Author: Matt Marshall

The brand new album Brighter Days, a live DVD/CD by JJ Grey and Mofro, is finally out as of today. We recently gave Brighter Days a rave review for it’s absolutely wonderful energy and richly soulful sound. It’s worth a look.

This week we celebrate Riley “Blues Boy” King, the undisputed king of the blues, in honor of his birthday on Thursday. B.B. King will be 86 years young!

A dedicated blues fan has a tendency to drop everything when a great blues festival rolls around, and we know our priorities! We’ll be covering a great festival in Columbia, Mo this weekend!

We’re celebrating a birthday today — that of the vastly influential guitarist and harmonica legend Jimmy Reed, who’s amazing music has influenced rock in an irreplaceable way.

This simple device attaches to the bridge of your guitar and keeps it in tune forever. Here’s a recent CNN video describing the device.

Believe it or not, the blues brothers may soon have their own TV show.

Not only is Mill Block Blues generating thousands of dollars for the Handy Artist Relief Trust to help blues musicians in need, it is an excellent album with an all-star Texas cast. Fun to listen to and expertly made, it’s got the magic!

We recently received a very interesting video of blues master Reverend Peyton discussing his hero, Charley Patton

Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz recently issued an on-camera press release and interview with reporters. The question & answer has some extremely interesting information regarding the debacle .

Gibson has released a press statement regarding the recent raid in which armed federal agents closed down the Gibson facilities in Nashville and Memphis while executing a search warrant.