Shemekia Copeland has a distinctive voice. The Washington Post called her, “the greatest blues singer of her generation,” and the Chicago Tribune called her, “the greatest blues vocalist working today ...

Blues legend Bessie Smith’s tombstone (ironically, purchased by singer Janis Joplin just before her own death) declares, “The greatest blues singer in the world will never stop singing.” Smith may be ...

The subgenre of contemporary blues is best defined as one that merges the traditions of blues music (which date back at least to the 1860s) with more modern musical aspects. The Grammy Awards ...

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Discover the best jazz and blues music venues in Nashville, plus the details of upcoming jazz concerts.

Along with the millions of people who’ve seen it, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram liked what he saw and heard in Sinners, this year’s left-field blues-and-vampires flick. It helped that he was also in it: ...

A band called "the greatest front-porch blues band in the world" are set to perform in Carlisle this autumn.