The blacks tended to view the flood as wiping the slate clean, wiping out the old order ... who had come from the country, listening to the blues. Blues is a music that's highly personalized ...

David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York ... Lesser known but no less significant was the Memphis Country Blues Festival. Spanning between 1966 and 1970, the festival in Memphis ...

I grew up listening to him play old country blues music, and I grew up listening to old country blues musicians like Reverend Gary Davis and Mississippi John Hurt, and Robert Johnson, and all them.” ...

Old blues men never retire — they just keep on playing until they drop. And this week, the Music Box Supper Club is hosting a ...