NPR's Eric Deggans speaks with musician and composer Jon Batiste about his new album, "Beethoven Blues," in which he riffs on classical favorites. On his new album, "Beethoven Blues," pianist, ...

The second single from Bibb's forthcoming album is named after Muddy Waters, and he and guitarist Robbie McIntosh put on a ...

Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.

Listen to an imagined set list for a supernatural juke joint featuring Albert King, Outkast, Cécile McLorin Salvant and more. By James Thomas I’m James, a software engineer with The New York Times’s ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A new take on Wynton Marsalis’s “Blues Symphony,” a piano cycle by Gregory Spears and Rosa Feola’s solo debut are among the highlights. Detroit ...

Here are 16 great Delta blues artists. All are Black. Fifteen are men.

New Orleans singer-songwriter Sabine McCalla releases her first full-length album, 'Don't Call Me Baby,' on Nov. 7. The record is rooted in New Orleans rhythm and blues but blended with a range of ...

DURAND — Dan Callan reminisced about the origins of Blues on the Chippewa as the event prepares for its 18th anniversary. Callan, a member of the Bear Creek Band, is a board member of both Blues on ...

Victor Wainwright seems like he was destined to be a blues musician, since both his father and grandfather were musicians playing the blues. But he’s actually had quite a well-rounded background, ...