“My goal is to build a new context around the blues,” says Carl “Buffalo” Nichols, and that’s precisely what the Texas-based musician is doing. His 2021 self-titled debut, Buffalo Nichols, saw him ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Peter Lodder With the technical skillset of a folk-blues fingerstylist, but the heart, ...

Blues singer Bessie Smith’s “Backwater Blues” is often connected to the well-known Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, which devastated predominantly Black communities in Arkansas, Mississippi and ...

Carl “Buffalo” Nichols has the deep, methodical voice of a storyteller. He speaks in low, even tones that seem unhurried, even as his sentences amble forward invitingly—a trait reflected in the steady ...

This story was originally published by ArtsATL. On recent Wednesday nights, Fat Matt’s Rib Shack was bursting with musical energy and was packed to the brim with enthusiastic blues fans. The magic was ...

Get ready for traditional blues music at its finest, as world-class Chicago blues master The Cash Box Kings headline the final day of the 32nd annual Billtown Blues Festival, Sunday at 5:15 pm, at the ...

LITTLETON — Get ready for an evening of toe-tapping, soulful harmonies, and community spirit as the First Church Unitarian in Littleton hosts its Folk Festival at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at 19 ...

WMNF listeners and fans were first introduced to GA-20 when Tropical Heatwave returned from a 7-year-long hiatus in May 2023. However, their beginning started when Matthew Stubbs was on a hiatus of ...

Out of more than 23,000 entries for consideration, four Mississippi musicians have been nominated for 2026 Grammy awards. The Recording Academy has more than 15,000 voting members, and only the best, ...

Ryan Coogler's latest film, "Sinners," a spicy cinematic gumbo of African American folk tale, painful racial history and vampire horror starring Michael B. Jordan, has bolted out of the box-office ...

Kurt Cobain is one of the most legendary figures to come out of the 1990s alternative rock movement known as grunge. He was the iconic frontman of Nirvana, and we lost him far too soon. He was an ...