One of the biggest misconceptions about blues music is that the genre is all about doom and gloom. Naturally, many blues songs feature lyrics about being down in the dumps, love lost, and heartbreak.

(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the most influential blues musicians of all time, Howlin’ Wolf stands in a league of his ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As the undisputed “Empress of the Blues,” Bessie Smith’s voice is a cornerstone of American music history. Her raw emotion, unwavering strength, and uncompromising style helped shape ...

It was a balmy afternoon last November, almost T-shirt weather, when Jontavious Willis, a 27-year-old Grammy-nominated blues musician, sat down to record his third album at Capricorn Sound Studios in ...

Proving that even British bands could get in on the yacht rock act, the Climax Blues Band knocked off a pair of songs that fit well into the canon. There was the sleekly funky “Couldn’t Get It Right” ...

The Atlanta Blues Society won the Keeping the Blues Alive award for 2019 from the Blues Foundation. Its focus is on metro programming and bringing blues fans together.

Island Of Love are the first band signed to Third Man Records London. As the story goes, the London rock trio was the first act besides Jack White himself to play Third Man’s new London venue the Blue ...

side 1: Zutty Singleton's Creole Band. Crawfish Blues; side 2: Eddie Miller's Crescent City Quartet. Cajun Love Song (Capitol 10023), from the album, The History of Jazz Vol. 1 - The 'Solid' South ...