Malley stumbled across some research that traced the roots of American blues music back to West African Muslim slaves. His discovery led Malley to imagine a musical play that explored the shared ...

When my uncle would turn his back, I would play some blues. He wouldn't have that kind of music in his house “The government made schools for us, but I had a hard time going. I had to walk maybe ...

It's the music you'd play when you were relaxing or ... were heard on the radio, but blues was hardly broadcast at all. Some stations in the South started barn dance programs, like the Grand ...

showing the world that the granddaddy of American music still has chords left to play. Some of those chords are showcased at Ground Zero Blues Club, co-founded by actor Morgan Freeman more than ...

If you play anything inside of the larger genre of rock music, the chances are it has descended from the blues in some capacity. Whatever era of rock-based guitar music you love, you’ll be able to ...

Q: You garnered some awards and prestige in the blues community out in the Midwest, and you obviously play plenty of blues music, but while your original music sounds blues-based, it isn’t ...

It's like a conversation between the musicians. In blues music, the singer would sing a line and a musician would play the response on an instrument. Jazz and blues musicians often make up parts ...

Of course, the basis of all American music is the blues. So we said, ‘Let’s just get together and play some blues and maybe we’ll get a gig and maybe not.’” The history of Code Blue goes ...