As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legendary blues and soul singer Barbara Carr has died. She was 85. Carr died on April 15, according to multiple reports. "As many ...

Bluesman and survivor Walter Trout tours Europe this month, and he's already working on next year ...

Clarence Carter, the blues and soul singer famous for songs including the raunchy hit "Strokin'" featured in Eddie Murphy's "The Nutty Professor," has died. Fame Recording Studios in Carter's native ...

John Paul Hammond died at 83 of a heart attack on February 28, ending a career of more than 60 years as a devotee and performer of blues music. He recorded more than 30 albums in his lifetime, yet ...

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No one sings pain, joy, or survival quite like a blues singer. Born from the spirituals, work songs, and field hollers of enslaved African Americans, blues music rose up from the cotton fields and ...

John Hammond, the Grammy‑winning blues singer and guitarist whose prolific career honored the Delta blues across six decades, died on Saturday at age 83. His death was confirmed by musician and ...

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods; it's ...