Mdou Moctar performed at the Arden Club in Wilmington, Del. Moctar, the stage name of Tuareg guitarist Mahamadou Souleymane, ...

When the broadcast was over, we all filed out of the studio in a daze, that rediscovery of “Soul Man” and the band’s merger of Chicago blues and Memphis soul following us out into the streets. It was ...

Anderson credits Clapton and albums by Dire Straits, Pink Floyd and Frank Zappa with shaping his musical direction ...

Amid the release of Live Magic, Hackett and his band will return to traditional electric rock when they hit the road for the ...

It’s hard for people from [America] to know what is going on around Africa. The media never allow you to see the reality, honestly. And that is a big problem," Moctar says.

The Blues Foundation announced nominees for "The 46th Annual Blues Music Awards," and Chicago's Alligator Records artists ...

A s suggested by the title, there is no traditional anniversary being celebrated by “Eric Clapton Unplugged . . . Over 30 ...

From the players of old to the guitarists shaping the blues scene, this list serves up a cross section of the genre’s finest solos from across nearly a century of guitar blues ...

The blues was the foundation of early rock and roll, and these albums from the 1970s were classic examples of the genre.

Often described as spiritual, meditative, raw, yearning, divine, longing, beautiful, transcendent and profound, the four-part ...

Since the Grammy Awards celebrated its inaugural show in 1959, only 12 Black artists have won album of the year. Most recently, Beyoncé won for "Cowboy Carter" after four unsuccessful bids for ...

In fact, country music wouldn’t exist as it does today without the contributions and innovations of Black musicians ... in the birthplace of jazz and blues.) “As a country music fan ...