MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — The Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum has opened “Shake Your Hips: Louisiana Blues,” a new exhibit honoring Louisiana’s deep blues roots. Ross Slacks ...
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The American Backrooms and Bars That Built the Blues
Before the blues filled grand theaters and concert halls, it lived in humble bars, street corners, and juke joints where life and music were inseparable. Each venue carried its own legends, laughter, ...
Blues icon Vasti Jackson releaseD new album Royal American Blues. The multi-Grammy nominated artist's newest release is all about the blues, soul and powerful messages. The standout songs are" Voodoo ...
As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods; it's ...
Musselwhite, 82, reflects on 60 years of blues mastery in an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE at Red’s Old Timers Blues ...
Nashville, Austin, New Orleans, Chicago, and New York are some of the more notable American locations for music. However, the location that partially gave these places their music: the Mississippi ...
The late 19th and early 20th century work songs and spirituals of the Mississippi Delta have traveled far. They came from Freddie Spruell, Charley Patton, Eddie “Son” House, Chester Burnett (Howlin’ ...
Harold Washington Library staffer Sarah Zimmerman shares a commemorative brochure from the fourth annual Chicago Blues Festival in 1987. Credit: James Hosking When it comes to the blues, sometimes ...
On Saturday, you can enjoy the beauty of Letchworth State Park and a half century of American music including jazz, blues, swing and ragtime for free beginning at 6 p.m. at the Highbanks Recreation ...
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