As a starting point we might consider the essential musical structure of most of the music we call the Blues. In its basic form it has a three chord structure in a 1, 4, 5 progression. It usually ...

There is no dating the blues; it is timeless and stirring. Arizona Theatre Company's production, even with its flaws, shows ...

In honor of Black History Month, The Current is exploring the origins of Black music in America, what came after, and its ...

Ronnie Baker Brooks and Coco Montoya will bring their blues to the stage in Los Angeles at Venice West on Thursday, Mar. 6.

Jazz and blues are types of music that can trace their roots back to the early 20th Century, in the southern United States. Jazz was very popular as it was a fresh, new sound. Different styles of ...

“She did. I do. Our children too.” This is not to say “Black in Blues” is about music, although that’s part of it. But more to the point, it is a book of questions. “Still, I wondered ...

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...