San Jose’s J.C. Smith Band delivered a massively popular set of blues music on Day 2 of the Monterey Jazz Festival.

HGTV picked the best roadside attractions for all 50 US states. Top spot in Mississippi is a blues legend. Visit Clarksdale ...

The Jacobs School of Music is presenting a jazz ensemble by Brent Wallarab, professor of jazz studies at Jacobs. The ...

The fourth annual Big Steam Blues & Roots Music Festival is set to take place this weekend at Hill Wheatley Plaza.

The Memphis Music Hall of Fame will welcome a new class of inductees on Sept. 25. Here's a closer look at the inductees and ...

In Black Mountain, a three-day festival celebrating the history and impact of blues music wrapped up on Sunday, Sept. 28.The Black Mountain Blues Festival featured a vibrant mix of national and ...

The first Black radio station owner in Tennessee, the first woman to start her own record company, and a blues legend were ...

In the summer of 2019, when blues musician Vanessa Collier made her first appearance at the Creekside Blues and Jazz Festival in Gahanna, she still remembers the lively response from the crowd. “They ...

In early April, the San Antonio Blues Society promoted a local concert by California guitar hero Tommy Castro. The next week, Kathy Wolters broke out in hives. The San Antonio Blues Society’s board of ...

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Hot Kansas City summers are giving way to cool jazz nights, as the 2006 Kansas City Music Blues & Jazz Festival takes shape. Show organizers have signed the legendary Bo Diddley to ...