Like most music, the blues was not a sudden spontaneous inspiration. Rather, it is a progression of musical styles that ...

Blues music was born in the Mississippi River delta, a pivotal event in American music history. You can visit the place ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. A still from 'The Blues Society.' Mention the historic music festivals ...

ST. LOUIS — In February of 1997, Jim Woodcock’s first assignment in his new job with the St. Louis Blues was getting players out of the red diagonally striped uniforms and into a new classical look.

The blues is ripe with legends and myths, not least the oft-touted claim that W.C. Handy was the father of the blues. But as Darryl. W. Bullock tells it, there is an important tract of blues history ...

Want your band featured? contact [email protected]. The Vail Valley is teeming with local music, but what the music scene isn’t teeming with, is blues music. With bluegrass and rock groups all over ...

Louisville's largest free street music festival, Garvin Gate Blues Festival, returns on Saturday, Oct. 12 in a new location. Gaines will perform her new record "Tanita Gaines and the Gospel and Blues ...

Ryan Coogler's latest film, "Sinners," a spicy cinematic gumbo of African American folk tale, painful racial history and vampire horror starring Michael B. Jordan, has bolted out of the box-office ...

Warning: This essay contains spoilers for the film Sinners. Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan as the twins Smoke and Stack, who have returned to Clarksdale, Miss., intent on opening a juke joint after ...