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Celebrated guitarist Magic Slim has passed away. He was 75.
Bobby Rush, the dynamic long time performer, opens up in one of the most definitive interviews of his career!
Quick Fix is a strong outing, especially as a debut album. This album features funky blues, Memphis style soul blues (with a pulse!), swing blues, piano boogie, and superior ensemble style playing. Production values are very good, and the sound quality is good as well. A strong album overall, there are several standout cuts here.
“You need to see the Capricorns – I’ve got nothing to do in 2014.” this is the statement Robert Plant made over the weekend to members of the Australian media and to us it sounds like he’s open to another get together with Page and Jones.
One doesn’t think of the Blues and Ireland necessarily in the same sentence, but the fascinating story of how blues guitar slinger Rory Gallagher inspired an entire nation might just change your mind…
Winter tore down the house at New Haven’s Toad’s Place on a recent Friday night, a modest bar and dance club surrounded by the dormitories of Yale University.
We talk with Beth Hart, the sensational and powerful singer, about her latest album, her dreams, the Kennedy Center, and despite legions of fans… being lonely.
If you get the chance, definitely try to catch up with Selwyn this year! “When you come to a show, you see four dudes, or however many people on stage, doing what they love doing. We do everything we can just to play the best music we can (and) try to give the people what they want.”
Actor John Goodman, a Saint Louis native, is the latest high profile personality to advocate the National Blues Museum in Saint Louis in a YouTube video posted today.
During an interview in Spokane about his stolen equipment, Tyler Bryant came up with a song about the town that was featured on local TV, but the news had some thoughts of their own…