(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists have defined the blues ... the song serves as a masterclass in restraint and soul. It continues to remind listeners of the importance of genuine emotion in music ...

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods ...

Free music is coming to the Malta Community Center on Bayberry Drive this summer. The concerts will be held every Wednesday ...

Mamie Smith made history in February 1920 when she became the first African-American singer to record a blues song, That Thing ... playing “the devil’s music”. Enduring legends took hold ...

Singing is very important in blues music too. The words in blues songs usually explain how the singer is feeling. These feelings are often sad. There are many different instruments used in jazz ...

Tommy Castro and the Painkillers might be more of a contemporary blues band with their original songs, but Castro really ... of the Year at the Blues Music Awards. “I thought, man, I hope ...