Imani Perry’s “Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People” is one of those books that slips the boundaries, or disregards them altogether in its way. A meditation, or a series of linked ...

Guy was one of the first guitarists to use electronic feedback and distortion. Now, at age 88, he has a cameo in Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror film Sinners. Originally broadcast in 1993. This is ...

(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 ...

Genre-spanning singer, guitarist, and songwriter Bonnie Raitt has helmed a formidable rock, folk, and blues career. Not bad for someone who started noodling on a $25 guitar from Sears at the tender ...

Smithsonian Folkways: SF 40045 (on container: SF CD 40045). Folk music and blues, composed in part by Leadbelly. Most selections previously released on Folkways [FA]2034 [1962] or [FT]31046 [1976].

103 I'm a Soldier in the Army of the Lord / Silent Grove Baptist Church (Clarksdale, Miss.). Trombone,Guitar 104 I'm Gonna Lift Up a Standard for My King / Church of God in Christ (Lula, Ms.) 105 ...

Earlier this week, I saw the great Buddy Guy live in concert. At 88, the blues legend still prowls the stage like a man with something to prove—but there’s also a real sensitivity to his swagger.

When the lights go down just after warm-ups on Opening Night, Enterprise Center will sound a little louder — and a lot more rock and roll. This year’s pregame show, premiering before the St. Louis ...