Scintillating chanteuse, Davina Sowers, is giving the Twin Cities the blues without letting them down. With her Vagabonds backing her up, Sowers gives a lot of soul âÄî and a lot of attitude. Put ...

Feb 25, 2011 — This week, North Country Public Radio has been celebrating the region’s vibrant music culture. You can listen to the entire series on our website, ncpr.org.

MASSENA—A rough-and-tumble black cat serves as the namesake for Benny Bent Tail, a St. Lawrence County blues and rock band ...

This weekend marks the 12th edition of the annual North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic. The two-day concert festival celebrates the region’s distinctive, mesmerizing Hill Country blues style ...

Authentic blues music is about place, whether it’s a hotbed like Texas or Chicago or Luther Dickenson’s stomping grounds of Mississippi Hill Country. For the past 20 years, Dickenson has been ...

A three-night focus on Mississippi Hill Country blues — the raw, hypnotic style perfected by Fred McDowell, R.L. Burnside, and Junior Kimbrough in back-roads jukes across rural north Mississippi ...

Audio transcript. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: When blues legend Buddy Guy calls you the real deal, well, that's no small thing. Recently, he bestowed that honor on 83-year-old singer Mary Lane.

Sometime in late 1963 Bob Dylan jotted down the lyrics to “The Times They Are A-Changin'” on a long sheet of white paper. On the back he began penning “North Country Blues,” another song ...

When most people think of blues music, they think of B.B. King. Well, B.B. himself plays Dallas and Fort Worth music venues because there is such a love for this musical genre in North Texas.

Blues Fest 2025 runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday on five stages along North Boulevard in downtown Baton Rouge. Opening night features three nationally known young local performers — singer ...

Blues Fest 2025 runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday on five stages along North Boulevard in downtown Baton Rouge. Opening night features three nationally known young local performers — singer ...