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Author: JD Nash
JD Nash is the former host of Blues Influence on WREN radio and current editor-in-chief of American Blues Scene.
The second woman ever to win the BB King Entertainer of the Year Award, she has a knack for making any song her own.
Here is our list of the most iconic blues guitars, synonymous with their players, in the history of the genre.
Russell is currently in stable condition, undergoing tests and is scheduled for surgery.
They were honest-to-goodness glad to be together and to perform for the people for whom their family had played for generations. That’s how it is with family. That’s how it is with Trampled Under Foot.
“If I don’t get out there acting like a clown, people think there’s something wrong with me.”
“That whole tour was kinda triumphant for me. Just to be back, after what I went through.”
Singer, songwriter and harmonicist, Omar Coleman, is Chicago.
Mammoth Bluesapalooza enjoys a well-deserved reputation for presenting an amazing variety of musicians and musical styles from all over the world.
Johnson endured racism and inspired social change while integrating the previously all-white Marine Corps.
Turn this one up loud, and then break off the knob.