Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. B.B. King. The man born Riley B. King had every right to play the blues. Revered by peers such as Buddy Guy, Freddie King, Albert ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blues posters, pictures and drawings are displayed for sale at Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art in Clarksdale, MS. The Delta ...

Blues is a musical tradition with deep roots in Black Southern American history, dating back to the 1860s. In contrast to country music, which the Grammys have only this year divided into categories ...

No one sings pain, joy, or survival quite like a blues singer. Born from the spirituals, work songs, and field hollers of enslaved African Americans, blues music rose up from the cotton fields and ...

The subgenre of contemporary blues is best defined as one that merges the traditions of blues music (which date back at least to the 1860s) with more modern musical aspects. The Grammy Awards ...

The award-winning blues group, The Cash Box Kings are releasing their new album, Oscar's Motel, on March 17 th. Living Blues magazine calls them one of the best blues bands in the land. The Chicago ...

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The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...