Many of America’s greatest blues artists are women, including Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, but they ...

King — better known as B.B. King — was born on a cotton plantation outside tiny Itta Bena, destined to reign as the ...

Matt “Guitar” Murphy may be best recognized as the short-order cook who walks out on an angry Aretha Franklin in 1980s Blues Brothers movie (“The Blues Brothers? Shiiit! They still owe you money, fool ...

Eighty-five years ago today, the blues rocker who has won multiple Grammy Awards and played with blues legends was born in Texas.

Buddy Guy shreds onto Billboard’s Blues Albums chart (dated Aug. 16) at No. 1 with his latest LP, Ain’t Done With the Blues. Having turned 89 years young on July 30, the legend — who released the set ...

Sept. 16, 2025, will be a milestone in the history of Memphis and American music, as it marks what would have been B.B. King’s 100th birthday. To all who ever heard him play, King was the one true ...