Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram has announced he’s launching a new label specifically for blues and blues-influenced artists. Red Zero is named after two of the earliest places Ingram played in Clarksdale ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market is reopening Oct. 1 with a slate of performers and an interior overhaul aimed at making the venue one of the nation’s premier listening rooms. The nonprofit ...

INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...

Bill Frisell, one of the world’s most acclaimed jazz guitarists, was puzzled. At the conclusion of the first of his two Oct. 1 shows at the rebranded, reengineered and reborn New Orleans Jazz & Blues ...

The composer and musician Raphael Saadiq, nominated for best score and best song at the Oscars this year, talk to THR about ...

Mud Morganfield has never felt any pressure following in the Chicago blues tradition of his famous father, Muddy Waters. The music just couldn’t be denied. Morganfield was compelled. “I tell people, I ...

You can take the boy out of Central New York, but you can’t take the Central New York out of the boy. Take Monk Rowe, for instance.

At a vibrant music festival in Mumbai, the spirit of the blues comes alive as artists emphasize its timeless appeal, deeply ingrained in personal stories. Fresh from his Grammy triumphs, Eric Gales ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The Philadelphia Blues Society is hosting its first-ever annual blues festival at ...

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The Philadelphia Blues Society hosted its first annual blues festival at Temple University’s Ambler Campus on Oct. 11. The daylong event featured performances by local, national and internationally ...