The blues was the foundation of early rock and roll, and these albums from the 1970s were classic examples of the genre.

Once one starts to look for it, blue is everywhere. It’s embedded in modern English language (“true blue,” “I’m feeling so ...

The first thing that you have to accept when you write a book about early blues music, Dr. Gregg Kimball says, is that you’ll never solve the mystery of it all. “We just dont ...

In this book, celebrated author Imani Perry uses ... The fundamentally American art form of blues music, sitting at the crossroads of pain and pleasure. The blue flowers Perry plants to honour ...

in music (the blues) and in history (from the ... Perry writes in her new book "Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People.” “What makes it mournful and hopeful and Black?” ...