Clarke Bentancourt (Cynda Williams) steps into the spotlight and melts the room with a velvety, soul-soaked performance of “Harlem Blues.” This isn’t just a song - it’s a confession, and every note ...

Saturday’s event promises to showcase the extraordinary talents of award-winning musicians Johnny Rawls and the Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival band Johnny Rawls, a soul blues singer, guitarist, ...

The phone rings exactly at three o’clock. On the other end of the line is energetic, talkative and informative Blues Traveler guitarist Chan Kinchla calling from ...

As a jazz subgenre, soul-jazz began to flourish in the early 1960s. A groove-oriented style built from the bottom up, soul-jazz usually begins with the bass player: You take a strong bass line, ...

“My name is Ivan Singh - this is a dream come true,” said the Argentinian guitarist, kicking off Blues Fest last month in Chicago. Singh now calls Chicago home and stands as a perfect example of the ...

EJ Jones, a rising blues and Southern Soul singer, will join J-Wonn and EJ Echols (left and right, respectively, in the second photo), both seasoned veterans of the musical genres, and several other ...

The NCPA Soulful Blues Festival is back for its third edition and promises to bring in the crowds to watch three great performers. The three day all American lineup features Detroit’s ‘Queen of the ...

The renowned bluesman, who died in 2015, spoke to Fresh Air in 1996 about growing up as the son of a sharecropper — and leaving the plantation as a young man to pursue a career in music. This is FRESH ...