Long before her six Grammy nominations and her signature 1973 hit “Midnight at the Oasis,” a young Maria Muldaur was befriended by a pioneering blues singer-songwriter named Victoria Spivey. A ...

This weekend, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra puts on a bit of Pride at the Meyerson. Not only will lesbian conductor Marin Alsop lead the orchestra in a performance of Strauss’ “Don Juan” and Brahms’ ...

In the nearly six decades since Roomful of Blues was founded in 1967, upwards of 55 members have passed through its ranks. But in all that time, save for a three-month stint, Texas-born Lou Ann Barton ...

Selby Minner sang the blues, but friends, family and others recalled her warm, loving spirit. “She’s the way we would all like to be,” said filmmaker Shironbutterfly Ray, a close friend. “She was ...

Selby Minner, widow of D.C. Minner and one-half of the duo Blues on the Move, was found dead near her home in Rentiesville, Oklahoma, on June 10. The trailblazing musician and blues historian ...

CHICAGO — Koko Taylor, a sharecropper’s daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet “Queen of the Blues,” has died after complications from surgery. She was 80. Taylor ...

The former bassist for an acclaimed band was walking his dogs over the weekend when he was struck by a woman who has a lengthy criminal history.