A young troublemaker at the Colored Waif’s Home encounters one horn and two music educators. The world changes.

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In Brassroots Democracy, author Benjamin Barson presents a “music history from below”, embracing the Haitian revolution, post-civil war reconstruction and early jazz. The term “brassroots democracy” ...

ST. LOUIS, MO – Matrix Midwest and the St. Louis Blues have partnered to broadcast six of the most memorable games in ...

The Blues Foundation announced nominees for "The 46th Annual Blues Music Awards," and Chicago's Alligator Records artists ...

A seaside town is banishing the winter blues with a jazzy music festival. The Broadstairs Blues Bash is a mostly free five-day festival that brings together old and new blues musicians for gigs, ...

If watching the biggest, most exciting football game of the year isn’t enough to entice you, how about a rousing game of Super Bowl squares? Super Bowl squares have been a highlight of parties ...

Last Wednesday, Chicago-based musician and composer Joe Goodkin was invited to perform from his album “The Blues of Achilles, ...

the “Empress of the Blues” and though she died in 1937, aged 43, Bessie Smith’s influence permeated popular music for many years afterward. Among the many female singers who fell under her ...

Millions tuned in to watch the Eagles beat the Chiefs in Super Bowl 2025 and the Kendrick Lamar halftime show, but it was a huge night for brands, too. Companies spent millions to ...

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1994, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point ...

So ahead of the 2025 Super Bowl where Kendrick Lamar will perform the halftime show, here's a look at every Super Bowl ...