Keith Urban has reportedly been singing the blues amid his very public divorce from his wife, Nicole Kidman. The high-profile Hollywood actor filed for divorce from the country singer at the end of ...

Ma Rainey was a real person. One of our earliest professional blues singers, she performed and recorded throughout the 1920s and 1930s, and her popularity and folksy style earned her the title “Mother ...

INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...

Only Fabian Zetterlund was able to solve St. Louis goalie Joel Hofer on the 41 shots he faced. That came late in the third ...

The singer/songwriter is one of the 2024 Kennedy Center honorees. In 1996, Raitt spoke to Fresh Air about about the musicians that inspired her, including Mississippi Fred McDowell. This is FRESH AIR.

She has a big, stirring voice and a talent for lyrics that are poignant but with a sense of humor. Award-winning singer Shemekia Copeland picked up three Grammy nominations last week for her new album ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – There's no way one can listen to the music of blues and not feel it. CBS 2 recently met a woman who tells the stories of blues greats past, present, future and female. It's her mission ...

An actress and entertainer featured in the 1980 movie “The Blues Brothers” has died as a result of the Los Angeles fires.

As I drive my rented Dodge Hornet south on Highway 61 across the flat Mississippi Delta, the region’s famous native son B.B. King croons “Why I Sing the Blues” on the radio. Music that sprung from ...

The WMNF Song of the Day for February 4, 2025 is “The Leon County Sing Along Blues” by The Tall Pines. The Tall Pines are a shack-shakin’ rock & roll duo. Connie Lynn Petruk, singing her heart out, ...