The country singer-songwriter formerly known as Sturgill Simpson has a new album out under his current stage name, Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark Clouds. If you have ever felt the need to reinvent ...

Blues music is a soulful genre. It has roots deeply embedded in the Black experience. Blues has long been a powerful expression of the struggles, joys and resilience of Black life in America.

The blues is ripe with legends and myths, not least the oft-touted claim that W.C. Handy was the father of the blues. But as Darryl. W. Bullock tells it, there is an important tract of blues history ...