Posts about blues music

Blind Willie Johnson stands as one of the most powerful and enigmatic figures in the history of American music. His recorded output was small, his[…]

Blind Lemon Jefferson stands as one of the most important figures in the history of American blues. Widely regarded as the first great star of[…]

Mabel Louise Smith (May 1, 1924 – January 23, 1972), known professionally as Big Maybelle, was one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in[…]

Joseph Lee “Big Joe” Williams (October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982) stands among the most distinctive and idiosyncratic figures of American Delta blues. A[…]

Joseph Vernon “Big Joe” Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was a foundational American blues singer whose powerful, chest-driven voice and commanding[…]

Big Bill Broonzy stands as one of the most influential figures in the history of American blues. Active during the formative decades in which the[…]

Bessie Smith stands as one of the most commanding and influential figures in the history of American music. Known universally as the “Empress of the[…]

Benny Goodman, often called the “King of Swing,” stands as one of the most influential figures in American music. His clarinet mastery, bandleading genius, and[…]

Riley B. King, universally known as B.B. King, stands as one of the most influential figures in the history of American music. Revered as the[…]

Robert Hicks, known to record buyers as Barbecue Bob, was a formative figure in the Atlanta/Piedmont blues of the late 1920s. Working frequently with a[…]