SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Not long after Black Americans found themselves freed from the shackles of slavery in the late 19th century, the work songs that echoed among the fields worked by enslaved ...

YOU’RE LISTENING TO THE MUSIC FROM TONIGHT’S WALNUT STREET REVIEW. THE 12TH ANNUAL EVENT WRAPPED UP JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO AT THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE. THIS YEAR’S EVENT WAS ...

Voices honoring female jazz and blues legends Billie Holiday, Phyllis Hyman, Nancy Wilson and Bessie Smith drifted through Aretha's Jazz Café, in Detroit's Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, ...

BB's Jazz Blues & Soup, a historic downtown St. Louis venue celebrating local music and dining, is set to reopen Wednesday for the first time in three years under new ownership.

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Highland Jazz & Blues Festival returns for its 21st year, providing three stages of live music and tons of activities. On Sept. 13, starting at 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the 21st ...

The blues is ripe with legends and myths, not least the oft-touted claim that W.C. Handy was the father of the blues. But as Darryl. W. Bullock tells it, there is an important tract of blues history ...

...[we] should consider the fact that negative biographical information is, at best, irrelevant—and, at worst, prejudicial to students in introductory jazz courses. Reciting the sad episodes in a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John McCarthy is a spirit, travel, and lifestyle journalist, managing editor, and author of The Modern Gentleman. Mar 17, 2022, 11 ...

Join Jazz at Lincoln Center in celebrating Black History Month with Blues Jam (February 21-22), an unforgettable evening honoring the soulful power of the blues featuring an all-star lineup on the ...

AKRON, Ohio - This weekend the heart of The Rubber City will become a hotbed of hot jazz and hot talk as the 9th annual Rubber City Jazz and Blues Fest returns to downtown Akron from Thursday through ...

It's that time of year again for one of Akron's main signature events, the Rubber City Jazz & Blues Festival. The ninth annual event will run Thursday through Saturday at nine downtown Akron venues, ...