In the weeks before her death she won her twenty-ninth Blues Music Award, the most for any artist ever.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

Like many rhythm and blues artists of the day, he began his musical career singing in church choirs.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Peyroux first began performing popular jazz and blues songs as a teenager in the streets of Paris,France.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

(THE WHO - "SUMMERTIME BLUES") The Lovin' Spoonful was a band that did not love summers in the city because of the heat.

VOA: special.2009.06.22

You can hear the influence of these experiences in his music,a mix of folk,blues, rock and fusion.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

He was one of the country's top blues musicians until his death in nineteen eighty-three.

VOA: special.2009.06.21

He received a Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in nineteen ninety-three.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

The wonderful light in her golden hair and blues eyes was gone.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

"Can't Even Get the Blues" was released in nineteen eighty-three.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

David Sanborn plays "Blues in the Night."

VOA: special.2010.02.22

Others are American blues. One,a kind of prehistoric love song, is in the style of the French romantic singer Maurice Chevalier.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

After all,they've known each other for over 40 years, meeting for the first time in a band led by blues great Muddy Waters.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Miller's fascination with the blues began in Dallas,Texas, where he formed his first band The Marksmen.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

Koko Taylor gave her last performance on May 7 at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

In 2008,he won his first two awards with his band,The Workers, for Best Blues Album of the Year and Best Blues Band of the Year.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Ray Charles singing "Blues In The Night." Chet Baker with "I'm Old Fashioned."

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Three years later, he was one of four recipients of the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album, "Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesman: Live In Dallas."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Leaving Texas for the bright lights of Chicago, Miller made a name for himself on the city's electrifying blues circuit, playing in groups led by Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27