By: Brian Berger

She thrived in any musical context: jazz, blues, hokum, pop.

By: Devin McKinney

Music as volatile as bare wires, as raw as a flayed body.

By: Jacob Mikanowski

His career recapitulated the mystery of the blues in miniature.

By: Brian Berger

“The greatest blues singer that I ever knew.”

By: Brian Berger

“I had to burn a guy a little and they gave me a little time”

By: Alix Lambert

Sometimes it pays a man to keep his eyes closed.

By: Brian Berger

An inspired, slurry vocalist of darkness and wit.

By: Brian Berger

His speed, touch, range and daring were unrivaled.

By: Brian Berger

“We play unsegregated music.”

By: Brian Berger

Neglected puzzle master of country, cajun, jazz, and the blues.

By: David Smay

Beyond the jargon of authenticity, dissonance and dark places.

By: Franklin Bruno

“St. Louis Blues” may be “the jazzman’s Hamlet,” as one critic has it, but its author, W.C. HANDY (1873-1955) might be compared more fairly to Aeschylus than to Shakespeare. Just as the Greek’s works served […]