John the Conqueror root has been a staple of hoodoo magical practices since the 1850s…

The Clarksdale Press Register is reporting that the Official Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame is considering Clarksdale, Mississippi,…

Amazingly, he began playing guitar at the age of three. He would lay the instrument across his lap, allowing him to use all five fingers of his left hand to fret notes and chords.

The Chocolate Drops were just following the example of the string bands that came before them. Like Chatmon Family, who made up the Mississippi Sheiks. Dom Flemons has more.

Editor’s note: Please welcome the newest addition to American Blues Scene online: “This Week in Blues Past”! You asked for…

Festival logic says that the headliners are the high point of the show, that the last night is the capstone, that buskers are acts not ready for prime time, but not King Biscuit!

A jelly roll is a dessert made of sponge cake that has been spread with jam (or jam mixed with cream) and rolled up into a log, but this is the blues and that’s not all it means!

The coming of fall means one thing for blues fans and bands across the planet: local International Blues Challenge competitions.

Rest in peace to a true wild man of the blues….

Steve from the award-winning, longstanding blues band MonkeyJunk opens up about great albums, the Canadian border issue, and much more!