The blues is a style of music created by African Americans at the end of the 19th Century. It developed out of folk music, spiritual songs and work songs. The blues would have been originally ...

C. Handy, based in Memphis, popularized a style of sophisticated, urban blues music, including his own compositions such as "St. Louis Blues" and "Memphis Blues." The most dramatic entrance of ...

Combined with the African rhythms, these musical styles were the foundation of blues. The Delta blues, first recorded in the 1920s, was one of the earliest types of blues music and originated in ...

Little Walter was born in Marksville on May 1, 1930, as Marion Walter Jacobs. From obscurity to international fame, Little ...

The 32nd River City Blues Festival took place on March 14-15, bringing a wide array of nationally recognized blues musicians ...