Country is a broad musical category that includes elements of folk, bluegrass and blues. Love it or hate it, the genre is about as quintessentially American as apple pie. Though white men in ...

Lesser known but no less significant was the Memphis Country Blues Festival. Spanning between 1966 and 1970, the festival in Memphis, Tennessee, showcased veteran Black blues musicians who ...

With the death of John Mayall in July, we lost one of the architects of the '60s blues boom that transformed Britain’s music ...

The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter ...

Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin It is in this spirit of triumph that Native Son shines a spotlight on 13 Black queer musicians creating music across genres. 36-year-old Los Angeles-based ...

Setting out on the Black Country blues circuit of ... over-produced music on the radio. Trying to start with Charley Patton or Robert Johnson, they’re old recordings, scratchy, hard to listen ...

The nation's first Black-owned ... his 6-year-old son, Leo, a pastime he used to enjoy with his father when he was a young boy. Mendelson sees the work done to restore the country club and is ...

He said ragtime music has been played since the 19th century, and is mostly a combination of syncopated African rhythms and European march music. “It was mostly developed by Black musicians back ...

The 99-year-old Nashville country music institution the Grand Ole Opry is ready to broaden its horizons and embrace new ...

The Country has only been around as a group since 2008, but the members have been seen for quite some time on the Swedish jazz and music scene. The members have had collaborations with musicians as ...