Blues

Touring musician Andrew "Blaze" Thomas believes musicians must adapt to downtime the pandemic has forced upon them.The Bloomington-based drummer who tours…

Listen at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, for an hourlong special dedicated to Delta Frank, our legendary blues host. Listen on 89.1 FM or stream at…

Springfield native Mary Jo Curry and her band are receiving much critical acclaim and airplay for their sophomore blues album "Front Porch." It’s an…

Any blues musician will tell you that everyone gets the blues. But for the past few months, that line has changed to “nearly everyone now has the…

Releasing a new album during the coronavirus pandemic has a silver lining for the bluesy Peoria roots-rock trio Hoosier Daddy.Cindy Youngren and Dave…

Blues guitarist and singer/songwriter Ana Popovic said she mentally worked to overcome doubt when she crashed the male-dominated blues scene two decades…

Acclaimed 37-year-old bluesman Brandon Santini has an award-winning new album and is edging into a newer sound.The North Carolina native said that…

Author David Whiteis believes blues music and blues artists don't get proper recognition as part of the great African-American migration of the 20th…

Bloomington native Matthew Curry says his "guitar gun-slinger" days may not be completely over, but his sound should evolve.Curry returns to the Castle…

It's not easy to recapture the magic of a family music group after touring exhaustion kills the joy and the chemistry. Kansas City native Danielle Nicole…