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Full day of blues, roots, and Americana at Bend Blues Festival

The second annual Bend Blues Festival will return to Silver Moon Brewing in Bend on Saturday, June 27, 2026. This all-ages ...

Van Morrison perfects his blues/rock/Celtic soul on Saint Dominic's Preview

Gypsy I Will Be There Listen To The Lion Saint Dominic's Preview Redwood Tree Almost Independence Day. Ambling into the Sixth ...
Great Big Story on MSN

Ural Thomas, the soul legend of Portland rhythm and blues

Discover how Ural Thomas became a legendary rhythm and blues artist in Portland while sharing stages with icons like Otis ...
Classical Music

These are the 15 greatest blues singers of all time

From Lead Belly to Janis Joplin, we profile 15 great blues singers who helped shape this most emotive and expressive of music ...
WREG.com

Memphis Music: Where the past still plays and the beat never stops

Memphis, Tennessee, is known around the world as the home of the blues. It helped create soul. It invented rock ’n’ roll. And ...
Rolling Stone

The 25 Best Country-Soul Albums

However culture-shifting history proves Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, to be, it’s not unprecedented. For generations, artists have blurred the supposed lines between country music, R&B, soul ...
Sixers Wire

How Memphis soul music helped shape the Civil Rights Movement

Moments before he was fatally shot, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called out to jazz saxophonist Ben Branch from the balcony of the Lorraine Motel to request a song. Today, Branch's saxophone rests at ...