It took the unmatched talent of a young country blues man to change all that. Thanks to Blind Lemon Jefferson, for the first time ever a singer-songwriter could be famous…
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“Ghosts of the Riverside Hotel” is a sonic feast, full of delightful surprises. The bottom line? This is blues that’s well written, deftly performed, and dripping with character.
In 2015, sixty-five of the globe’s top blues artists were nominated by a group of blues music industry professionals for the Blues Blast Awards!
Hit singer, bassist and songwriter Danielle Nicole, formerly of Trampled Under Foot, has just premiered this brand new video of her new Album!
Now you can hear the first track off the albums, an original from the great Leo “Bud” Welch, who was prominently featured in last November’s American Blues Scene Magazine!
IBC winning guitarist, singer and songwriter Zak Harmon’s road from the Mississippi Delta to L.A. to acclaim as a singer is powerfully coming full circle.
A famous stretch of downtown has been renamed B.B. King Boulevard to honor the late legend.
What did it mean for B.B. King, a man who rose from incredible poverty to worldwide fame, to really love the way he famously did? This touching article looks upon King’s philosophy with quotes from King himself and those that knew him.
The man called Snooky, born James Edward Pryor, picked up the harmonica at age 14, despite the objections of his preacher dad…
Robert Hicks was working as a cook at a barbecue stand in Atlanta when he was discovered by a Columbia Records talent scout. What started as a day job made him famous—Hicks was from then on known as Barbecue Bob…