Even though Eric Clapton learned a lot from listening to his favourite records, the best musicians were the ones that had ...

The musician, producer and label head, who has died aged 81, turned his boyhood passion for blues into a hugely impactful career Mike Vernon, who has died aged 81, was the ultimate schoolboy blues nut ...

Grammy-winning blues singer and guitarist John Hammond, whose career spanned six decades, has died. He was 83. Billboard Canada reported that Hammond died on Sunday due to cardiac arrest. His friend ...

Beloved blues musician John Hammond has died at the age of 83. Over the course of his career, Hammond made a lasting impact on the genre of blues music and worked with some of the greats. Despite his ...

Indeed, “Buddy did far more than just hold his own,” Clapton said in 2005 when he and King inducted Guy into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “There he was, standing alongside the masters of his craft, ...

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 ...

You might expect a certain degree of cockiness from a guitarist whose résumé includes studio and live work with names such as Elton John, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, T Bone Burnett, Gregg Allman, Allen ...

Clapton may have turned 80 in March, but his age didn’t show as he ripped off one blazing guitar solo after another throughout the evening. His voice also sounded strong, although most of the songs’ ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Eric Clapton may not be God, but Thursday night he put to rest any debate about his place in the rock ’n’ roll pantheon with a blues-heavy show for a packed Rocket Arena crowd. The ...