Inspired by Big Bill Broonzy, Lightnin' Hopkins and the O.G. blues great Robert Johnson, this lesson just requires an ...

Gibson harkens back to its past with a 12th version of an acoustic classic ...

David Roy quizzes Co Donegal teenage blues star Muireann Bradley about giving up school for music, finding her own sound and ...

Nothing makes a genre seem more theatrical than an iconic and impressive guitar solo, and that’s certainly the case for blues rock. When one thinks of sick guitar solos, one might think of metal. But ...

Blues musician Chris Cain opened his tour on Tuesday night at Evanston SPACE with a dynamic performance featuring songs from his most recent album, “Good Intentions Gone Bad.” Cain, a California ...

Some musicians fall into the blues. Sue Foley had a calling. “It spoke to my soul, my spirit,” the Canadian-born Austinite said last month during a phone call to talk about headlining Tucson’s 2025 ...

“I wouldn’t wanna do anything else on Halloween but perform.” When guitarist John 5 hits the stage in Orlando Halloween night, it won’t just be just another stop on his tour with Richie Kotzen; it’ll ...

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B.B. King, the King of the Blues, would have turned 100 on Sept. 16. Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends, and the singular identity of his beloved hollow-body Gibson guitar ...

Cheeky, smooth and a touch theatrical, Alice Cooper’s original members spring back into action for the first time since 1973 with their new album, The Revenge of Alice Cooper. Released in July, the ...

The 2025 edition of the Chicago Blues Festival has one of the stronger lineups in recent memory—its mix of hallowed veterans and up-and-comers suggests that the idiom remains very healthy. The ...

“It’s a shame the Yardbirds have no image,” opined Herman’s Hermits’ Peter Noone bluntly in 1966, “because they would be the Number One group in England.” It’s true that the Yardbirds—whose ...