Wynton Marsalis says it all: “Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance.” The Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts is proud to present blues ...

In this two-part special of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka sits down with renowned blues musician Otis Taylor for an intimate and dynamic conversation.

Materials from Otis Taylor’s decades-long career as an internationally recognized Boulder-based blues banjo artist are now part of an archived collection at the University of Colorado Boulder. Taylor, ...

In Part 2 of our conversation with legendary blues musician Otis Taylor, we dive deeper into his artistic journey, his distinctive trance blues style, and the historical and cultural significance of ...