Reiland Rabaka sits down with renowned blues musician Otis Taylor for an intimate and dynamic conversation ... stories. From his pioneering work with the banjo to his reflections on the cultural ...

The first thing that you have to accept when you write a book about early blues music, Dr. Gregg Kimball says, is that you’ll never solve the mystery of it all. “We just dont ...

One of its two singles was Texas Hold 'Em, which is nominated in the Record of the Year category, and here we'll be taking a ...

Next month sees the release of this new one from Cristina Vane, who deftly blends blues and rock with old-time and country.

The American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame will induct a new group of banjo pioneers during a ceremony later this year, the ...

Bethany Brook Showalter and Spencer Showalter Sierra Hull has released “Come Out Of My Blues,” the second preview single from ...

When Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and East Tennessee State University alumna Amythyst Kiah shared her Appalachian story ...

Long-time special teamer Chris Banjo, who played his first games in the NFL as an undrafted free agent signed by the Green Bay Packers, has been named the special teams coordinator of the New York ...

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The blues artists talked, the rockers listened. Without the blues there’d be no rock’n’roll, but these influential blues songs were especially pivotal. The great blues artists talked ...

played on the banjo by his uncle. Broonzy is credited as co-writer (with Segar), and he told Terkel that all blues writers took songs and made others from them by “changing a little bit.” ...

New special teams coordinator Chris Banjo has been tabbed by Aaron Glenn to rejuvenate the once-proud unit. And as he embarks on his quest to do so, Banjo brings with him an incredibly promising ...