In the third episode of a six-part series presented by American Songwriter and Renasant Bank, Rivers of Rhythm takes a deep look at the popularity of blues music as we celebrate Black History Month.

Visitors to the 45th annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival can groove to one of the most identifiably American forms of popular music—rhythm and blues. “Rhythm and Blues: Tell It Like It Is” will ...

On Thursday (Sept. 19), Billboard reported that the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame has added the late Frankie Beverly to its 2024 class of inductees. Beverly, who passed away earlier this month ...

On the final Friday of Black History Month's centennial year, Pine Bluff unveiled the Delta Rhythm & Bayous Blues & Wellness Plaza—the nation's largest outdoor gallery dedicated to Delta music and ...

Back in 2007, music fan Nick Duckett walked into a record shop hoping to buy a comprehensive history of rhythm and blues on CD. To his surprise, the owner told him no such set existed at the time.

John Broven’s newly revised, expanded and updated Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans, originally issued as Walking to New Orleans, is the definitive, go-to source for anyone interested in the deep ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few figures in American music loom as large as Muddy Waters. A transformative force in the evolution of modern blues, Waters bridged the acoustic traditions of the Mississippi Delta ...

Ruth Brown, the pioneering singer whose 1950s hits including “Teardrops From My Eyes” and “(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean” helped establish both the rhythm-and-blues form and Atlantic Records as ...

The blues might be the quintessential American musical genre. Born out of hope for the future and a recognition of the dark, at times, inhumane past, the genre has spawned big names, important music, ...

Missouri-born Steven Lee Cropper, 77, remains the most crucial guitarist of Sixties soul. He co-bills with Traffic's Dave Mason in the Rock & Soul Revue at the Paramount Theatre next Thursday, Feb. 28 ...

In 1992, the world was formally introduced to Mary J. Blige in her “Real Love” music video. The image of a young Black woman, rocking an oversized baseball jersey, a backwards cap, and singing over a ...