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We don't think of The Beatles as blues artists. But these five songs might make you think again about their blues chops.

Here are 16 great Delta blues artists. All are Black. Fifteen are men.

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Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

You could say that the songs on Shemekia Copeland’s new album, “Uncivil War,” include rocking shuffles, a showstopping slow blues and a New Orleans-style second-line groove, or that among the guest ...

At least 10 songs made with music-generating technology have charted recently.