Delta blues grew up into modern Chicago blues ... like the Grand Ole Opry, which had a black harmonica player, but it was pretty unusual. Record players would have been one of the few luxuries ...

As the musical form began to evolve, Delta blues artists often worked solo, accompanying themselves on guitar or harmonica. Bottleneck and slide guitar, a rough and rhythmic intensity, and raw ...

Phil Wiggins, a blues harmonica virtuoso who embraced the jaunty ... and country and evolved separately from the better-known ...

Combined with the African rhythms, these musical styles were the foundation of blues. The Delta blues, first recorded in the 1920s, was one of the earliest types of blues music and originated in ...

They are both very popular styles of music. Blues music can be played on instruments like the guitar, piano and harmonica. Singing is very important in blues music too. The words in blues songs ...

Johnson picked up harmonica as a young child ... Johnson returned from what would be an 18-month hiatus from the Delta blues scene. Suddenly, he could pluck out entire band arrangements with ...

Old blues men never retire — they just keep on playing until they drop. And this week, the Music Box Supper Club is hosting a ...