Selwyn Birchwood is one of the headliners of Maitland Jazz and Blues Festival Credit: Photo courtesy Selwyn Birchwood/Facebook Maitland Jazz and Blues Festival returns for another year this weekend ...

In the mid-1800s, a German harmonica manufacturer named Hohner started exporting his product to North America. Being relatively inexpensive, relatively easy to play and extremely portable, the ...

Jazz and blues are often treated as one and the same — but how did one end up taking over and surpassing the other, ushering in the jazz age? That's a subject of an upcoming HBO biopic, called Bessie, ...

“The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.

Blues and jazz continue to play a key role in the musical history of the Detroit area, even as other music takes over the mainstream scene. The downtown area's fabulous blues clubs bring the best of ...

Samantha Fish will headline the 2025 Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival on Aug. 16. The Grammy-nominated blues guitarist is one of five acts in the lineup announced Thursday. Admission is free for the ...