In the haze of smoky rooms and midnight lamplight, every blues note tells a story—of longing, hope, and the poetry of the soul. Step into a world where the past shimmers in every chord.
Begin the JourneyThe blues emerged in the Deep South of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, rooted in African-American spirituals, work songs, and folk traditions. Its journey led from the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta to the vibrant streets of New Orleans and Memphis, the crossroads of Clarksdale, the bustling clubs of St. Louis, and the electrified scene of Chicago. Each city left its mark, shaping the sound and spirit of blues as it evolved into a powerful voice of resilience, creativity, and cultural expression.
Blues Cities Map
1920s Delta Bluesman
Smoky Juke Joint
Echoes & Strings
From dusk-lit porches to the neon haze of city nights, the blues remains a living history—haunting, healing, ever reborn. Its artistry endures in every genre it touched, in every story told with heart and shadow.
Soulful voices and spellbinding fingers shaped the night. Meet the icons who wrote the story of the blues in every smoky chord, every haunted lyric.
His crossroads lament haunts the midnight air, six strings echoing the devil’s deal beneath the southern moon.
A storm in a suit, his voice rolls low and mighty, turning the city’s neon into trembling rivers of sound.
Empress of the blues—her bold, aching cry fills the room with velvet smoke and indigo longing.
With Lucille in hand, he coaxes lightning from the dark—notes weep, wail, and shimmer into eternity.
Her voice, a velvet storm, carries heartache through the midnight hush—soul and longing beneath every note.
A gravel-throated force—his growl and stomp ripple through smoke-filled rooms, wild and electrifying.
Boom-boom rhythm and hypnotic stride, he turns shadows to music—every word a heartbeat, every riff a secret.
His flying V slices through the dusk, every bent note a thunderclap—majestic, slow-burning, unforgettable.
Each note lingers in the haze, each instrument a storyteller in the noir-lit saga of the blues. Discover the voices that shaped a genre.