NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Smithsonian curator John Troutman and blues musician Dom Flemons about the new folk music album, Playing for the Man at the Door. DOM FLEMONS: This is a collection that ...

Born from the creativity of African Americans in the 1860s, blues was first captured on phonographs, field recordings, and ...

A massive and closely held collection of blues music and research from the 1950s and 60s is seeing the light of day. The collection is from Robert "Mack" McCormick, who died in 2015 at age 85 and ...

Blues fans have long looked to the Mississippi Delta or Chicago for a taste of authentic Americana, but a new compilation draws attention to another region: Appalachia. Classic Appalachian Blues, from ...

Smithsonian Folkways brings decades of blues history to vinyl in a well sequenced 2LP set with good sound, a solid pressing, ...

An extensive collection of blues memorabilia has been donated by a "lifelong" fan to be sold for charity. The family of Alan Newman, who died in August aged 75, has donated his compilation to St ...

Harold Washington Library staffer Sarah Zimmerman shares a commemorative brochure from the fourth annual Chicago Blues Festival in 1987. Credit: James Hosking When it comes to the blues, sometimes ...