SILVERTHORNE – In a county known for its hippie-jam bands, Mark Schlaefer is singing the blues. In his debut CD, “The Sweet Honey Mead,” Schlaefer blends original, old-style Delta and Chicago blues ...

In the past few weeks I’ve begun teaching a music salon again on Tuesday nights. Recently I did a session on the guitar, its history and various permutations. We featured some early blues guitar from ...

Blues legend B.B. King performs with an all-star cast at a White House event titled In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues. Getty Images WASHINGTON — Sometimes there are downsides to ...

It s a hot, wet July afternoon at Nancy Whiskey s, and a rich and soulful voice is bouncing off the tin ceiling inside the century-old Corktown bar. Heady blues-belter Lady T is offering up a ...

The day after the Blues Music Foundation disbursed $191,650 in grants to non-profit orgs and museums, Nielsen SoundScan provided a reminder of how tough it is to sell a blues record in this day and ...

(CBS/AP) Mick Jagger gave President Barack Obama's singing attempt a big thumbs up. The rocker called Mr. Obama's singing of the blues this week "courageous." Jagger said the president did pretty well ...

Through his agile fingers, still soft despite decades of making love to the taut strings of his guitar, B.B. King becomes immersed in his music. The high-pitched wail of the notes he coaxes out of the ...

Those who doubt such a thing will have a chance to hear Cheyenne James in person when she performs today at the 23rd anniversary celebration of Tuts, located at 711 Madeley in Conroe. James has been ...

As a 30-year St. Louis Blues fan, I have never attended a Blues game for the Star-Spangled Banner-induced adulation regarding my 20-plus years military service. Nor, to be fair, would I be distressed ...