The Texas Legislature designated the Grimes County Community as “The Blues Capital of Texas” in 2005 ...

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Mississippi history is steeped in both joy and pain, a tradition reflected in the music born from it. It’s a tradition Lawndale Elementary School students got to step into Wednesday morning ...

John A. Logan College is continuing its Black History Month programming Monday with a live lecture and performance from acclaimed American blues and roots musician Corey ...

The youngest band to perform at the recent Baton Rouge Blues Festival, the Juke Joint Juniors feature middle and high school students enrolled in the West Baton Rouge Museum’s Blues After School ...

pt. I. History, Development, and Influence. 1. African Influences: A Pre-history. 2. The New World. 3. Some Highly Musical Places. 4. The Classic Era. 5. Hoodoo ...

With “traditional” blues as their foundation, some artists and educators working to introduce the music to the next generation see plenty of room to improvise.

Jefferson City, Mo. – Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan today announced a program on the history of pre-World War II St. Louis blues music. The program will be held at the Missouri State ...

I have been a lover of music for my entire life and this year I wanted to dive deep into music history that helped to shape the genres that we listen to today. The Blues Trail was created in 2006 and ...

In 1963, a jazz-obsessed, college-educated black Beat poet in New York wrote a "theoretical endeavor" linking the sociopolitical and the sonic. A... The year 1963 saw the March on Washington, the ...

Blues music is a soulful genre. It has roots deeply embedded in the Black experience. Blues has long been a powerful expression of the struggles, joys and resilience of Black life in America.