Lorenzo Washington Gala to benefit the Jefferson Street Sound Museum takes place Thursday evening. Why it matters: Jefferson ...

Lonnie Johnson, who was based in St. Louis, recorded a flood ... But the vast majority of African American recording artists, especially blues and gospel singers, sold almost entirely within ...

Rhythm and Blues wasn’t just a genre—it was a powerful force ... Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Cashman, Sean D. (1991). African Americans & the Quest for Civil Rights, 1900-1990.

Ma Rainey or as some may call her “The Mother of Blues” was an African American blues singer from Columbus and what used to be her home is now a museum for visitors to tour. Gertrude Pridget o ...

The blues is a style of music created by African Americans at the end of the 19th Century. It developed out of folk music, spiritual songs and work songs. The blues would have been originally ...