“Sinners,” set in Mississippi in 1932—and the winner of four Oscars, including for best original score—has drawn fresh attention to early blues. A few years before then, Blind Lemon Jefferson became ...

A century before Drake, Adele and Olivia Rodrigo sang their sad songs, Blind Lemon Jefferson showed the world what depression and heartache were really all about. The first male blues superstar - and ...

“Blind Lemon Jefferson was the voice of Black America," August Wilson said upon seeing a workshop of “Blind Lemon Blues." Now for the first time, New York will have a chance to pay homage to the man ...

Deep Ellum's 150th anniversary celebration keeps rolling with two new exhibitions and a book signing by Dallas writer, filmmaker and jack-of-all-trades Alan Govenar. The African American Museum in ...

DALLAS — As Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood waits for its pandemic-delayed live music to return to its concert halls, bars and clubs, one of its very first voices could be making a return too. "This ...

The Paramount Records release of the Blind Lemon Jefferson recording features “Lonesome House Blues” backed with the song “Sunshine Special.” Spinning at 78 revolutions-per-minute — much more rapidly ...

Blind Lemon Jefferson’s grave in a small cemetery off Highway 14 north of Wortham is a well-kept spot along the back fence honored with a metal state historic marker. Often called the “Father of the ...