SPENCERTOWN, N.Y. — When multi-instrumentalists Jerron Paxton and Dennis Lichtman go out into the world together, they look to the past for inspiration. Growing up on opposite coasts — Paxton in Los ...

A century before Drake, Adele and Olivia Rodrigo sang their sad songs, Blind Lemon Jefferson showed the world what depression and heartache were really all about. The first male blues superstar — and ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)– As we’ve learned, Thomson is home to the Freedom Blast and the Camellia City Festival… but that’s not all. It’s also home of the Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival, “the small ...

When Waco playwright Kay Bell went looking for Texas blues and gospel singers as possible subjects for a play, she didn’t realize she’d find one so close to home. Bell discovered that 20th century ...

Blind Tom and the cultural politics of visibility -- Blind in blue : blindness and identity in the blues tradition -- The souls of blind folk : blindness and blind people in African American spiritual ...

When Blind Rhino travels to the Mississippi Delta, they want to find a certain country crossroads. "Not that I want to sell anything," said guitarist John Fox of Corvallis. The 39-year-old just wants ...

The new Musicians with Disabilities Initiative, which LaGrand created with ‘From the Top,’ gives the show’s platform to disabled and neurodivergent young musicians Two years ago, violinist Julia ...

Blues fans can expect to hear a blend of Davis originals, and classic covers from some of the other greats such as Muddy ...