The widely influential Washington D.C. guitarist  has passed away. He was 76. Parker, famous for his hit single “Watch Your Step”…

Rock icon and Velvet Underground head Lou Reed died last weekend, October 27th. His wife, Laurie Anderson, wrote a touching and fitting obituary for him in their local paper. Discover what she wrote.

To be cold in hand is an expression from the 1930s that’s been popular in blues, including by Bessie Smith, Bukka White, Big Bill Broonzy and more! Find out what it means!

What is Bluzaplooza? Shemekia Copeland, Saddam’s Palace, incredible blues, and hurricanes… all in the name of paying our troops back for their incredible sacrifice.

Muscle Shoals is a small town in Alabama where, for reasons no one’s quite sure of, some of the greatest records of all time were created. The new documentary on Shoals tells it’s story…

Mentored by Dave Stewart and now on her second tour with Ruf Records’ Blues Caravan, Joanne Shaw Taylor has made a name for herself.

Coffee grinding is one of many (many!) blues metaphors for sexual intercourse.

The Allman Brothers, Sam Moore, Taj Mahal, Warren Haynes, Eric Church and several others have signed on to pay tribute in concert to Gregg Allman early next year.

In staunch defiance of the familiar actors-turned-bad-musicians stereotype, there was a distinct magic in Hugh Laurie and The Copper Bottom Band’s live set that evokes the rousing ghosts of a New Orleans vaudeville act.

Enter the Big Joe Stomp Box Company. Born and built from original designs in the United States, these boxes ooze quality from every pore