Mississippi and Mid-South artists Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Eden Brent were among the winners at the 2026 Blues Music ...

Mentorship has always been a huge part of learning how to play blues music. For Selwyn Birchwood, that inspiration and those ...

In addition to the Blues Music Awards, a variety of related events, concerts and film screenings are planned in Memphis.

Taj Mahal’s blues are anything but revivalist or purist. He has recorded with musicians from India, Hawaii, Jamaica, Mali, ...

A Southern blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter from Shreveport has passed away at 73.

Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson is best known as a sideman to Magic Sam and Muddy Waters, but he could tear up a stage all by ...

Muddy Waters once sang: "the blues had a baby and they named it rock and roll." But it's more than rock… the blues makes a strong case for itself as the most influential sound in American music ...

Our picks include Pink’s Curebound Concert for Cures benefit show, ace guitarist Laura Chavez’s album-release concert, the ...

Atlanta is a big enough town that finding a list of a dozen bars offering life-sized jenga and another dozen where bocce ball is close to club sport is easy to do. Yet, if you wanted to make a list of ...

Redd Velvet (born Crystal Tucker) started her career as a classically trained singer. In her early 40s she moved to Memphis and switched to the blues. Danny Clinch It’s a Friday afternoon in Memphis ...