'I was singing the blues at 3½ years old, and I didn't know why' July 27, 2011 By Paul Freeman MercuryNews.com John "Blues" Boyd, born in Greenwood, Miss., has been a Redwood City resident si

A town that can't shake the blue May 9, 2010 Kevin Rushby The Sidney Morning Herald Traveler SO I'M in a blues club on Halsted, and Big Time Sarah walks in with snow on her hair. The band is s

Apparently We've All Been Listening To Robert Johnson The Wrong Way June 1, 2010 by Andrew Winistorfer Prefix Here's today's most interesting blues-based story: According to some musicologists

Ask Rufus: They sang the blues August 25, 2011 Rufus Ward The Dispatch Rufus Ward (contact) April 30, 2011 9:45:00 PM I have heard blues music all my life but paid little attention to it u

Be my guide: Taste of Chicago and a helping of blues music at Kingston Mines June 30, 2009 Mike Millan Los Angeles Times My arrival in Chicago on my two-week, cross-country road trip happened

Best Jazz and Blues for the Snowbound January 11, 2011 Rhetta Akamatsu Examiner.com The amazing amount of Atlanta snow has, of course, got everyone thinking about the weather, so I decided to

Blues and routes August 30, 2009 Philip Sherwood Brisbane Times Traveller Candles in hand, tears in eyes, messages of adoration on their lips, they file silently past the resting place of thei

Blues Artists Face the Music August 1, 2009 John Lamb inforum.com Weather permitting, today is the second day of the Fargo Blues Festival. I didn’t make it to any of Friday’s shows, but I

Blues in Boston - Far from sad September 10, 2009 Brian D. Holland Examiner.com "The blues is sad music." Although it’s a common opinion people have, it immediately reveals that they’re

Blues, Trauma, Finitude April 27, 2010 Robert D. Stolorow The Huffington Post This blog was coauthored with my son, Ben Stolorow, who is a working jazz pianist performing in the San Francisc

Blues: The Devil's Music? Blues Music and the Price of Darkness By Reverend Keith A. Gordon About.com Long known as the "devil's music," thanks to the legend surrounding bluesman Robert Johns

Born Under A Bad Sign: Bad Luck Blues Songs By Reverend Keith A. Gordon About.com he history of blues music is full of bad luck songs of one sort or another. Bad luck as a lyrical theme can tak

Buddy Guy, the Montreux Jazz Festival & Protecting Our Musical Heritage July 15, 2010 Vivian Norris de Montaigu The Huffington Post I just came back from a few days hiking in the Alps and on o

Cashing in on the blues, Memphis stages a party Cleveland could learn from October 4, 2010 Robert L. Smith Cleveland.com In the renowned entertainment district of Memphis, Tenn., in a city muc

Dallas was an early hotbed for influential blues legends May 21st, 2010 By TED GIOIA Local News Dallas boasts a rich blues tradition, and the city served as a launching pad for major talent

Do pop musicians even know Delta blues? April 16, 2013 By Tim Engstrom Albert Lea Tribune It’s time for a little music lesson. So much of the popular music these days seems so manufacture

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Excited About the Blues May 8, 2010 bY TAJUANA CHESHIER JacksonSun.com Jackson resident Ruby Watkins tapped her feet to the beat as the sounds of Sonny Boy Williamson played during the last Fi

Exploring jazz and blues: How well do you know history's soul sound? July 11, 2010 JAY KIRSCHENMANN ArgusLeader.com Gale Pifer is in the audience at the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society's Jazz

Five crimes committed against the blues by white people April 24, 2009 by Steven Hyden Milwaukee Decider CAUTION: This article contains language which may be offensive to some. White peopl

Got those Old Dominion blues March 7, 2010 By DARRELL LAURANT newsadvance.com etting the blues is a universal experience. Playing the blues is not. Like barbecue (with which it is often iden

Happily Seduced by the Blues June 23, 2009 By LARRY ROHTER The New York Times BOB KOESTER came here in 1958 because he was a jazz and blues fan who wanted to see his favorite music played l

Hats off to the Blues June 30, 2009 David Burke Quad-City Times Karen McFarland is a woman who wears many different hats. Figuratively and literally. Figuratively, she's the vice president-se

Jim Dickinson Takes a Walk August 18, 2009 By David Hoekstra Chicago Sun-Times 4:45 p.m. Aug. 18 I visited Jim Dickinson on a confederate gray Sunday morning during the winter of 2002. He

Lagniappe: Memphis In The Meantime September 24, 2009 By John Redick The Amplifier My approach to a long-anticipated weekend, exploring the much sung-about city of Memphis, was open-minded and

Lamenting The Future Of the Blues June 10, 2010 by Jim Fusilli The Wall Street Journal In early May, I traveled to Memphis to attend the Blues Foundation's 31st annual two-day gala, which

Live on the Levee Once Again Snubs Jazz and Blues 2009-05-25 by Dean Minderman AllaboutJazz.com he lineup of free concerts for the 2009 Fair St. Louis and Live on the Levee series has been a

MUSIC: Delta Dawn? August 2, 2010 by: Jeff Konkel The Specatator Arts Blog A couple of weeks ago, the American news network CNN ran a story about the growing number of tourists from around the

Neck deep in the delta blues January 10, 2010 Guy Wilkinson smh.com.au I've been driving for seven hours straight, pausing only for petrol and a wilted sandwich. In the setting sun, the tops

New Collection Explores 'Classic Appalachian Blues' May 15, 2010 NPR Music Blues fans have long looked to the Mississippi Delta or Chicago for a taste of authentic Americana, but a new compil

"Blues Music is Medicine." I wanted to be a musician because it's better than working, and you don't have to get out of bed until 10am. I turned out to be wrong on both counts. My dad sent me t

Riffing on the blues June 6, 2010 Howard Reich The Chicago Tribune he blues runs through American music like blood coursing through our veins. Without it, there's no jazz, no gospel, no rock '

The 'blues' can be imitated, but they can't be duplicated April 11, 2011 By John Huotari The Oak Ridger It's a uniquely American form of music born of slavery, despair, and wretched work cond

The home of the blues March 30, 2011 By Carlo Rotella Boston.com I WAS FEELING homesick for Chicago music, so on a recent night I drove down to Chan’s Fine Oriental Dining in Woonsocket, R.I

We’ll Never Lose the Blues July 28, 2009 By BARRY MAZOR The Wall Street Journal Despite ample evidence of talent, vitality and originality in blues music today, rumors have persisted that t

What Blues Means to Nat Dove August 23, 2009 By Todd Prodanovich Santa Barbara Independent Texan blues master Nat Dove graced the campus of UCSB on Wednesday, August 19, with a lecture on the

Where blues had a baby and named it rock ’n ro May 11, 2011 Karen T. Bartlett thestar.com It started in the slavery days on cotton plantations and shacks, and matured in depression-era saloo

Why they sing the blues - Keeping the blues alive in Southern Illinois By Joanna Gray Flipside Delta blues. Electric blues. Urban blues. Acoustic blues. Blues fans, choose your flavor. They're