In the blues, a Hambone is usually, unsurprisingly, a euphemism. Find out how it got into blues song, and who popularized it in this week’s fascinating LOTB column!

“I’m not a rock n roller,” Winter told American Blues Scene. “I’m a bluesman.” From his earliest to his last breath on the road, Winter truly lived up to that statement in every sense of the word.

The murky origins of the fascinating “Griots”, African magic men and their parallells to blues singers.

After releasing his last couple albums on his own label, Lurrie Bell is back on Delmark Records with Blues in My Soul.

David Whiteis’ Southern Soul-Blues is the first full length book to take on southern soul music, which has developed a loyal following in the south

Earlier in the year, it was announced that acclaimed actor Don Cheadle would be playing Miles Davis in an upcoming biopic. Now see the first glimpse of Cheadle as Miles, in a stunning picture.

Get ready to hear powerful blues in an amazingly scenic Southern California location to benefit the Big Bear Alpine Zoo!

It was 1997 when Steve Salter, the owner of a CD distribution business, traveled to Jazzfest. Along the way, he decided to stop and pay his respects to Blues artists that he never got to see in person. What he found would shock him into action.

“Look man, I don’t want you to do what I do. I want you to go out and be somebody. Don’t be me. Go out and do something.”

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ronnie Earl were friends before Stevie became famous. The well-known bluesman has had a long and winding career, filled with highs and lows — but no devil’s music.