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Author: Stacy Jeffress
On his darkest days, he curled up on the couch; window blinds drawn, texts and calls unanswered, but on stage he was described as brilliant, and prodigious. While his departure haunts his family & friends, his legacy is helping others in powerful ways.
Through her intimate work with kings and queens of blues music, Sharon has created an in-depth archive of the genre’s history that contains no words — but maybe a strand of DNA or two.
If you don’t know “Ozark Grunge”, you’re about to.
The United By Music program matches musically-talented adults with developmental disabilities up with professional musicians, and this week, this powerful blues non-for-profit is being honored in a big way at the Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland’s Lisa Mann, vocalist, composer, and 6-string bass virtuoso, has never been reticent to share her personal triumphs and tragedies through her music…
For the fifth year in a row, the Topeka Blues Society will present a stellar line-up of internationally-renowned artists at its Spirit of Kansas Blues Festival, including the Old Number 5s, Hamilton Loomis, and much more!
The Hot Tuna & Jefferson Airplane guitarst who Rolling Stone acknowledges as one of the best of all time talks about playing on the famous Janis Joplin “Typewriter” sessions, how the blues is his most important muse, and much more!
Mentored by Dave Stewart and now on her second tour with Ruf Records’ Blues Caravan, Joanne Shaw Taylor has made a name for herself.
From great tragedy after a lifelong bond comes Ken DeRouchie’s latest accomplishment.
There has been precious little incentive for man Kansans to claim their state — but then comes Moreland & Arbuckle and their new album, Seven Cities.