Florence, Alabama, may be a small town, but it has made a huge impact in the music world. This town is rich in culture, ...

W.C. Handy (right) nods approval and chuckles as an eighth-grade pupil, Donell Callaway, 13, wails blues on his trumpet in New York City in 1954. (AP Photo) ...

W.C. Handy. The Life and Times of the Man. Who Made the Blues. David Robertson. Alfred A. Knopf: 304 pp., $26.95. It’s one of the most familiar creation myths in the American imagination: a ...

W.C. Handy, composer of the "St. Louis Blues," plays his famous melody at St. Louis Sportsman's Park on July 10, 1944, during the American Negro Music Festival.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (TENNESSEE VALLEY LIVING) - Mark your calendars because this weekend is the W.C. Handy Festival. The W.C. Handy Festival pays tribute to William Christopher (W.C.) Handy, also known ...

W.C. Handy Blues festival already off to a rockin' start with big first-day crowd numbers Organizer: Opening day likely biggest Wednesday crowd festival has ever seen ...

W.C. Handy’s “Memphis Blues” is considered to be the first composition from the Blues genre. Tri-State favorite Blues 4U is the only band to play for every year of the festival.

WHNT-TV Huntsville. W.C. Handy Recreation Center Reopening | May 23, 2025 | News 19 at 4 p.m. Posted: May 23, 2025 | Last updated: May 23, 2025. Today the City of Florence held a ceremony for the ...

FLORENCE, Ala. - The W.C. Handy Recreation Center is back open after a year of being closed for renovations.Community members packed the gym Friday to see the ribbon cut for the grand reopening.

The Bar-Kays are headlining the W.C. Handy Music Festival, which is scheduled to start this week and will come to a crescendo on Sunday, July 28, with plenty of events in between.