The night marked the moment King recognized his influence on the new generation of blues guitarists —but he had no bitterness ...

Jim Oblon drops some blues science, demystifying the practice of alternating between parallel minor and major pentatonics ...

The Warren Haynes Band will perform at this year’s NYS Blues Fest on Saturday, June 14, at the New York State Fairgrounds' ...

Blues legend B.B. King has named every guitar he played Lucille since one fateful night in the winter of 1949 in an Arkansas dance hall.

B.B. King was already a 20-year veteran bluesman when he began to seep into mainstream America's consciousness during the ...

Suga, along with his writing and production partner, Forty Below Records founder Eric Corne, is among those out front in the ...

SPEAKING OF BIRTHDAYS, THIS YEAR MARKS THE CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAYS OF TWO MISSISSIPPI ICONS. BLUES LEGEND B.B. KING AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MEDGAR EVERS. >> TODAY, THE STATE IS KICKING OFF A YEAR OF ...

Father and son teamed up for three songs on Mackenzie’s debut album, Infected with the Blues, including the title track and ...

Plaques for legendary blues artists were stolen from the Oakland Blues Walk of Fame this week, creating nearly $150,000 in damages.

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...