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Isaiah ‘Ikey’ Owens, the celebrated key player for Jack White, has passed away while on tour in Mexico. He was 38.

We don’t know much about him. We’re not even sure of his real name. What we know we get from his music. We know that he was good at guitar. Really good.

Whether you like, love or hate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , you have a chance participate in the selection process for the 2015 inductees and help get more blues in there.

The Wolof word yees means to become extremely lively or energetic. It evolved during American slavery into the Southern slang term “jass”…

The 2015 nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been released…

America’s top-selling car, Toyota’s Camry, sought help from blues legend B.B. King…

You may not know her name, but if you know the blues on Beale Street, you know Hattie Hart. Remembered now for her work with the Memphis Jug Band in the 1920s.

BB King has cancelled the rest of his tour after suffering a fall on-stage at a show at the House of Blues in Chicago

I guarantee every show. You’re gonna have a good time. Thank you for supporting me, and come on out and shake it for me!

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.