The story of how Muireann Bradley got signed to a record label at the tender age of 13 reads like the opening act of a biopic about a future pop superstar. As a young lass growing up in Ballybofey, a ...

A young man is doing his best to keep the old blues alive. “I like the blues music of the 1920s, ’30s, ’40s and ’50s,” said Jontavious Willis, acoustic guitarist and singer, during a recent phone ...

New Orleans singer-songwriter Sabine McCalla releases her first full-length album, 'Don't Call Me Baby,' on Nov. 7. The record is rooted in New Orleans rhythm and blues but blended with a range of ...

There remain substantial audiences for the blues, traditional R&B and soul music, and these artists have an enormous influence on new music, even though they no longer have songs in the Top 40 and ...

Singer-songwriter Ryan Lee Crosby calls his latest album an “authentically made modern-day analog field recording of a century-old blues tradition.” The new album, “At the Blue Front,” was released ...

Sounding like Led Zeppelin, Cream and a turn-of-the-century Southern chain gang, the three boys of Pennsylvania’s Pearls and Brass embrace the blues roots of their rock ‘n’ roll, and then turn it into ...

Most people have never heard of Gnawa. Originally you weren't supposed to. For centuries, the music was only played in secret ceremonies by enslaved Black Africans brought to Morocco. Gnawa—an ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Australian Music Prize 80-year-old Walmatjarri elder and blues musician Kankawa Nagarra ...

Rex "Wrecks" Bell, former owner of a popular Galveston venue and club known for its live blues, jazz and acoustic music, has ...

Nearly a decade after making his presence known on the North Texas blues scene as a teenage guitar prodigy, Dylan Bishop has released a 7-song EP that is an unplugged departure from his ...