The history of blues music is drenched in melancholy. So it’s no surprise when some of the most gut-wrenching blues tunes become standards.

We who love music tend to view our favorite artists through rose-colored glasses. That includes believing that these musicians have the answers to some of life’s more profound problems. All because ...

Don’t let the weather stop you from enjoying all the area has to offer, including shows by Everclear and Madonna, Blues Week at Hey Nonny, the opening of “Champion” at Lyric Opera and Winter Mini ...

This isn’t a book for the fainthearted. It’s certainly not for the puritanical. This magnificent, raunchy exploration of early blues lyrics contains references so scabrous they would make a pirate ...

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods; it's ...

Berkshire Lyric will present its annual “Kick the Winter Blues” pop concerts at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 18 and 19, in the Town Hall auditorium. Titled “A Musical Trip to Ireland,” the ...

The real Rainey would be out of a job just a year later: classic blues was fading in popularity in favor of swing jazz, and the advent of talking pictures had dented the centrality of live ...