Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. A still from 'The Blues Society.' Mention the historic music festivals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bukka White plays guitar, accompanied by Jimmy Crosthwait on washboard, during a Memphis Blues Festival performance at the Overton ...

In the 1960s, the city of Memphis played host to the Memphis Country Blues Festival. It was a celebration of blues artists that many white organizers helped put together. That festival was captured on ...

When NHL coaches won’t confirm their starting goaltender for a regular-season game in November, it goes without saying that it’s a league of secrecy. The NHL Draft is even more top secret. Only ...

Award-winning Broadway director and choreographer Jeffrey Page is taking his talents to Africa! Page has described the short film Blues People as a documentary showcasing Malian artists’ vibrant ...

Exclusive: Roviros Manthoulis' 1973 documentary has long been a lost piece of music history. Now, blues lovers have a chance to experience it on the big screen. Even the most casual students of ...

A central Iowa band and an Ames filmmaker are on a mission: They want to keep blues music alive. When the Buckmiller/Schwager Band, led by Tom Buckmiller and Brian Schwager, won the Iowa Blues ...

A new documentary film will be released about blues musician Bobby Rush. Titled King of the Chitlin’ Circuit, the movie explores the life of the 92-year-old musician and his 70-plus-year career. The ...

EXCLUSIVE: Grammy-winning blues musician Bobby Rush, fresh off Oscar winner Sinners, is the subject of new documentary King of the Chitlin' Circuit. The 92-year-old blues vet performed the harmonica ...

While the respective champions of New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta can (and will) continue to tussle over a claim to the “birthplace” of the blues, there’s only one Kind of Town that can lay a ...