News

Cited as one of the first representations of black queer popular culture, Ma Rainey's sensational Prove It on Me Blues is a ...
The shows will include performances by Xander & The Peace Pirates, Toby Lee, and a double-header show by Liz Jones & Broken Windows and Leanne Brumfitt & Full Band. Teenage blues artist Toby Lee ...
A moody, Celtic-influenced song, "Starflower Blues" was written by Society of Broken Souls' own Lauryn Shapter, who says it's one of her (and bandmate Dennis James') favorite songs to perform live.
In the American music of brokenness and sorrow, my church learns to long for God’s restoration. I was told once that during Lent, you don’t sing songs with the word hallelujah in them. I had ...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BROKEN LEVEE BLUES") SIMON: The flood of '27 was immortalized in literature and music, including this tune by blues great Lonnie Johnson. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BROKEN LEVEE BLUES") ...
When the airlines smashed a songwriter’s guitar and refused to reimburse him, he got even by going viral. Can United’s 180 million dollar loss be chalked up entirely to a song on YouTube ...
The video for the song, which we're premiering above, was filmed in Venice Beach on the boardwalk. "I wrote 'If It Wasn't Broken' at the end of a rough relationship," War writes in an email. "The ...
Broken Social SceneHouse of BluesFebruary 19, 2011Better than: on a night of so many choices, that's hard to say... This weekend provided music lovers in Dallas with an overload of great options ...
A wave of new country artists — including Preston Cooper, Ty Myers, Kashus Culpepper and The Red Clay Strays — are singing blues music these days.
A recently unearthed live version of “Blues for Mama,” written by Simone and Abbey Lincoln in the 1960s, took on domestic abuse in a momentous way.
Jelly Roll officially unfurled the tracklist of his upcoming Beautifully Broken album on Tuesday (Oct. 8), and as expected, it's a massive project with 22 songs in total. Fans have heard a couple ...