when Les Paul famously remarked, “I want a sound that has never been heard before,” he was probably not thinking of the unique cacophony created by Steve Vai’s supersonic pinch harmonics and Joe Bonamassa’s pentatonic…
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Mighty Sam McClain’s official Facebook page announced the news that Multi-Grammy and Blues Music Award nominated Mighty Sam McClain has unexpectedly passed away.
Exclusive deals are entered all the time in the music industry. They DONT always involve guns and the destruction of an artists’ career who created one of today’s all-time blues standards…
Buddy Guy, the legendary award winning blues icon, will release his brand new studio album Born To Play Guitar on July 31st via RCA Records.
I always thought the name Pinetop came from the pine top of a piano. But the man they call Pinetop Smith got his nickname from his love of climbing tall trees. It was the piano though, that made his nickname famous…
The second annual Blues Today symposium will be held at Buddy Guy’s Legends this Thursday, June 11th!
The lady born Elizabeth ‘Kid’ Douglas, chewed tobacco while she sang. Perched in her chiffon ballgown, she spat without missin’ a beat…
It is encouraging to see such an abundance of new blood carrying the blues forward from a region steeped in America’s music, and it’s history.
Kansas City blues guitarist/singer, Samantha Fish, has been working diligently on her third studio album,…
This is the latest from The Bluesmobile’s C.C. Rider, who spends her life venerating the…