The great musicians of the Delta helped spread the blues across America

Many of America’s greatest blues artists are women, including Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, but they ...
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The American Backrooms and Bars That Built the Blues

Before the blues filled grand theaters and concert halls, it lived in humble bars, street corners, and juke joints where life ...

Mississippi musicians get 2026 Grammy nominations for blues, Christian, rock. What to know

MS musicians are 2026 Grammy Award nominees. Jamal Roberts, Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite, Hayley Williams get nods for ...

We followed the music of the blues from 'the most Southern place on earth'

Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.
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Johnny Drummer makes a home for the keytar in the blues

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 ...