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News Articles: Genre: Blues

Miles Caton as aspiring bluesman Sammie Moore in a pivotal scene from <em>Sinners</em>.

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  • Music Features

In 'Sinners,' the blues is a portal between this world and the next

Ryan Coogler's period thriller knows "the devil's music" isn't the opposite of the holy word, but its twin.

May 05, 2025
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Thornetta Davis, 61, also known as "Detroit's Queen of Blues" performed as Bessie Smith for "Sky Covington's Satin Doll Revue" produced by jazz vocalist and Preservation of Jazz founder Sky Covington celebrating iconic sounds of jazz at Aretha's Jazz Cafe in Detroit, Mich. on Feb. 24, 2025.

"I've had people tell me I've lifted their spirits when they weren't feeling right," Davis said. "That's what I'm here to do and pass on the legacy, too."

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  • Race

Detroit closes out Black History Month by honoring iconic legends of jazz and blues

The iconic voices of female jazz & blues legends Billie Holiday, Phyllis Hyman, Nancy Wilson and Bessie Smith were honored at Aretha's Jazz Café in Detroit for Black History Month

February 28, 2025
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  • Sylvia Jarrus
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs <em>Sacred Songs</em>, choreographed by interim artistic director Matthew Rushing based on material featured in the original 1960 version of the company's <em>Revelations</em>.

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  • Performing Arts

Lost songs from Alvin Ailey's 'Revelations' find voice in new piece

Alvin Ailey's seminal Revelations is considered the most widely viewed modern dance work in the world. Lost songs from the 1960 premiere are featured in a new work and an album this season.

February 12, 2025
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  • Olivia Hampton
Otis Taylor at his belated graduation in May, 2023.

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  • Arts & Life

He was expelled after he refused to cut his afro. 57 years later, he got his degree

In 1966, Otis Taylor was refused his high school diploma from Manual High School in Denver, Colo., for refusing to cut off his afro at the administration's request.

June 01, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Charley Crockett performs a Tiny Desk concert on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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  • Concerts

Charley Crockett: Tiny Desk Concert

In his vintage Stetson, the Texas troubadour performed a set of songs that find new meaning in familiar country, folk and blues forms.

February 24, 2023
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  • Jewly Hight
O'Connor won the National Junior Fiddle Championship four years in a row, 1974-77, in Weiser, Ida.

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  • Music News

Prodigious fiddler Mark O'Connor celebrates 50 years of music with memoir

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Mark O'Connor about his memoir, Crossing Bridges, on his journey from multi-instrumentalist child prodigy to solo artist composing and performing on world stages.

February 15, 2023
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  • Olivia Hampton
Lady Wray performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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  • Concerts

Lady Wray: Tiny Desk Concert

NPR Music's Tiny Desk series kicks off a celebration of Black History Month with this stunning performance from Lady Wray.

February 01, 2023
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  • Bobby Carter
Jake Blount performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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  • Concerts

Jake Blount: Tiny Desk Concert

The young proponent of traditional music brought a talented band, his astonishing imagination and a selection of what he calls "Black folk music from the future" to the Tiny Desk.

January 06, 2023
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  • Bob Boilen
A young Joe Bussard in his basement, surrounded by vintage 78s.

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  • Obituaries

Joe Bussard, the collector who preserved early American recordings, has died at 86

Joe Bussard not only sought out obscure 78-rpm records that otherwise would have disappeared, but shared the music with giddy excitement.

September 29, 2022
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  • Lars Gotrich
Kurt Vile performs live at at WXPN Free At Noon Concert

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  • Music

For Kurt Vile, 'settling down' doesn't necessarily mean 'staying still'

The Philly rocker's latest album is titled (watch my moves) and he joins me to talk about the moves he's been making, who he's been working with and lots more.

July 22, 2022
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  • Raina Douris and
  • Kimberly Junod
GPB News NPR

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  • Music

NPR Music's 36 Favorite Songs of 2022 (So Far)

The songs we love from the first half of the year span a wide emotional and musical range, from wild percussive romps to raw pleas for empathy to Beyoncé's command to leave it all on the dance floor.

June 27, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
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  • Music

NPR Music's 36 Favorite Songs of 2022 (So Far)

The songs we love from the first half of the year span a wide emotional and musical range, from wild percussive romps to raw pleas for empathy to Beyoncé's command to leave it all on the dance floor.

June 27, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Music

NPR Music's 36 Favorite Songs of 2022 (So Far)

The songs we love from the first half of the year span a wide emotional and musical range, from wild percussive romps to raw pleas for empathy to Beyoncé's command to leave it all on the dance floor.

June 27, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Buffalo Nichols performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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  • Concerts

Buffalo Nichols: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

The blues singer plays a solo Tiny Desk home concert from a spare, dimly lit Austin office building.

February 22, 2022
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  • Kara Frame
Paul Thorn released his newest album, <em>Never Too Late To Call</em>, on Aug. 6.

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  • Music Interviews

Paul Thorn Brings A Softer Touch To A Rough Patch On 'Never Too Late To Call'

Southern singer-songwriter Paul Thorn joins NPR's Debbie Elliott to talk about his latest record, Never Too Late To Call.

August 09, 2021
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  • Chad Campbell,
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