In the early 20th Century female performers such as Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith took the music to a wider audience and sold millions of "race records" in the process. The blues evolved further in ...

In the 20th century, composers thought about different ... You can hear an example of 12-bar blues style in Bill Haley and his Comets’ Rock around the Clock.

Jazz and blues are types of music that can trace their roots back to the early 20th Century, in the southern United States. Jazz was very popular as it was a fresh, new sound. Different styles of ...

Here are a few, from the mid-20th century to today. Copeland's voice is legendary. She can wail about love gone sideways like few others. But the daughter of blues musician Johnny Copeland also ...

When thinking about 20th century writers and thinkers ... what it means to be a “Blues People” in the 21st century. Each considers “Blues People” and Baraka pivotal to the ideas developed ...