Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking force in American culture, has died.
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Pianist Dr. John came of age in New Orleans in the 1950s, when musicians engaged in fierce jam sessions called Cutting Contests…
The Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks, while aboard the Jam Cruise, shared the unexpected news.
Inside Llewyn Davis, the new Coen Brothers film, focuses on a brief period in pop music history between the introduction of rock and roll and the British Invasion — based on a famous Greenwich Village personality
Tuning the guitar to an open minor chord is called cross note, or Bentonia, tuning…
We’re breaking in the new year by sharing our most fun, exciting numbers with the fans that made them possible.
Rolling Stone Magazine recently published a story reporting that longtime Allman Brothers bass player Oteil Burbridge is leaving the band — a statement band members say is not true.
Blues man Tabby Thomas, a well known & widely influential Baton Rouge musician, club owner, radio DJ and recording artist, and the father of blues musician & actor Chris Thomas King, has passed away.
Duane Allman’s favorite tuning was pioneered by none other than Robert Johnson and Son House. Discover “Cross-Spanish” and it’s huge significance to the blues in this week’s column!
“I love you, daddy,” says Taj Mahal’s daughter, Deva Mahal. “I love you, baby,” he says back.