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Brian Blauser/Mountain StageIn 2007, was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship Genius grant for unearthing and sharing that rich, connected history of the blues and its African roots. -
A new single that still retains the full-band treatment found on Keb' Mo's more recent albums, but leans more heavily into the kind of acoustic guitar sound that originally put him on the map.
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Blues singer and guitarist Buffalo Nichols brings a mid-twentieth century field holler into the 21st century.
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In this session, Yola talks about what it means to "own thyself," shedding an inferior version of herself, working with Brandi Carlile and playing Sister Rosetta Tharpe for a new movie about Elvis. -
Blues singer Shemekia Copeland joined Mountain Stage for its first concert in front of a live audience in 14 months.
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Southern singer-songwriter Paul Thorn joins NPR's Debbie Elliott to talk about his latest record, Never Too Late To Call.
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The South Carolina-born blues-folk singer possesses a remarkable grasp of the sounds and stories that make up the South. In "Magnolia Blues," she's joined by Margo Price and Kyshona.
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With a lengthy list of collaborators, five Grammy Awards and an enormous amount of respect to his name, Keb' Mo' is one of the most decorated living blues artists. Here, he performs five songs.
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This #NowPlaying discovery of Neffy comes to us from this year's Tiny Desk Contest.
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Clarksdale, Miss., where blues guitarist-singer Christone "Kingfish" Ingram hails from, is "pretty much the mecca of the blues," Ingram says in an interview with NPR's A Martinez on Morning Edition.
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Listen to this 2015 concert from the dearly departed Stanley Dural, Jr., recorded just a year before his death.
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Despite creating art from trauma, Russell is strengthened by love, connection and creation.
