For her latest album, “One Guitar Woman,” Sue Foley traded in her bright pink Fender Telecaster electric guitar for a nylon-stringed acoustic to perform defining songs from the women that helped blaze ...

Howlin’ Wolf’s “Smokestack Lightnin’” is a cornerstone of blues music, capturing the raw, haunting sound that defined his legacy. Released in 1956, the song is built around a hypnotic ...

The artist and musician, now 75, represents a devotion to the act of creation. His new LP “Tonky,” which incorporates jazz, ...

Greg Johnson, head of special collections and professor in the UM Libraries, places a record on the Blues Archive’s antique ...

Rock and soul didn't always go hand in hand, but these Motown hits were proof that the sounds of R&B could change all genres.

This week will also see the return of Sarasota Jazz Festival, featuring a lineup of acclaimed artists in its namesake genre ...

Grammy-nominated and seven-time Blues Music Award winner Janiva Magness has released a dozen and a half albums in the last 34 years, with her 17th album, “Back for Me,” scheduled for release from Blue ...

To celebrate Women's History Month, TSPR Brings you Her Story, Her Song, a daily program celebrating many of the amazing women in the world of folk and Americana music.

Immerse yourself in a celebration of female blues artists through live performances, a captivating photography exhibit, and ...

To commemorate Women's History Month, World Cafe is looking back on a century's worth of music history. Every week in March, ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT COUNTRY SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY ...

Waters was a pioneer of urban blues music and a big name on the Chess label ... It’s not just a song, you see?” Leonard Chess once explained how he and his brothers came to understand the ...