They knew that the festival attracts people who love to listen to music, but Hines said they were surprised at how many also jumped at the opportunity to learn how to play some blues tunes themselves.

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 ...

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 ...

Because everyone was having such fun playing and we saw the end of the tour coming up around the corner, we thought, ‘Let’s just go in and play some blues.’ Simple as that.” ...

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 ...