There are few figures in blues history as notable as Muddy Waters. Born McKinley Morganfield in 1913, Muddy was cetral to the evolution of the genre, from its beginnings as the folk music of the ...

In 2005, fans and scholars of early jazz and blues were handed the keys to a buried treasure chest: an eight-CD set of recordings that New Orleans pianist Jelly Roll Morton had made at the Library of ...

To describe the Blues as an influential music genre does it something of an injustice, such is the number of artists and performers to have been inspired by its various forms. Blues performers may ...

The blues is ripe with legends and myths, not least the oft-touted claim that W.C. Handy was the father of the blues. But as Darryl. W. Bullock tells it, there is an important tract of blues history ...

DOM FLEMONS: This is a collection that was just - it was known as The Monster. DETROW: That's blues musician Dom Flemons. FLEMONS: You know, you always hear that for each musician that recorded, there ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The recent passing of the ‘godfather of British ...

I have been a lover of music for my entire life and this year I wanted to dive deep into music history that helped to shape the genres that we listen to today. This Black History Month I decided to ...