The composer and musician Raphael Saadiq, nominated for best score and best song at the Oscars this year, talk to THR about ...

New to the blues? Here’s what you need to know to get you started. Blues music is a genre that grew out of the American dream. Its roots were firmly planted in the New World before it migrated to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the most influential blues musicians of all time, Howlin’ Wolf stands in a league of his ...

Rooted in the Mississippi Delta, the blues sprang from spiritual music and field hollers, spinning a cultural thread that followed the Great Black Migration from South to North.

Many landmark moments in rock history have resulted from artists updating the blues. And 1967 proved to be an especially ...

Kevin Burt, a member of the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame and International Blues Challenge overall winner, entertains the audience ...

One of the biggest misconceptions about blues music is that the genre is all about doom and gloom. Naturally, many blues songs feature lyrics about being down in the dumps, love lost, and heartbreak.

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

Credit: Fin Costello/Redferns A cassette featuring a recording of an Ozzy Osbourne rehearsal from 1980 has been discovered in ...