The event included a presentation on the history of protest music and a break-down of the symbolism in Kendrick Lamar’s ...

With more than 40 albums, three Grammy nominations and countless Blues Foundation awards to his name, Eric Bibb releases his ...

Imani Perry’s impressionistic “Black in Blues” finds shades of meaning — beautiful and ugly — in art, artifacts, music, fashion and more. By Alexandra Jacobs When you purchase an ...

New music has swung fruitfully ... The Rolling Stones, amping up US blues, weren't far behind, with The Who and The Kinks also adding a unique Englishness. In the mid-Sixties the drugs hit - LSD sent ...

Music is more than sound—it’s healing, connection, and history. Discover how it influences emotions, relationships, and even ...

People don't think about the blues scale in the right way, and it's ruining their jazz solos. Improvisation can't simply be thought of in terms of "a scale" and have imagination, soul and meaning.

Memphis and Shelby County formally affirmed their “sister city” relationship with a longtime cultural ally, Porretta Terme, a village in Italy.

Feb. 28th, award-winning national blues artist and Blues Music Award nominee Gabe Stillman and his band will return to the Spire Center for Performing Arts.

"Reggae is more freeform than the blues. But more important, reggae is for everyone – and we hope we can help everyone with ...

Beyoncé winning the best country album Grammy with Cowboy Carter forces us to face our fixation with ‘genre’ – and rightly so ...

Though it may be a recent phenomenon, it has accumulated much meaning as a descriptor ... between “black” and “blue” with blues music—the backbone of U.S. popular music, a ready-made ...

The new spot at Jefferson Boulevard and South Niles Avenue is among a growing number of dining and entertainments spots in ...