At 89, Buddy Guy is a vital link to the roots of an entire genre. He’s also just plain vital, with a key role in this year's 'Sinners' ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Australian Music Prize 80-year-old Walmatjarri elder and blues musician Kankawa Nagarra ...

There remain substantial audiences for the blues, traditional R&B and soul music, and these artists have an enormous influence on new music, even though they no longer have songs in the Top 40 and ...

INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...

MACON, Ga. — On May 15, 1945, a Macon blues artist was born. His name is Robert Lee Coleman. Coleman says when he was young, he would watch his stepdad play the guitar. He says his stepdad was the ...

Muddy Waters once sang: "the blues had a baby and they named it rock and roll." But it's more than rock… the blues makes a strong case for itself as the most influential sound in American music ...

The hangings parted and a great brown woman emerged—she was the size of Fay Templeton in her Weber & Fields days, and she was even garbed similarly, in a rose satin dress, spangled with sequins, which ...