Many modern Blues artists have risen to mainstream fame and notoriety in recent years to the tune of high record sales and international touring, major music media coverage and increased radio play.

The blues stands as a grand musical tradition, rooted in the experience of American slavery, that bears witness to the catastrophic circumstances of individual and collective life. The blues delves ...

Compared to other types of music, it's very authentic -- there ... and that real raw kind of singing. Delta blues grew up into modern Chicago blues. If you listen to Muddy Waters, for example ...

More than any other musician, Muddy Waters transformed the music of the Delta into modern electric blues. His influence was at the heart of English R&B bands such as the Rolling Stones ...

The highly anticipated lineup for the 2025 edition of Austin Blues Festival has been announced, with headliners Mavis Staples and Christone ...