Since 1994, Ruf Records hasn’t just celebrated blues history, the German label has found compelling ways to introduce the genre to new fans, pushing it forward over the course of the last 30 years.

Waters was a pioneer of urban blues music and a big name on the Chess label. But, Richards wrote, “Whether he was a nice guy or he wasn’t selling records then, I knew what the Chess brothers ...

He has this electricity,” said Alligator Records honcho Bruce Iglauer, whose label will release Harrell’s new album in June. “And he taught himself blues, all by himself. D.K. wasn’t ...

blues and classical records and is credited as the first Black-owned and -operated record company in the U.S. The record label — named after Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, an opera singer ...