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In honor of B.B. King’s birthday on Thursday, we’re talking about the king of the blues all week. Today, B.B. King’s beloved guitar, his Lucille, is

Today, we’re going to feature Boo Boo Davis, a modern Mississippi delta bluesman. Born and raised in Drew, Mississippi, deep in the delta, he worked in the cotton fields and learned to sing from the other sharecroppers.

The brand new album Brighter Days, a live DVD/CD by JJ Grey and Mofro, is finally out as of today. We recently gave Brighter Days a rave review for it’s absolutely wonderful energy and richly soulful sound. It’s worth a look.

This week we celebrate Riley “Blues Boy” King, the undisputed king of the blues, in honor of his birthday on Thursday. B.B. King will be 86 years young!

Before Beverly McClellan ever stepped foot on L.A. soil, she had already put out five albums of soulful and heavily blues infused music. Her latest album that was released just before the rocket left the launching pad contains a song titled “I Can’t Hide Me” and this might as well be her theme song.

We’re celebrating a birthday today — that of the vastly influential guitarist and harmonica legend Jimmy Reed, who’s amazing music has influenced rock in an irreplaceable way.

Today’s guest article was written by Marina Kuleš, a resident of Croatia. Marina describes the fascinating and exciting progress that blues organizations are making overseas!

This simple device attaches to the bridge of your guitar and keeps it in tune forever. Here’s a recent CNN video describing the device.

Son House was and continues to be a towering pillar of delta blues. His new biography by Daniel Beaumont puts Son’s unique and amazing story together, with some familiar notes and surprising new revelations.

Believe it or not, the blues brothers may soon have their own TV show.