A moment after writing the title of this article, up popped an image of John Lee Hooker smiling and shaking his head. "Nobody can teach you the blues. Blues is a feeling, something you have to live." ...

CD1: Northern Blues Variation No. I; Color Sample; Epilog; G Major Song; Izu; Roots; Mild; Roots Piano Variations; Northern Blues Variation No. II. CD2: Northern ...

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 ...