of diskette: Cottonfield blues, part 2 / Garfield Akers -- 44 blues / Roosevelt Sykes -- Got the blues, can't be satisfied / "Mississippi" John Hurt -- My black mama, pt. 1 / Eddie "Son" House -- ...

In 2005, fans and scholars of early jazz and blues were handed the keys to a buried treasure chest: an eight-CD set of recordings that New Orleans pianist Jelly Roll Morton had made at the Library of ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Smithsonian curator John Troutman and blues musician Dom Flemons about the new folk music album, Playing for the Man at the Door. For decades, one of the most legendary ...

For decades, one of the most legendary private collections of early blues music was just that - private. Now it's available for everyone's ears. DOM FLEMONS: This is the collection that was just - it ...

Ragtime duo Cherry and Jerry took an audience back in time as they performed early Blues music Sunday at Missouri River Regional Library. Heads were swaying and feet were stomping as the piano and ...

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

The Undulations will bring their post-modern swing music to Picnic in the Park alongside the Davis Farmers Market in Central Park on Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 5 to 7:45 p.m. Post-modern swing is The ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Smithsonian curator John Troutman and blues musician Dom Flemons about a new folk album, Playing for the Man at the Door, from late chronicler Mack McCormick's collection.

For decades, one of the most legendary private collections of early blues music was just that - private. Now it's available for everyone's ears. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DOM FLEMONS: This is a collection ...