One of the biggest misconceptions about blues music is that the genre is all about doom and gloom. Naturally, many blues songs feature lyrics about being down in the dumps, love lost, and heartbreak.

These days, John Mayer has no problem looking at his own music and pointing out which people inspired which parts. After ...

The leading (and only) blues-classical harmonica player/pianist, Corky Siegel, has rubbed shoulders with Janis Joplin, Seiji Ozawa and Jimi Hendrix and has been compared with George Gershwin. It's a ...

As bassist with the Moody Blues, John Lodge played on one of classic-rock’s most enduring tracks, evocative 1967 hit “Nights ...

NEW YORK -- When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds -- participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then "gigging in ...

Bill Murray, best known for his long career in movies and TV, has taken on a surprising new role as lead singer in a bluesy ...

When Ronnie Baker Brooks sings "Blues in My D.N.A.," he's telling the truth. The four-time Chicago Blues Festival headliner, who plays World Records on Saturday, is the son of the late Lonnie Brooks, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A new take on Wynton Marsalis’s “Blues Symphony,” a piano cycle by Gregory Spears and Rosa Feola’s solo debut are among the highlights. Detroit ...

John Lodge, the singer and bassist of The Moody Blues, has died at 82. His family announced Friday that Lodge died suddenly ...

Watermelon Slim will perform a free concert this Saturday at Starkville’s Fire Station Park. (Submitted photo) STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Music Maker Productions is hosting “Blues Night” ...

45 years after its release, the Blues Brothers movie is getting a comic book sequel. Z2 has partnered with the families of Blues Brothers stars Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi to create a graphic novel ...