This watershed boxed set features cutting-edge remasters of the singer’s 1920s recordings, substantiating her centrality in ...

The 1920s saw a revolution in technology the advent of the recording industry that created the first class of AfricanAmerican women to sing their way to fame and fortune Blues divas such as Bessie ...

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods; it's ...

Nas and Jack White joined forces for a live, revamped hip-hop take on Memphis Jug Band’s 1928 blues song “On the Road Again” in a clip from PBS’ historical documentary project American Epic. The ...