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I have been a lover of music for my entire life and this year I wanted to dive deep into music history that helped to shape the genres that we listen to today. The Blues Trail was created in 2006 and ...

Chattanooga's rich Black history is steeped in the sounds of the blues and the scent of slow-smoked barbecue. The heritage of the city's African-American community can be traced through its music, ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

HOUSTON – Did you know Houston was home to one of the most successful black music empires? Before there was even a Motown, Houston embraced the blues culture and legacy. Musicians from Ray Charles to ...

The blues is ripe with legends and myths, not least the oft-touted claim that W.C. Handy was the father of the blues. But as Darryl. W. Bullock tells it, there is an important tract of blues history ...

A band plays at the Checkerboard Lounge. Published May 30, 1977. Photo by Jonas Dovydenas. Courtesy of the Chicago Ethnic Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. For decades ...

It's an enduring tune about the "summertime blues," but the artist responsible for the song couldn't outrun some blues of his own. For the second instalment of his weekly series about popular summer ...

Black History Month is in full swing, and the St. Louis Blues are honoring the occasion with a variety of initiatives throughout the month of February. Here are the most prominent Black History Month ...