Generally, we're looking at home-grown bands revelling in the chance to bring jazz, blues, funk, bossa nova and much more to a small stage and appreciative crowd.

Mr. Charters's seminal "The Country Blues of 1959" brought blues back into American consciousness.

From both boat and shore, there is a way - if one has a companion - to bring not-so-distant blues within range of a fly rod.

Image Gallery: Parenting While summer is a time for fun and relaxation, there are dangers out there that can bring summertime blues.

Ms. Wynters, whose father is a minister in Ashland, Ky., brings blues and gospel flavorings to her jazz phrasing.

Amtrak alone can't bring the reds and blues together.

His rugged style and his music's uplifting amalgam of rhythm-and-blues, soul, rock and blues were credited with bringing blues from its Mississippi origins into the modern era.

Musicians brought world music and pop and rhythm and blues to jazz, and for the most part the grafts have withered away.

Ray Charles and Fats Domino help bring blues into the popular music scene.

This long-running package tour brings together blues, soul and rhythm-and-blues.