When one thinks back on the most iconic albums from the 1970s, they likely think of albums by the Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Clapton, and so on. Now, all of the albums created by those ...

A jam-packed week of new music releases includes a salute to one of the country’s most venerable blues venues, the return of a visionary British jazz-rap troupe and with new titles from the likes of ...

NPR's Eric Deggans speaks with musician and composer Jon Batiste about his new album, "Beethoven Blues," in which he riffs on classical favorites.

An archival recording of the original Blues Brothers — John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd — performing live, The Lost Recordings, will arrive this October. Judy Belushi Pisano recently rediscovered the live ...

Ain’t Done with the Blues can be pre-orde r ed now. It features guest appearances by an impressive roster of respected music artists, including Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Joe Bonamassa, Christone ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A new take on Wynton Marsalis’s “Blues Symphony,” a piano cycle by Gregory Spears and Rosa Feola’s solo debut are among the highlights. Detroit ...

The 46th Blues Music Awards were held in Memphis, Tennessee on May 8th. Mississippi artists Mr. Sipp, Eden Brent, and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram won key awards. Awards were given for categories such ...

With eight members, band leader Chris Vachon says it's like having two bands. "Everything we do is is just almost twice the the effort." ...

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 ...

Victor Wainwright seems like he was destined to be a blues musician, since both his father and grandfather were musicians playing the blues. But he’s actually had quite a well-rounded background, ...

John Lodge, longtime bassist and singer in the Moody Blues and writer of the band’s hits “Ride My See-Saw” and “Isn’t Life Strange,” has died at the age of 82. Lodge’s death was announced today by his ...