With colossal 1975 classic rock tracks by Bruce Springsteen and Queen, it’s easy to overlook additional gems released the ...
In his latest GW video lesson, the blues-rock superstar recalls how some of his heaviest riffs came together, and to your ...
I was a bit skeptical that the theme of Robert Johnson’s life, the man who created the blues and the basis for rock and roll, would be a subject which lent itself to an opera. How wrong I was! The ...
A t his regular spot — the stool with “BG” on the back, way at one end of the bar — the owner of Buddy Guy’s Legends scans the hundreds of people packing his club. Tugging off the pandemic-era mask he ...
INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...
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Some people would do anything to achieve fame and success, whether that means lying, cheating, stealing, or, in the case of blues legend Robert Johnson, selling his soul to the devil. Johnson was a ...
The 2006 Melbourne Cup winner Delta Blues has died aged 23. The only Japanese horse to taste the ultimate success on the first Tuesday in November, Delta Blues was trained to his Cup success by ...
Described by blues-rock titan and mentor Buddy Guy as “the next explosion of the blues,” 25-year-old Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has wowed fans and critics alike with his incendiary guitar playing, ...
My latest record, Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, features a song called Hope You Realize It, written by me and my good friend Tom Hambridge. We were looking to create an uptempo song in the vein of Tower of ...
Although U.S. 61 begins in New Orleans and runs through Baton Rouge, the portion known as the Blues Highway starts around Vicksburg, Mississippi, and moves north through the Delta to Memphis, ...