There’s music in the air across Macon Saturday with not one but two free outdoor events: the first-ever All Blues Music and Arts Revival and the 20th Jazz and Arts on Riverdale. Music starts at 1 p.m.
Here are 16 great Delta blues artists. All are Black. Fifteen are men.
Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.
A local festival brought the rhythm and soul of blues music back to Macon on Saturday, giving people a chance to kick back and take in the Southern tradition. Dozens gathered on the lawn of the Mill ...
The Blues Foundation has rescinded Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s 2021 Blues Music Awards nomination for Best Blues/Rock Artist. According to a statement from the organization, the decision was made over ...
Before Junior Wells became an icon of Chicago blues, with his outrageous pimp-inspired outfits and self-conscious vocal tics, he was an eager young Sonny Boy Williamson protégé who played a mean harp ...
May 30—McINTOSH, Minn. — Little Bobby's Bar and Grill will host the "Women of the Blues Festival 2024" on Friday and Saturday, May 31-June 1, in McIntosh. The free event, featuring the Laurie Morvan ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Fronted by guitarist Conrad Warre -who headlined at CBGB's and toured with the Joe ...
Most people have never heard of Gnawa. Originally you weren't supposed to. For centuries, the music was only played in secret ceremonies by enslaved Black Africans brought to Morocco. Gnawa—an ...