In the summer of 2019, when blues musician Vanessa Collier made her first appearance at the Creekside Blues and Jazz Festival in Gahanna, she still remembers the lively response from the crowd. “They ...
As logical humans, we know this is objectively true: Music doesn’t have a temperature. And yet as emotional humans, we also know weather has vibes and warm weather universally = blues music. So this ...
As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...
New to the blues? Here’s what you need to know to get you started. Blues music is a genre that grew out of the American dream. Its roots were firmly planted in the New World before it migrated to ...
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 ...
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Dion, guitar great Robert Cray, roots music star Rhiannon Giddens and R&B ace Bobby Rush are among the wide array of artists nominated for the 2021 Blues Music Awards. Presented ...
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 ...
KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Hot Kansas City summers are giving way to cool jazz nights, as the 2006 Kansas City Music Blues & Jazz Festival takes shape. Show organizers have signed the legendary Bo Diddley to ...
Ryan Coogler's latest film, "Sinners," a spicy cinematic gumbo of African American folk tale, painful racial history and vampire horror starring Michael B. Jordan, has bolted out of the box-office ...
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 ...
Most people have never heard of Gnawa. Originally you weren't supposed to. For centuries, the music was only played in secret ceremonies by enslaved Black Africans brought to Morocco. Gnawa—an ...