Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. A still from 'The Blues Society.' Mention the historic music festivals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bukka White plays guitar, accompanied by Jimmy Crosthwait on washboard, during a Memphis Blues Festival performance at the Overton ...

Award-winning Broadway director and choreographer Jeffrey Page is taking his talents to Africa! Page has described the short film Blues People as a documentary showcasing Malian artists’ vibrant ...

Exclusive: Roviros Manthoulis' 1973 documentary has long been a lost piece of music history. Now, blues lovers have a chance to experience it on the big screen. Even the most casual students of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mention the name Louis Armstrong, and certain sounds and images of the 20th-century jazz genius flood in. Screaming trumpet high ...

Long Island (aka the Big Fish) was home to a blues scene that was one of the most incredible and fantastic musical experiences. From the early 1960's through the 1990's, people went to music clubs to ...

Filmmaker Kevin Mukherji’s new documentary “Tail Dragger” tells the story of an 82-year-old blues singer who was a protégé of Howlin’ Wolf and whose career recalls the heyday of blues clubs on Chicago ...

A central Iowa band and an Ames filmmaker are on a mission: They want to keep blues music alive. When the Buckmiller/Schwager Band, led by Tom Buckmiller and Brian Schwager, won the Iowa Blues ...

My name is Bob Sarles and I produced, directed, and edited the Bloomfield documentary included in the new box set. I made the project together with my wife Christina Keating, who co-produced and ...

While the respective champions of New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta can (and will) continue to tussle over a claim to the “birthplace” of the blues, there’s only one Kind of Town that can lay a ...