(By Spencer Phelps) In the county of Marion, Ohio, population 70,000, there are six radio stations – three iHeart stations that all share one roof, and three independent LPFM stations. Most of the ...

Each weekday morning, Ray Macklin, known as “Silky Ray” in the blues music world, helps Marion wake up with soulful vocals, sliding guitar riffs and syncopated rhythm. “Good morning, good morning,” ...

The longest-running syndicated blues program Blues Deluxe will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2023. The program, hosted by Dave Johnson, offers a one-hour presentation of new and classic ...

The collection, now housed in the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, consists of all the programs in the series, as well as the unedited interviews and performances that were excerpted for ...

Porridge Radio's last two records, 2020's Every Bad and 2022's Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky both earned Album Of The Week honors after we deemed them a Band To Watch. The British indie ...

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, musical heir to a long line of blues greats from the Mississippi Delta, has been compared to the likes of B.B. King. But while the legendary guitarist is one of Ingram's ...

Blues music is a soulful genre. It has roots deeply embedded in the Black experience. Blues has long been a powerful expression of the struggles, joys and resilience of Black life in America.

If you happened to be at the corner of Wabash and Balbo at 11 p.m. in early February, you would have seen a small crowd gathered around an 87-year-old man with a beaming smile. Nattily attired in a ...