Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of "blue notes." It emerged in Black communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads.
Friday Nite Videos | March 1, 2024
'Night Thunder': Slide Guitar and Native American Flute
Night Thunder by Justin Johnson (slide guitar) and featuring Bill Miller (Native American flute). Produced by Justin Johnson & John Carter Cash.
The Torch | The Story of Buddy Guy
Guitar icon Buddy Guy reflects on his legacy and passes along the blues lessons he received from legends Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf to a phenom of the next generation
Song Across America Blues | Playing for Change
Part of our first documentary, titled A Cinematic Discovery of Street Music
Friday Nite Videos | March 18, 2022
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Is This Kid the Future of Blues Guitar?
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram is a brilliant young blues guitar player from Clarksdale, Mississippi.
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