Here are 16 great Delta blues artists. All are Black. Fifteen are men.

Ma Rainey, born Gertrude Pridgett to a touring minstrel family, shaped blues in the early 20th century blending her ...

Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.

While we may think of playing blues as a game for old-timers, the truth is that the future of the blues is in good young hands. Worldwide, the likes of Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Quinn Sullivan, and ...

The blues genre has never been totally obsolete. However, in the ever-changing music industry, the genre has seemingly taken a back seat in favor of other types of music. It’s a shame, but it is ...

Blues Music Magazine calls them “the best little big band in the blues.” On record and on stage, Roomful of Blues—led by master guitarist Chris Vachon for the past 22 years—continues to deliver its ...

The second single from Bibb's forthcoming album is named after Muddy Waters, and he and guitarist Robbie McIntosh put on a ...

MS musicians are 2026 Grammy Award nominees. Jamal Roberts, Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite, Hayley Williams get nods for ...

Donna Herula saw Tony Nardiello “across a crowded room,” or so her story goes. It was 1990 and they were both tutors at Triton College at the time. Herula decided to ask Nardiello to play guitar with ...

The Lakewood Ranch Blues Festival, primed for its second year, has a varied and voluminous history in the region.

Emmy-nominated Asheville musician Kat Williams, known for her appearances on America's Got Talent and The Tonight Show with ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — News 13 has learned through the Artists Music Guild that local Blue's musician Kat Williams has died ...