The rock world lost a great with the passing of John Lodge on October 10, 2025. Here are four tracks he spearheaded with The ...

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.

Writer, composer, and producer T.J. Armand has released Happy Hour Blues: Lyrics, Notes & Reflections, the companion book to ...

“I thought it was fitting to rerelease this song because it still resonates. It resonates with people who are out there, struggling and not getting by. We all know it’s reality, and that’s what the ...

We explore where the blues came from and its influence on many modern genres of music. We explore where the blues came from and how it went on to influence many modern genres of music. From Delta ...

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods; it's ...

Rolling Stone named Beyoncé’s “Formation” the greatest music video of all time in 2021. But when it comes to the most influential, first place can arguably go to a clip that isn’t even a proper music ...

The Black Keys are back. The blues-rock band has a new video for “Crawling Kingsnake,” directed by Tim Hardiman and filmed at Jimmy Duck Holmes’ Blue Front Café — the oldest active juke joint in ...

Geordie Greep, the 25-year-old musician striking out on his own after seven years with English avant-rock favorites Black Midi, is sitting in one of Frank Sinatra’s old haunts in New York City, ...

The singer/songwriter is one of the 2024 Kennedy Center honorees. In 1996, Raitt spoke to Fresh Air about about the musicians that inspired her, including Mississippi Fred McDowell. This is FRESH AIR.

For several decades, desert blues was a regional genre little known outside of the Sahara and Sahel. Only in the last 20 years has the genre emerged from the desert and established a musical niche in ...

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 ...