JACKSON, Miss. — B.B. King, born Riley B. King on Sept. 16, 1925, in Itta Bena, Mississippi, was an icon in music history. With his groundbreaking guitar playing and soulful voice, King became a ...

Grammy-nominated and seven-time Blues Music Award winner Janiva Magness has released a dozen and a half albums in the last 34 years, with her 17th album, “Back for Me,” scheduled for release from Blue ...

For singer Janiva Magness, there's strength in the self-awareness and accountability that come with heartache and heartbreak.

Sugaray Rayford The Santa Barbara Blues Society (SBBS) will celebrate its 48th Birthday Show, featuring Grammy-nominated ...

Tariq's music ... King. “I was already hip to Stevie Ray Vaughan, but it was really seeing Albert King that blew my mind — ...

Greg Johnson, head of special collections and professor in the UM Libraries, places a record on the Blues Archive’s antique ...

Back in 1989, when Joe Bonamassa was 12 years old, he had enough guitar chops to open for the legendary B.B ... blues charts, the all-time record. And Bonamassa, who is playing Feb. 28 at the MGM ...

Metro Concerts Live announced Wednesday that prodigy jazz and blues performer Kingfish will ... winning musician who has been likened to B.B. King, is well-known for his live performances and ...

Blues is the ancestral parent of jazz, so it’s appropriate that Jazz at Lincoln Center hosts an annual Blues Jam to showcase ...

Tariq's music ... Albert King that blew my mind — there was so much power to it,” said Tariq, who was soon tracing back through the work of other six-string practitioners like B.B. King ...

16 WAPT'S KENNEDI COOPER IS DOWNTOWN... AT THE STARTING LINE. MEGAN, THIS IS THE 18TH YEAR FOR THE BLUES MARATHON AND THIS YEAR LEGENDARY BLUES SINGER B.B KING AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST MEDGAR EVERS ...