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 ...

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.

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

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

The blues is nearly 200 years old and arguably so beloved of a genre that the notion of it requiring innovation could easily be balked at. That's the intrigue at the crux of the Grammy-winning rise of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists have defined the blues as profoundly as B.B. King. His soulful voice, lyrical storytelling, and ...

Henry Merenda, 61, leads The Blue Henry's, a popular blues band in California's High Desert. The band plays around 150-200 shows annually in the Inland Empire and has two albums on streaming platforms ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Albert Collins, John Lee Hooker, Eric Gales. Caught the blues guitar bug bad but not sure what to listen to next? We’ve got you ...

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 ...

The Ottawa-based musician performing at the City’s Jazz Festival this evening is sort of a jane-of-all-instruments. Angelique Francis is a JUNO-award winning singer, songwriter, band leader and plays ...

A guitar prodigy since his teens, Jonathon Long has a new album that presents him as a complete artist. Now 32, the singer, songwriter and guitarist from Baton Rouge is releasing “Parables of a ...