CLEVELAND, Ohio - Fred “Dave” Davis’ life was cut short. The Kansas City-born, Cleveland-raised blues singer, songwriter and guitarist was murdered in an armed robbery in a Cleveland parking lot in ...

Local blues man Buddy Shute says he can already smell the barbecue after his band, The Procrastinators won the Fort Smith ...

Muddy Waters got it right with his anthemic song, “The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll.” And few figures ever personified that evolutionary link as clearly as Big Joe Turner, the ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Smithsonian curator John Troutman and blues musician Dom Flemons about a new folk album, Playing for the Man at the Door, from late chronicler Mack McCormick's collection.

Mud Morganfield has never felt any pressure following in the Chicago blues tradition of his famous father, Muddy Waters. The music just couldn’t be denied. Morganfield was compelled. “I tell people, I ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Among the bustle of busy cars and people, there’s “The Blues Man,” and his guitar. Near the 3rd Ave. Market Basket, he’s singing his heart out. “I’ll sit here all day long ...

Late longtime blues musician Jimmy “Preacher” Ellis and his grandson, George Singleton, only saw each other once in life. “I met him when I was around 9 or 10,” said Singleton, an author and publisher ...