Shemekia Copeland, daughter of guitarist Johnny Copeland with perform at Fairfield’s StageOne and Pawling, New York’s, ...

Mamie Smith, on record as the first Black female singer, released a record titled “Crazy Blues” in 1920, making her the first to record and release a Blues song. This kicked down a previously ...

Rockin’ 4 Vets will bring a “Blues Blowout” with Frankie Boy & the Blues Express along with Boston’s Queen of Soul and Blues, ...

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A lot of blues is about men and women, and relationships. Blues was sung at rent parties, where you'd play music and pass the hat to pay your rent. Or they'd be in shacks behind the fields ...

But this wasn’t someone she sat with at school. In fact, it was a woman she had never met – the legendary blues singer Bessie Smith. Jackie’s first introduction to Bessie came in the form of ...

January 4, 2023 • Copeland, widely considered one of the greatest blues singers of her generation, talks about the third installment in a trilogy of albums. August 19, 2022 • NPR Music's picks ...

The structure of blues music is still heard today in lots of different genres of music. Call and response close call and responseWhere one melody is answered by another. is a feature of work songs ...

The Bull & Claw’s famous Friday night Sundowners, featuring live music in their beautiful boho garden. Commencing at 6pm, ...

"I think it's our time now to do what we want to do," the Moody Blues singer tells UCR. This was the zenith of their '80s sound, or the nadir – depending on which period originally drew you to ...

With his band The Claudettes, Iguana will return to The Venue at 21 S. Broadway Ave. in downtown Aurora for an 8 p.m. show ...