Fiddle & Bow 40 + 1 anniversary concert comes to Reynolda
This weekend Fiddle and Bow, the Triad's Folk Music Society, celebrates its 40th anniversary — plus one year for COVID — with a festival at R
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In New York City, A Juneteenth Event Examines The Meaning Of Freedom
Lincoln Center observes Juneteenth, now a federal holiday, with "I Dream a Dream That Dreams Back at Me," an ambulatory experience conceived by Carl Hancock Rux.
Otis Rush, Chicago Blues Legend, Dies At 84
Rush's unique style of soloing and powerful tenor voice helped shape the Chicago blues sound and deeply influenced famed guitarists like Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Page and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Both The Food And The Music Are Made From Scratch At This Texas Joint
For more than 35 years, the Hilltop Cafe has been serving up both seafood and the blues on a lonesome highway in Texas Hill Country. Patrons flock to hear owner Johnny Nicholas perform his tunes.
Homelessness, Blues, And The Power Of Spoken Words
A new album is giving voice to the homeless living in the Triad.
For Beverly "Guitar" Watkins The Music Speaks For Itself
The New River Blues Festival returns to Grassy Creek, North Carolina this Labor Day weekend.
When You've Got The Blues, You Have A Hard Time Seeing Blue
People who are sad have a harder time seeing yellow and blue, an experiment finds, but they can see green and red just fine. It might have something to do with dopamine receptors in the brain.
B.B. King On Life, Plantation Living And His 'Droopy-Drawers' Sound
"I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played," B.B. King told Fresh Air's Terry Gross in 1996.
Meet the Artist: Logie Meachum
Lorenzo (Logie) Meachum is a blues musician, historian, storyteller and an avid gardener pursuing a PhD in African American Studies. WFDD radio camper Timothy Schucker met with Logie and has more.