As one of the world’s leading blues remixers, Charlie Beale has developed a signature style that incorporates samples of ...

Young Mississippi blues stars Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Mr. Sipp and veteran artist Bobby Rush are among the top acts nominated for the 2024 Blues Music Awards. This week, the Memphis-based ...

The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...

CANTON − Is a sequel ever as good as the original? Blockbuster movie franchises sometimes replicate success. Other times, subsequent films bomb at the box office. But what about the 2025 version of ...

Blues music was born in the Mississippi River delta, a pivotal event in American music history. You can visit the place ...

Beach bars? Sure, Southwest Florida has plenty of those. Blues bars? Now, that's a much different story but a story worth telling, nonetheless, especially when you are talking about the "World Famous" ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A Louisiana-themed music and food festival is bringing the best of the bayou to San Diego this ...

*Lawndale, CA – It’s that time of year again when the spotlight shines brightly in the City of Lawndale. The blues community and other music lovers from all walks of life came together for the 12th ...

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It's been 56 years since Riley B. King became Blues Boy King-- or B.B. King, as we most commonly know him -- on Memphis radio station WDIA-AM. And about 54 years since he began accompanying that voice ...

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