Robert Thomas, Dylan Holloway and Jimmy Snuggerud made up the Blues' best line, if not the NHL's. An encore performance is vital this season.

Blues is a musical tradition with deep roots in Black Southern American history, dating back to the 1860s. In contrast to country music, which the Grammys have only this year divided into categories ...

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What can warm a blues fan’s heart more than two full days of stellar blues? How about if those two full days can be enjoyed in air-conditioned comfort and not in the uncomfortable temps - and chance ...

Working from archives and private collections, engineers restored notes and uncovered previously unheard details for a compilation that displays Rainey’s wide-ranging impact. By Emma Madden Before ...

The blues is ripe with legends and myths, not least the oft-touted claim that W.C. Handy was the father of the blues. But as Darryl. W. Bullock tells it, there is an important tract of blues history ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to jazz musician Sherman Irby about his new show at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, "Birth of the Blues," exploring the origin of the blues and its continued ...