The Curse of K.K. Hammond has shown once again that the blues never die. They return as ghosts. Her new single, "Ain't No ...

Their joint album “Curandero” melds dreamy synths, Tuvan-inspired throat singing and a preoccupation with mortality.

Willie Dixon. Born at the Delta’s southern tip in 1915, Willie Dixon followed the Great Migration to Chicago. There, he ...

Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.

Originally an Irish traditional song, Whiskey in the Jar found new life in Thin Lizzy's – and, eventually, Metallica's – ...

Burbridge played with The Allman Brothers and Tedeschi Trucks Band before joining Dead & Company alongside guitarist John ...

"Lady Sings the Blues" is much more than a song—it’s the title of Billie Holiday’s 1956 autobiography and a window into the life of one of jazz’s most iconic voices.

THIS IS THE season of one of the greatest migrations on Earth happening right now. We’ve all heard of the epic flights of migrating waterfowl flying from the Arctic Circle to the tropics. The epic ...

There’s nothing like howling at the late-night moon in midtown Toronto to the incredible blues guitar of Paul James. It hasn’t happened often in the past six decades but Saturday blues fans will have ...

After yet another year of futility, Orioles fans sang the same old couple of songs this autumn — “The Party’s Over” and “Wait Till Next Year.” We all know the lyrics by heart (“The Orioles needed ...

Louisiana Blues guitarist Tab Benoit has been on tour around the United States in support of I Hear Thunder, his first new release in 13 years. He brought his trio to Saint Rocke, a small club in ...

The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger Pity the bond traders of the world, who after Tuesday must wish they’d stayed on their late-summer vacations. A global rout ...