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

LONDON — John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90. A ...

Sometimes when you get into a story, you find a thread that leads to another equally interesting story. Let’s start with a rock and blues legend from the 1960s, releasing her first album in over a ...

A ton of rock supergroups were out and about in the 1960s, but you might have missed these underrated outfits.

This 4xCD set offers a look at mid-20th century Detroit blues, anchored by a generous selection of rarities by John Lee Hooker. Despite its subtitle, Garden City Blues doesn’t really chronicle a scene ...

Theola Kilgore, 79, a 1960s R & B singer who was best-known for her recordings of two Ed Townsend songs, “The Love of My Man” and “This Is My Prayer,” died Sunday at a Los Angeles rehabilitation ...

Guy Mendilow isn't worried that most people won't understand the lyrics of the songs he'll sing Thursday, Sept. 17, at Oberlin and Friday, Sept.18, at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. He says the ...

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