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“…there will now be two categories replacing the former Best Blues Album: Best Traditional Blues Album and Best Contemporary Blues Album.”

Dr. Ralph Stanley will be missed not only for his talent, and his music, but for his friendship and generosity as well. His mentorship to such artists as Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley ensured that a new generation of players would carry on the traditions and the music that he loved so much.

“We are grateful for the jury’s conscientious service and pleased that it has ruled in our favor, putting to rest questions about the origins of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ and confirming what we have known for 45 years…”

This is the latest installment of our weekly series The Language of the Blues, in which author and rock musician…

“He loved his family, his friends and his fans the world over. Tonight raise a toast to a life well-lived.”

With countless irons in the fire, the hottest one could very well be Hoey’s return to the music he loved first – the blues.

Lazy Lester proved to be a talented multi-instrumentalist. Providing guitar, vocals and harmonica for a number of Excello sessions…

His 20th career album dives headlong into one of his first musical loves, the blues.

This album is as gritty, stark and raw as one can imagine. But that’s Bentonia and nobody plays it better than Holmes.

Chester Burnett stood six foot three in size 17 shoes. Oh, he cut a mean figure off stage. And on stage? He became something else all together – somewhere between a superhuman and a feral beast. No surprise they called him the Howlin’ Wolf…