(ThyBlackMan.com) Few figures in American music loom as large as Muddy Waters. A transformative force in the evolution of modern blues, Waters bridged the acoustic traditions of the Mississippi Delta ...
The Philadelphia Blues Society is hosting its first-ever annual blues festival at Temple University’s Ambler Campus on Oct. 11. The daylong event will feature performances by local, national and ...
Homegrown Music Concerts is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart ...
Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...
Eddie Hope (middle of the back row) with the Royal Sheiks in 1962. Credit: Photo from the Eddie Hope Family Archives/Courtesy of Wienerworld To the casual music listener, blues music may seem like a ...
Michael Bloomfield in February 1973, performing during an opening set for a reunion of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco Credit: Photo by Jonathan Perry / ...
New to the blues? Here’s what you need to know to get you started. Blues music is a genre that grew out of the American dream. Its roots were firmly planted in the New World before it migrated to ...
Robert Gordon's Newport Folk Festival film draws on 100 hours of footage that has never been seen before, presenting ...