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Throughout history countless women have given the blues a unique stamp.
Throughout history countless women have given the blues a unique stamp.
“I wanted to cover some songs by strong blues women – the innovators who paved the way for more women to follow.”
Find out what MOONSHINE really means in this new installment of our popular weekly series, The Language of the Blues,…
This Week in Blues Past: Two Mississippi Tragedies that produced famous songs, the naming of a Blues Award and much, much more…
A bar where whiskey is served straight from the barrel is called a barrelhouse. Add a piano and you’ve got yourself a party.
Where a decade ago, popular blues-playing women were hard to come by, today, there is no shortage of vastly popular & endlessly talented ladies in the blues. While it took a deplorable seven decades, the timing is perfect.