Of musical styles, the blues seem to offer the most interesting journey when it comes to the winding historical and research paths chronicling its earliest days and performers. Maybe is something ...

American music flows from the influence of the Blues. Legendary bluesman Blind Willie Johnson is known for his soulful singing and slide guitar, which Rachel Barton Pine translates to the violin. A ...

Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph ...

Nobody's fault but mine--Motherless children--If I had my way--I'm gonna run to the city--Jesus is coming soon--Keep your lamp trimmed and burning--God don't ever change--Take your burden to the Lord ...