Born from the spirituals, work songs, and field hollers of African American communities in the Deep South, blues music gave ...

The subgenre of contemporary blues is best defined as one that merges the traditions of blues music (which date back at least to the 1860s) with more modern musical aspects. The Grammy Awards ...

As a supporting guitarist for acts like the Mannish Boys, Lara Price and the late Candye Kane, Laura Chavez has always ...

Blues is a musical tradition with deep roots in Black Southern American history, dating back to the 1860s. In contrast to country music, which the Grammys have only this year divided into categories ...

When one thinks back on the most iconic albums from the 1970s, they likely think of albums by the Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Clapton, and so on. Now, all of the albums created by those ...

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 ...

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 ...

The history of blues music is drenched in melancholy. Merriam-Webster tells us the first known use was in 1741, originating from “blue devils.” So it’s no surprise when some of the most gut-wrenching ...

Even if Eric Clapton was one of the leading voices in heavy music in the 1960s, it only took a couple of years before he was ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - On Thursday night, Music Box Supper Club will become a rockin’, rollicking blues joint as award-winning, singer-songwriter-guitarist Ronnie Baker Brooks and band command the club’s ...