Burger King wanted to pay blues legend Mose Allison a huge sum for one day’s work. His response? “I ain’t singing about no ...

There's a song written by the jazz singer Billy Eckstine with Sid Kuller called "Blues, the Mother of Sin" that has always ...

Lyrics about a severely injured World War I ... Göransson’s life after growing up with a father that loved Delta blues. “Me and him were kind of destined to link up, and to have the ...

For Ms. Vee, blues isn’t just music; it’s a living history. It’s also a battle. Being a Black blues artist in a predominantly ...

“I’m listening to the lyrics and he’s telling all these ... They lead him back in time to Delta blues forerunners Charley Patton and Skip James among others. “Oh, I can do something ...

The scene is a stunning introduction to Miles Caton's prodigious abilities, both as an actor playing the movie's burgeoning Delta blues guitarist ... Combing the lyrics for clues substantiating ...

Delta blues is widely considered the original ... I remembered something Holmes had told me. “For some reason, blues lyrics are labeled as hard times—lonesome, poor, poverty,” he said.

At last year’s E-Town Shakedown Music and Art Fest in Eaton, after a performance from Tyler Michael Walton & The Mayflower Satchel, the Primetime Blues Band took the stage to headline the second ...