There’s a difference between re-starting and starting over. When the COVID-19 lockdowns lifted in 2021, Blues Alley—which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year—had to do the latter. What’s more, ...

Blues began with enslaved African peoples' work songs in the cotton fields of the Deep South of America. The Slave Narrative of Mr. Sam Polite, given at 93 years of age, chronicles that life. It was ...

The blues is back in town. Not that it hasn’t been around, with Charlie Musselwhite, Guy Clark Jr. and a regular flow of Santa Barbara–based blues acts keeping various flames alive in recent weeks.

The lineup of acts for the 2026 Erie Blues and Jazz Festival includes soul rockers from Canada, a Blues Award winner, a top Blues guitarist from Chicago, a blues trio familiar with the Erie area, a ...

BLUES & SOUL @ POSTunderground will present ORDER of SONANCE, The ZYG 808 Experience, and the MWALIM Trio at 386 Washington ...

August 24, 2025 .Tacoma, Washington held its first annual Downtown Tacoma Blues and Jazz Festival on August 24, 2025, with a first-class lineup of new blues players, veterans and some in between. And ...

This story was originally published by ArtsATL. This story was originally published by ArtsATL. When Carlin “C-Note” Smith relocated from Kansas City, Missouri, to Atlanta, he was surprised to ...