The National Folk Festival, the nation's longest-running traditional arts event, kicks off its three-year Jackson residency ...

Organizers with the National Folk Festival announced six additional artists who will appear at the 82nd National Folk ...

The event is expected to draw 60-80,000 in attendance in year one and growing to 150,000 in the third year, the National Folk Festival will become a major new arts event for the city.

Singer Bobby Rush has been performing for more than six decades, but his biggest accolades have come in recent years. (Arnie Goodman) That started to change in 2017, when he won his first Grammy ...

Acts include Pokey LaFarge, Kudzu Kings, Lukah, DJ AD & The Vibe Tribe, Arkansauce, Princeton James Productions, Nashville ...

Rush’s “first love” of social justice dates back to the 1960s and his time as a Black Panther. Born in segregated Albany, Georgia, on Nov. 23, 1946, Rush’s family moved to Chicago in 1953.

Blues legend Bobby Rush has been making music for more than six decades — now he's out with a new album, called All My Love For You.

Bobby Rush will perform with opener Goldie Pipes 3 on Friday, March 22 at The Continental Club, 3700 Main, 8 p.m, $25-40. Gladys Fuentes is a first generation Houstonian whose obsession with music ...

Rush even recalled a time when they were doing a show in 1969 and as he was leaving the stage and Richard was coming on, he said, “Bobby Rush don’t go nowhere, stay right there!” ...

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush has written to President Joe Biden to request “redemption.” He is asking for an unconditional pardon for former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi Jackson, a ...

Chicago's Goodman Theatre presents Bobby Rush's Story-- Slippin' Through the Cracks on December 8th. Get ready for a captivating performance that explores the life and music of blues legend Bobby ...

Former Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars through the years in campaign funds to his family, often raising concerns among watchdog groups and campaign finance lawyers.