In 1893, cornetist W.C. Handy, broke and hungry in St. Louis, had reached a low point in his life. When he encountered “a woman whose pain seemed even greater” than his, he heard her mutter, “Ma man’s ...

Hear five versions of the popular W.C. Handy song, performed by five of America's top jazz artists. W.C. Handy, known as the "Father of the Blues," didn't exactly invent the blues, as his nickname ...

From NYFOS Artistic Director Steven Blier: "For some years now I've been thinking about the blues, that most American of musical genres. The idea took shape when Elliott Hurwitt, one of our country's ...

During the month of February, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will publish a daily feature highlighting African American contributions to our state and nation. This is the fifth year of the AJC Sepia ...

It’s one of the most familiar creation myths in the American imagination: a lonely crossroads in the Mississippi Delta; a down-at-the-heels musician and Satan himself, come to bestow fretboard mojo in ...