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T-Bone Walker may have been the first true hero of modern electric blues, but he stood upon the shoulders of jazz and blues ...

D.K. Harrell, with the Taryn Donath Duo How much has 27-year-old blues guitar and vocal dynamo D.K. Harrell’s career taken off since he and his brassy band sizzled and soared here at the 2025 edition ...

Blues guitarist Coco Montoya, a former member of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, returns to Petaluma’s Mystic Theatre.

Even Jeff Daniels’ fans may not realize the actor of “Dumb and Dumber” and “The Newsroom” fame also is a musician. Wikipedia will tell you all about how Daniels is an award-winning actor whose career ...

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Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Blues guitar legend Buddy Guy has influenced some of the greatest rock guitarists of all time, including Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Gary Clark Jr. But the factors that led to his inspiration may not ...

Matt (Guitar) Murphy, a masterful bluesman who played with Howlin’ Wolf, Etta James, Chuck Berry and Memphis Slim but was best known as a member of the Blues Brothers band, died Friday in Miami. He ...

The blues guitar legend Buddy Guy once wrote, “Funny thing about the blues. You play ‘em cause you got ‘em. But when you play ‘em, you lose ‘em. The blues chase the blues away.” That's especially true ...