The blues is a style of music created by African Americans at the end of the 19th Century. It developed out of folk music, spiritual songs and work songs. The blues would have been originally ...

Around for over 100 years, blues music is alive and well, and still contains universal truths for the modern world. Here are the most memorable blues songs of the year.

Tying for 20th place with 60 covers each is "Get Off of My Cloud," a 1965 single, and "No Expectations" from 1968's Beggars Banquet. Joan Baez 's version of the latter is below, from 1970's The First ...

The words in blues songs usually explain how the singer is ... by musicians from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Back to top What are the features of jazz and blues music? Call and response ...

Guitar legend T-Bone Walker, top, pioneered the jump blues style of ... became the first African- American vocalist to record a blues song, That Thing Called Love, for the pioneering OKeh label.