Issued on the 90th anniversary of Elvis’s birth on Jan. 8, Preston Lauterbach’s “Before Elvis: The African Americans Who Made ...

The Blues Trail was created nearly two decades ago with markers located at significant places that helped shape the genre.

Imani Perry finds room to improvise, to think on the page in what feels like real time. Her work walks a line between ethnography and history.

The African aesthetics in American music can be seen and ... “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” 2021. His music was saturated with the blues, jazz, foot-stomping soul and classical music.

Ma Rainey or as some may call her “The Mother of Blues” was an African American blues singer from Columbus and what used to be her home is now a museum for visitors to tour. Gertrude Pridget o ...

his distinctive trance blues style, and the historical and cultural significance of his work. Taylor shares personal stories about the power of storytelling through music, the African roots of the ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African ... shaped American music and led to the creation of genres such as gospel, blues, jazz, rhythm and ...