Ozark Blues Society kicks off 2026 with its annual Bound for Beale fundraiser to send regional hopefuls to the final rounds ...

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 ...

Not a lot of groups employ spoons as a musical instrument, but Dawn Lepere of LeFever has quite a knack for playing them. “Dawn’s dad is a great spoons player, and he would break them out at a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Buddy Guy turned 87 on tour. It’s his final world tour, hence the title “Damn Right, Farewell Tour.” Guy has said he’ll keep playing guitar until his hands can’t hold it, but his ...

DURAND — Dan Callan reminisced about the origins of Blues on the Chippewa as the event prepares for its 18th anniversary. Callan, a member of the Bear Creek Band, is a board member of both Blues on ...

Growing up in the 1950s and 60s, Pamela Rose knew she wanted to sing the blues. Every song she heard in that genre spoke to her in powerful ways. "That's the music I grew up on," she says today. "I ...

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is the co-director of a new documentary about the music of Saturday Night Live over the last 50 years. It's called Ladies & Gentlemen and it's streaming on Peacock. We'll ...

ST. LOUIS - In celebration of the enduring spirit and impact of blues music - the eponymous genre that gave this hockey team its name back in 1967 - the St. Louis Blues today debuted the opening notes ...

Nominees for the blues world’s top honors have been announced. Presented by the Memphis-based Blues Foundation, the Blues Music Awards “honor the past year’s exceptional achievements in blues music ...

Chicago blues queen Shemekia Copeland and Mississippi guitar ace Christone "Kingfish" Ingram were among the big winners at the 42nd annual Blues Music Awards on Sunday. The awards — presented by the ...

Bay Area playwright, vocalist and educator Pamela Rose is thrilled to be bringing her acclaimed musical "Blues Is a Woman" to San Francisco's Peninsula for the first time. About a decade ago, she had ...