When it came showtime at JazzBones in Tacoma,Washington, the lights were dimmed & Ana was introduced to a sold out crowd… Then came the slide guitar.

Last week American Blues Scene flipped the power switch on the story of Don Leslie and his amazing tone cabinet

News was released late last night that the powerful blues & rock guitar champion Anthony Gomes’ touring van caught fire on Interstate 55 in Illinois.

In 1972, forty years ago today & seven years after the infamous Watts riots, a concert unlike any other was held at the famous Los Angeles Coliseum.

“balling the jack” a popular phrase from blues songs, rail yards, dance halls, and even Harlem plays and eventually the silver screen! Find all about “Balling the Jack”!

Miles Davis, the moody trumpeter that turned Music on it’s ear with his sharp, pioneering style released his wildly celebrated, quadruple platinum album Kind of Blue today.

The former T Model Ford band have struck a raw, gritty goldmine with the release of their latest. As you struggle to define it, you’ll find yourself enjoying gritty, incredible delta blues — with a twist.

Anthony Gomes is back. Not that he really left — but he IS back, invigorated and full of fire. His new album oozes energy and renewal, and his band is kicking too!

After touring Europe and performing in Norway, Germany and Spain The Dana Fuchs Band is back home in the states. On Friday, August 3rd, Dana Fuchs and her band performed to a sold out crowd in Tacoma’s JazzBones.

In our last installment, American Blues Scene took a look at the iconic sound of the Hammond B3 organ, an…