Jazz musician W.C. Handy's bio, concert & touring information, albums, reviews, videos, photos and more.

'W.C. Handy' by David RobertsonW.C. Handy The Life and Times of the Man Who Made the Blues David Robertson Alfred A. Knopf: 304 pp., $26.95 -- It’s one of the most familiar creation myths in the ...

In W. C. Handy, David Robertson, who has previously written a lucid biography of the slave rebel Denmark Vesey, casts overdue light on Handys essential role in establishing the blues as a popular art, ...

W.C. Handy (right) is honored by the National Association of Negro Musicians during a convention in August 1947 at Centennial Christian Church, 4950 Fountain Avenue in St. Louis.

W.C. Handy The Life and Times of the Man Who Made the Blues David Robertson Alfred A. Knopf: 304 pp., $26.95 It’s one of the most familiar creation myths in the American imagination: a lonely ...

Willie Ruff, one of the founders of the W.C. Handy Music Festival, has passed away. Ruff was born in Sheffield in 1931 and said he was inspired by meeting W.C. Handy himself while in second grade. He ...

Why is the W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival in Henderson? The “Father of the Blues” William Christopher Handy spent about 10 years living in Henderson from roughly 1893-1903.