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News Articles: Genre: Blues

Allison Russell, center, performs during day five of the 2021 Newport Folk Festival on July 27, 2021 in Newport, R.I.

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  • Music Features

Newport Folk Festival Returns, In A Year Defined By Uncertainty

After a silent year in which artists were sent grants instead of invitations to perform, the beloved festival was determined to go on this year, as carefully as possible. And how possible is that?

July 30, 2021
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By:
  • Hilary Hughes
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram.

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  • Music News

Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram Will Join NPR Music's Listening Party For '662'

Join us in an online listening party for Christone "Kingfish" Ingram's new album. With Gwen Thompkins in the host chair, we'll feature a live conversation with the blues guitarist.

July 19, 2021
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By:
  • Lars Gotrich
Allison Russell

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  • Music

On 'Outside Child,' Allison Russell Confronts Trauma With Compassion

Despite creating art from trauma, Russell is strengthened by love, connection and creation.

July 19, 2021
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By:
  • Jessie Scott,
  • Raina Douris,
  • and 1 more
Amythyst Kiah, in a detail from the album cover for her album <em>Wary + Strange</em>, released in 2021.

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  • Music News

Amythyst Kiah's Old-Time, Deeply Honest 'Wary + Strange'

NPR's Noel King talks to musician Amythyst Kiah, who deals with tough subjects, like being "othered" as a Black woman on the bluegrass and folk circuit.

June 23, 2021
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By:
  • Noel King and
  • Phil Harrell
Jon Batiste performs an intimate set in New York City.

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  • Music

The Evolution Of Jon Batiste, Music Consultant Of Pixar's 'Soul'

Jon Batiste was born for show business. Hear him play an intimate set in New York and on our radio show as we trace his story to his current gig as band leader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

January 17, 2021
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By:
  • Alex Ariff and
  • Nate Chinen
Dale Ann Bradley (left), Tina Adair, Gena Britt and Deanie Richardson (center) of the bluegrass band Sister Sadie do their impression of the rock band Queen.

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  • Music Features

Bluegrass Band Sister Sadie Embodies Tradition, But Bends It Too

This fall, the bluegrass supergroup Sister Sadie became the first all-female band ever to win the top prize at the International Bluegrass Music Association awards.

January 01, 2021
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By:
  • Jewly Hight
John Lennon (by Steve Morley), Tracy Chapman (by Bryan Bedder), Simon & Garfunkel (by David Redfern)

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  • Music

Here's To New Beginnings: A Playlist For 2021

Congratulations! You made it! Now that 2020 is over and 2021 has begun, here's a playlist that's about the hope of a new day.

January 01, 2021
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By:
  • Raina Douris
Annye Anderson — stepsister of Robert Johnson — published her memoir <em>Brother Robert: Growing Up with Robert Johnson</em> in June.

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  • Music Interviews

'Brother Robert' Reveals True Story Of Growing Up With Blues Legend Robert Johnson

Annye Anderson, the stepsister of Robert Johnson, whose life became a founding myth of American music, has written a memoir about the real life behind the legend.

December 29, 2020
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By:
  • Ben James
Blues singer Shemekia Copeland uses her new album, <em>Uncivil War</em>, to tell the story of the Clotilda — what's thought to be the last slave ship to smuggle African captives to American shores.

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  • Music Interviews

On 'Uncivil War,' Shemekia Copeland Sets Fire To A Relic Of American Slavery

The centerpiece of Copeland's latest album is a song born from the wreckage of the Clotilda — the last known slave ship to smuggle African captives to the United States.

October 31, 2020
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By:
  • Debbie Elliott

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