The newly emerging audience is seeking a “totally modern type of blues” that respects traditional stylings but also injects modern guitar sounds, electronic ‘beatz’ and sophisticated production ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mid-South artists Mr. Sipp, Eden Brent and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram were among the winners at the annual Blues Music Awards on ...

While the blues may be having a mainstream moment, the Chicago blues community has long been dedicated to the art form’s preservation, history and future.

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Since June of 1984, just a little over a year removed from the death of legendary Chicago bluesman Muddy Waters, Chicago Blues Fest has operated annually in the Windy City as the country’s largest ...

The annual Chicago Blues Festival's 40th year got underway on Friday, featuring a lineup packed with blues legends and up-and-coming musicians. The world’s largest free blues festival, a staple in ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – There's no way one can listen to the music of blues and not feel it. CBS 2 recently met a woman who tells the stories of blues greats past, present, future and female. It's her mission ...

Harold Washington Library staffer Sarah Zimmerman shares a commemorative brochure from the fourth annual Chicago Blues Festival in 1987. Credit: James Hosking When it comes to the blues, sometimes ...

The 46th edition of the BMA honors — staged by the Memphis-based Blues Foundation — were held at the Renasant Convention Center in Downtown Memphis.