Many of the great blues albums have been reissued on compact disc. Some of the original masters have been strewn across a bewildering number of different reissues; some of the original albums were a ...

Life as a blues musician is often a balancing act between touring, recording or working odd jobs just to make ends meet. One such musician's days of driving trucks and selling firewood are far behind ...

The shift from R&B and soul to a fresh sound falling in line with psychedelia wasn’t unique. The Beatles had done so in stages. More abruptly, so had The Alan Bown, Eric Burdon, Zoot Money and (out of ...

As with previous volumes in Legacy's Complete Album Collections series, each of the discs in THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUMS COLLECTION is packaged in a replica mini-LP sleeve reproducing that LP's ...

For Buddy Guy — a stalwart and staunch defender of the blues — there’s nothing more important than keeping his chosen genre at the forefront of conversation. It comes naturally: Guy is one of ...

It’s impossible to discuss TootArd without digging into the history of their region. They’re a funky desert blues outfit but they don’t derive from Saharan Africa; they were born and raised in the ...

Chicago blues queen Shemekia Copeland and Mississippi guitar ace Christone "Kingfish" Ingram were among the big winners at the 42nd annual Blues Music Awards on Sunday. The awards — presented by the ...

Janiva Magness, the winner of seven Blues Music Awards following 26 nominations, and nominated for a Grammy for a career ...

Chris Cain and Anthony Paule are a beat behind Castro, with four nods each. By Paul Grein Tommy Castro is the top nominee for the 2022 Blues Music Awards, with five nods. The blues, R&B and rock ...