In a career-spanning performance, The Black Keys celebrate 25 years of reinvention live in Chicago.

Keb’ Mo’ and special guest Shawn Colvin lit up The Celebrity Theatre with humor, heart, and blues magic, leaving a sold-out Phoenix crowd dancing, laughing, and longing for more.

Rediscovered live recordings by Cannonball Adderley and Miles Davis explore the intertwined legacy of jazz and blues in Black American music history.

Southern Avenue played a rare small-venue show at Garcia’s in Chicago, offering a set shaped by personal stories, tight arrangements, and longtime chemistry. This review and photo gallery captures the energy of the night and the crowd that gathered to take it in.

Two decades after the VFW shows and suburban battle-of-the-bands, the bands that soundtracked a coming-of-age brought the same scrappy charm, and a little more wisdom, to Summerfest 2025.

American Blues Scene brings you a massive exclusive gallery and full recap of the 2025 Chicago Blues Festival—from the Ramova Theater kickoff to Kingfish’s electrifying Saturday-night finale.

Influenced by author George Saunders’ philosophy—“If it’s not fun, don’t do it”—Scheffler embraced a new creative rhythm and rediscovered his voice after two decades away from music.

In this concert review from the 2025 Dave Koz & Friends at Sea cruise, Jonathan Butler’s Uplifted: Gospel at Sea show brings powerful gospel performances, smooth jazz stars, and heartfelt testimony to the World Stage aboard Holland America’s Rotterdam.

With unflinching honesty and poetic force, Ruth Lyon’s debut album, ‘Poems & Non-Fiction’ is a soul-searching odyssey through heartbreak, disability, identity, and resilience. Set to haunting strings, jazz-tinged brass, and intimate piano, Lyon weaves personal pain into songs that confront silence, celebrate survival, and find fierce beauty in imperfection.

Jorma Kaukonen brought his quietly profound presence to Rochester, offering an evening of stripped-down, soul-deep music with longtime friend and collaborator John Hurlbut. Together, they summoned the spirit of Fur Peace Ranch—storytelling through strings, memory through melody.

A lost chapter of Florida music history comes alive through a 25-track journey into Tampa Bay’s mid-century R&B and blues underground.

Joanne Shaw Taylor’s ‘Black & Gold’ explores desire, doubt, and the sting of letting go—woven tightly with a rich blues pulse that grounds every heartfelt confession.