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You may not know her name, but if you know the blues on Beale Street, you know Hattie Hart. Remembered now for her work with the Memphis Jug Band in the 1920s.

BB King has cancelled the rest of his tour after suffering a fall on-stage at a show at the House of Blues in Chicago

I guarantee every show. You’re gonna have a good time. Thank you for supporting me, and come on out and shake it for me!

Through her intimate work with kings and queens of blues music, Sharon has created an in-depth archive of the genre’s history that contains no words — but maybe a strand of DNA or two.

“To me, his music, with its intensity and haunting quality, was central to the incredibly powerful style we called Country Blues. After all, blues was often about sorrow, hard times, and heartache.

This week features the birth of one of the greatest blueswomen in history, a blind legend, and one of the biggest landmark Chicago Blues albums of all time, among others. Check it out on This Week in Blues Past

To jam is to improvise with other musicians. Linguist David Dalby traced jam to a Wolof word… check out where your favorite musician get-together came from!

Leo “Bud” Welch is an 82-year old Mississippi Blues and Gospel musician who’s taken the blues world by storm and now, a featured documentary is in the works!

This Week in Blues Past has two of the biggest landmarks in blues…

In the blues, Jake isn’t just a name! Find out the boozy, interesting, and moonshine-steeped history of the Jake Leg that Tommy Johnson himself even sang about!