Posts about blues music

Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981) was one of the most versatile, tireless, and influential figures in[…]

Mance Lipscomb (April 9, 1895 – January 30, 1976) was an American country blues singer, guitarist, and songster whose repertoire stretched far beyond what many[…]

Samuel Gene Maghett (1937-1969), known globally as Magic Sam, was a seminal figure in the Chicago blues scene, whose innovative style and electrifying performances left[…]

Gertrude “Ma” Rainey (born Gertrude Pridgett; April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was one of the earliest and most influential professional blues singers in[…]

Luther Sylvester Allison (August 17, 1939 – August 12, 1997) was a fiercely passionate and dynamic blues guitarist and singer whose career bridged the electric[…]

Louis Armstrong (born Louis Daniel Armstrong; August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971) was an American trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and one of the most influential[…]

Lonnie Johnson stands at the crossroads of blues and jazz, the rare musician whose single-string guitar leads redefined how both traditions could sound. A refined[…]

Little Walter (born Marion Walter Jacobs) reshaped the sound of postwar Chicago blues. With a bullet mic cupped to his harmonica and a small amp[…]

Leroy Carr (1905–1935) was a singer-pianist whose smooth voice, conversational phrasing, and elegant piano lines helped steer the blues from the rough-hewn country idiom toward[…]

Koko Taylor—born Cora Ann Walton—rose from Tennessee sharecropper roots to become the undisputed “Queen of the Blues.” With a volcanic, sandpapered voice and a fearless[…]