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No matter what lofty accomplishments and accolades Jason Ricci has reaped over his illustrious career, he’s become...

Find out how a young Barack Obama, raised by a single mother, became one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.

It’s been almost a year since Jonathan Jackson was elected to represent Illinois’ 1st Congressional District, a region that covers large portions of the mid-South Side and the city’s southwest

Grammy award-winning blues musician Bobby Rush will soon be putting on a special performance at the Ellis Theater in Philadelphia to celebrate his 90th birthday. On November 10, the “90th Birthday Celebration” will include several outdoor festivities starting at 8:00 p.m. before the live concert kicking off inside the theater later...

On Saturday, October 14, a loving and celebratory, 200-guest Station Hall audience at Jorma Kaukonen’s famous eastern Ohio guitar camp, Fur Peace Ranch, cheered on the guitar legend and his Hot Tuna bandmates Jack Casady and Justin Guip thorough a passionate, late-afternoon concert of electric blues, ballads and tougher stuff.

The Song That Changed My Life is a segment that gives us the chance to talk with some of our favorite artists about the music that made them who they are today.

One of the teenagers involved in a mass shooting at the 2022 Mudbug Festival will spend multiple decades behind bars. 17-year-old Calvin Berry pled guilty on Tuesday to manslaughter, drive-by shooting, and seven counts of aggravated assault for his role in the incident after previously pleading not guilty in January. A...

Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify“Sonicwonderland” represents a new musical adventure for the constantly evolving pianist and composer Hiromi, who is a star in her native Japan and burst onto the music scene twenty years ago with her debut album. Recorded with a new quartet, called Hiromi’s Sonicwonder, the album features nine new works bursting … Continue reading

The 2023 Sonny Payne Award of Blues Excellence was recently presented to Pine Bluffs Detroit Johnny Johnson.

Oxford Blues Festival on Saturday, Oct. 14. Photographed by Isabelle Frost. Oxford and surrounding communities gathered this weekend to dance,