Blues has been called the first truly American music. The colour blue has described melancholy and depression since Elizabethan times, but as a musical form its style was born from the experiences ...

Spread the love The 100 Best Blues Albums of All Time Blues music, with its rich history and profound influence on modern ...

In the early 1920s virtually all American record companies were recording blues material, and they had developed the concept of race records along with other specialized genres of music ...

A blues one-off. Learning his trade in the heart of Bluesland - the Mississippi Delta - Muddy Waters moved to Chicago where his music, tracks like "I Can't Be Satisfied", "Rollin' And Tumblin' Pt.

The structure of blues music is still heard today in lots of different genres of music. Call and response close call and responseWhere one melody is answered by another. is a feature of work songs ...

February 28, 2025 • The iconic voices of female jazz & blues legends Billie Holiday, Phyllis Hyman, Nancy Wilson and Bessie Smith were honored at Aretha's Jazz Café in Detroit for Black History ...

Like jazz, the blues is truly an “all-American music ... of America and zoom to discover a world of smaller music events, genre-specific festivals, and musical points of interest dotted ...

A Southern soul and R&B artist, Bell offers a mélange of old-school soul with a contemporary edge. He is inspired by artists ...

Many activities are on the schedule, including four full days of live blues music. Fans can also tour “Women of the Blues: ...

Musicians Jon and Li Waterman will perform “A Journey through the Roots of American Popular Music” on Wednesday, April 2, from 6:30 to 8 PM in the Hermann Meeting Room ...

Saturday night's featured performance of Lynne Jordan presenting "The Music of Nina Simone." Discussions exploring blues history and the contributions of women to the genre. Tickets for the four ...