Join us on a musical journey through Black history, celebrating the evolution of spirituals, blues, jazz, soul, and hip-hop, ...

Black country, folk and blues musicians have always been vital to the genres' very American, very long legacies. The all-powerful Beyoncé, with her latest album, "Cowboy Carter," has shined a ...

As record executives and chart managers played catch-up, Black artists filled a pivotal role in shaping new styles and genres, including blues, soul, doo-wop, and the first experiments with a ...

But the vast majority of African American recording artists, especially blues and gospel singers, sold almost entirely within the black community. If there hadn't been race records, much of this ...

First, let us look at those black musicians who have gained recognition in this revival of an interest among whites for listening to, and playing, the Blues. There are the familiar names like B.

showcased veteran Black blues musicians who performed in the first half of the 20th century but spent their latter years unrecognized and without the financial rewards reaped by the white rockers ...

Musicians from Belfast and Glasgow moved to ... a new kind of blues music — entirely influenced by the authentic black blues of the USA, and, for the most part, entirely ignored by the good ...