John Cephas and Phil Wiggins were modern ambassadors of a fingerpicking regional acoustic blues style developed mainly in ...

When Sunnyland Slim Tells You to Take Route 66, You Should Take Route 66 ### The great blues guitarist Mike Bloomfie ...

Mississippi and Mid-South artists Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Eden Brent were among the winners at the 2026 Blues Music ...

Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson is best known as a sideman to Magic Sam and Muddy Waters, but he could tear up a stage all by ...

Blues icon and world music pioneer Taj Mahal will be headlining the Chicago Blues Festival this June. Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band will perform the night of Sunday, June 7, at 7 p.m. at the ...

A US Army Special Operations veteran named Courtney Williams is facing federal charges for allegedly transmitting classified military tactics and procedures to journalist Seth Harp for his 2025 book ...

The oldest juke joint in Mississippi, and perhaps the whole of the U.S., is still keeping the blues alive 78 years after first opening its doors. The historic Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, owned by ...

TUNICA, Miss. (Amazing America) — Created by the Mississippi Blues Commission in 2006, the Mississippi Blues Trail highlights the most notable sites involved in the birth, growth, and influence of ...

PHONE. EARLIER TONIGHT IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH, EMERGENCY CREWS RESPOND TO A UNUSUAL CALL AT POINT STATE PARK. RIVER RESCUE RESPONDED WITH POLICE TO HELP A MAN WHO ENDED UP IN THE RIVER. THIS HAPPENED ...

2025 really gave John Popper the runaround. As he reveals in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, a series of health mishaps nearly killed him this year, multiple times — but he’s made it ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Blues are back at LeClaire Park in Davenport for the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival. The festival was canceled last year after rainouts in 2022 and 2023 left the Mississippi ...

If you ask James Montgomery if he remembers playing the Shaboo inn in Willimantic back in the day — the legendary local club that closed in 1982 — he’ll hem and haw and scratch his head and say “The ...