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Born from the spirituals, work songs, and field hollers of African American communities in the Deep South, blues music gave ...

His cover of Hoochie Coochie Man went viral, but Burnham is blowing minds with his fretwork – and a sound referencing the ...

Forward motion defines Popovic's work. Across a catalog spanning two-plus decades, she has consistently blended blues with ...

The musician is known for his blend of soulful ballads and explosive guitar work.

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, musical heir to a long line of blues greats from the Mississippi Delta, has been compared to the likes of B.B. King. But while the legendary guitarist is one of Ingram's ...

Live blues music is even better outdoors in the summertime. Folks definitely understood that at the old Maxwell Street Market, which became a grassroots hot spot for the blues before World War II.

Matt "Guitar" Murphy, who died Friday, was best known as Aretha Franklin's soul food chef husband and band guitarist in 1980's 'The Blues Brothers.' By Mitchell Peters, Billboard Matt “Guitar” Murphy, ...

Two blues enthusiasts an ocean apart spent nearly two decades collaborating on a book they envisioned as the definitive history of the blues in Texas. Robert “Mack” McCormick was a Houston-based ...

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

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