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Features1 month agoThe Most Influential Albums Of 1971: A Year That Changed Music Forever
In 1971, the world was ready to shake off the 60s and move forward into an uncertain future.
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Features1 month ago
Unknown Pleasures: The Best Music Books You’ve Never Read
There have been hundreds of thousands of books about music and here are some of the best music books you’ve may never have read.
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News1 month ago
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Postponed Again Until Spring 2022
Organizers say that the latest move is due to the 'current exponential growth of new COVID cases in New Orleans and the region.'
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Features1 month ago
Piece Of Her Heart: Janis Joplin Honours Blues Inspiration Bessie Smith
Near the end of her own tragically short life, Janis made a remarkable gesture to honour one of her blues heroines.
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Features2 months ago
Louis Armstrong: The Boy From Back O’ Town’s Birthday
Louis Armstrong’s birthday has been the source of much confusion over the years.
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Features2 months ago
The Most Surprising Musical Friendships
From fleeting, backstage hangs to longtime creative partnerships, the best musical friendships come in all forms.
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Features2 months ago
‘The Beano Album’: John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers And Eric Clapton Create A Classic
Affectionately known as ‘the Beano album,’ Bluesbreakers forever changed the landscape of rock music.
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Features2 months ago‘Out Of Our Heads’: The Rolling Stones On The Brink Of Insanity
With their ‘Out Of Our Heads’ album, The Rolling Stones penned their first truly classic song and found themselves thrust into the mania of global stardom.
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News2 months ago
‘Memphis ’69’ Documentary Showcases Rufus Thomas, Bukka White, More
The footage was captured across three days in May 1969 at the Memphis Country Blues Festival festival.
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Features2 months ago
Buddy’s Blues: The Best Songs By Enduring Bluesmaster Buddy Guy
In salute to a blues great, multiple Grammy winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
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News2 months ago
Tedeschi Trucks Band Goes No.1 On Billboard Blues Chart
’Layla Revisited (Live at LOCKN’)’ has achieved No.1 on the Blues Albums chart, and No.2 on the Americana/Folk Albums chart.
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News2 months ago
ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill Dies At 72
Hill was with the trio for over 50 years.
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News2 months ago
Nanci Griffith, Lightnin’ Hopkins Among Texas Songwriters’ Hall of Fame Inductees
The writers will be celebrated during the Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame Weekend in February 2022.
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News2 months ago
Buddy Guy Recalls Meeting John Lee Hooker In New Documentary Clip
The film has its TV premiere on July 27 as part of PBS' American Masters series
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Features2 months ago
‘Bare Wires’: John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers’ Genre-Hopping Classic
‘Bare Wires’ was John Mayall’s breakthrough album in the US. Released in 1968, it mixes blues, folk, jazz, R&B, progressive rock, and even psychedelia.
