“It’s ‘50s and ‘60s jump blues with early rock ‘n’ roll in there,” she says. “A lot of the artists were writing about hard things from those times, but writing in an upbeat tone, whether they were ...

Since it was founded in Rhode Island in 1967, Roomful of Blues has had eight lead singers and over 60 members, but the core concept on its over 20 records has always been the same: The jump blues ...

Eric Shoutin’ Sheridan, the kinetic, limber-legged singer and bandleader of the Uptown Rhythm Kings, a Washington-based ensemble that toured widely and helped revitalize the jump-blues music style of ...

Antonio Fargas is the new singing, swinging front man with the New Jump Blues Band on Ahi-Nama Records. *Antonio Fargas is known around the world for his role as Huggy Bear in the 1970’s television ...