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A man who played on eighty gold records and crafted the sound that would define the city of Memphis, who was loved by Elvis and Otis, is just happy to be able to play his horn and make a living.

Original is, from the start, a fantastic album. When the vocals of Janiva Magness first swim from the speakers, there…

YouTube is about to roll out a new subscription service, and threatening to block independent labels who don’t sign up for their terms.

Hugh Laurie has a spirited discussion about an emotional moment after playing with Dr John, how all human life is in the blues, Jelly Roll Morton being an “olympian god” of music, and trying to introduce Bessie Smith to someone new.

The word goofer comes from the Bantu kufua and the Ki-Kongo kufa. Both mean “to die.” But Goofer’s dust digs deeper than that. Find out what magic Ma Rainey and the early blues masters were talking about.

The United States Library of Congress has selected AmericanBluesScene.com for inclusion into the historic collection of Internet materials related to the Performing Arts Archive

The Washington Blues Society’s annual Best of the Blues Awards, otherwise known as the “BB Awards”, returns to the Kirkland, Washington Performance Center!

(CHICAGO, IL) — The first annual BluesToday, Chicago Summit 2014 will be taking place at Buddy Guy’s Legends on Thursday, June…

John Mayall carries a weight people consider legendary, but that weight isn’t a problem. The godfather of British Blues talks about T-Bone Walker, protege Walter Trout, and the “musicians who are leaving fingers in the blues world”

CC Rider Venerates Jimmy Rogers, one of THE legendary Head Cutters, a “band” who’s other two members were Muddy Waters and Little Walter