of music. It’s a shame, but it is ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up “People ask ‘why is the National Blues Museum in St. Louis?’ Well ...

For Buddy Guy — a stalwart and staunch defender of the blues — there’s nothing more important than keeping his chosen genre at the forefront of conversation. It comes naturally: Guy is one of ...

When bluesman Marquise Knox was three years old, his uncle gifted him a plastic Mickey Mouse guitar. By the time he was a teenager, the St. Louis native was performing around the city, and was hailed ...