His debut album, out now, features old country blues with a new twist. It's called "Yellow Peril." Korean American poet Nat Myers releases blues album Nat Myers is putting a new twist on some of ...

Now nearly 100 years old, country music is a genre with a rich and complex history. It's influenced by gospel, rock n' roll, and the blues, and has been home to a cast of complicated characters ...

Ryan Nelson, who goes by Earl on stage, might have made a deal with the Devil in exchange for his guitar chops in blues music. At least that’s what Robert Johnson, who spawned the genre in the 1930s, ...

“I ended up being with Taj Mahal and Keb Mo, and I honed my craft as an old country blues artist. Most of what I learned is self-taught.” At 27, Jontavious Willis is an old soul. Muddy Waters’ harp ...

Bite into an old blues song. Spit some out. Let it sit in the sun, soften and rot. Find a blues seed in the pulp. Replant it in a pile of rock. See that seed take root, grow stronger amid the stones.

Connecting the threads of culture and music takes a full year of planning and a big dose of what folklorist Rachel Reynolds calls “magical pragmatism.” That force was hard at work as Reynolds planned ...