Enslaved people would sing work songs while working the plantations and religious spirituals in church. Combined with the African rhythms, these musical styles were the foundation of blues. The Delta ...

GAHANNA, Ohio (WCMH) – Festival organizers for the Creekside Blues and Jazz Festival have announced the dates and performance lineup for the 27th annual event. This year’s festival will take place ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market is reopening Oct. 1 with a slate of performers and an interior overhaul aimed at making the venue one of the nation’s premier listening rooms. The nonprofit ...

In the mid-1800s, a German harmonica manufacturer named Hohner started exporting his product to North America. Being relatively inexpensive, relatively easy to play and extremely portable, the ...

The Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival was canceled in 2020, and delayed until September last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but now it's back in full force for this weekend. Early tickets sales are ...

The Harvest Jazz and Blues festival has announced its Saturday line-up for Sept. 17, 2016. Lots of local, national and international artists will be ...

If you’ve been wondering when Glendale’s Westside Blues, Jazz and More will make its long-awaited return, there’s finally an answer. The speakeasy-style nightclub and music venue, located at 17045 N.

Blues began with enslaved African peoples' work songs in the cotton fields of the Deep South of America. The Slave Narrative of Mr. Sam Polite, given at 93 years of age, chronicles that life. It was ...

Gahanna's Creekside District will trade its usual weekend buzz for a full blast of horns, sax and slide guitar when the ...

Mixing jazz and blues demands a delicate balance between preserving live energy and achieving a polished, listener-ready sound. Engineers must respect the genre’s dynamics, acoustic space, and ...