The passing of musical titans, the recording of a HUGE collaboration between Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and much more in this weeks’ “blues past!”

It all started with a flat on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit and an 800 dollar loan. Former boxer and Korean War Vet Berry Gordy had a dream…to create a place where a black kid could quote “walk off the street into the studio and leave a polished performer.”

Blues People is really a remarkable work of art. It presents a perspective of history that is vital, and does so in a way that is honest and evokes thought.

Bessie Smith, “The Last Waltz”, JIMI HENDRIX!!! This Week in Blues Past is packed FULL of killer blues!

You think you know what Killin’ Floor means?? Hubert Sumlin says you’re wrong… this is one of the most revealing and interesting LOTB articles we’ve ever put out!

Johnny Winter’s much-anticipated final album, Step Back, spans a variety of different blues genres is a retrospective compilation of blues songs, largely from the 50s and 60s!

New album produced by Rev. Peyton for the historic Yazoo label
raises the bar for the group’s genre-spanning sound and songwriting.
Street date is February 17, 2015.

Blues fans! This is your last opportunity to subscribe to the newly expanded quarterly American Blues Scene Magazine featuring Janiva Magness before it’s…

This is the latest installment of our weekly series, The Language of the Blues, in which author/rocker Debra Devi explores…

In Nashville’s progress versus preservation debate, the home turf for blues ‘n’ roots master Stacy Mitchhart is at the epicenter of the battle—but change could be good news for the blues, says Mitchhart