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What can warm a blues fan’s heart more than two full days of stellar blues? How about if those two full days can be enjoyed in air-conditioned comfort and not in the uncomfortable temps - and chance ...

Many music writers and historians consider Gertrude "Ma" Rainey the matriarch of American blues. Beginning her career in the dust of Southern tent shows and minstrel circuits, she became one of the ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to jazz musician Sherman Irby about his new show at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, "Birth of the Blues," exploring the origin of the blues and its continued ...