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

During a performance with Dire Straits in 1985, Mark Knopfler invited one of his all-time favourite guitarists to join him on ...

Veteran blues musician Tinsley Ellis takes on new territory and strips down, delving into the acoustic blues traditions of ...

Joe Bonamassa’s sprawling centennial tribute keeps unfolding – Vol. III reminds us that the blues is still alive, still ...

Name Shaun Cooper Best known for Bassist of Taking Back Sunday. Current city: Long Beach, NY. Really want to be in Like ...

Timmie Fedell will celebrate her birthday while also retiring — marking the end of an era for Michel’s Record Shop.

Slash, the famed Guns 'N Roses guitarist, had just dropped the blues album and film 'Live at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival.' ...

Featuring audition jams with Jeff Beck and Harvey Mandel, as well as rare tracks and concert recordings, a new expanded ...

Returning to Festival Place on Saturday, Nov. 22, Big Hank Lionhart and his band will bring a different kind of holiday ...

W. C. Handy wrote a little song named Beale Street Blues that set artists like B. B. King, Rufus Thomas, and even Elvis ...

In their place was a fully-fledged 75-minute rock show drawing heavily on the albums Beggar’s Banquet and Let It Bleed, using lighting and theatrics rock audiences had never witnessed before. Terry ...

Morgan Freeman's Symphonic Blues Experience is one of myriad concerts and festivities associated with the annual ...