“My goal is to build a new context around the blues,” says Carl “Buffalo” Nichols, and that’s precisely what the Texas-based musician is doing. His 2021 self-titled debut, Buffalo Nichols, saw him ...
Aaron Lewis, Hayes Carll, Corb Lund and 26 other country-roots artists are heading to the area between now and March. Check ...
Bobby Rush has been making records for nearly 70 years and has appeared on more than 400 recordings, 75 career releases, and 27 studio albums to his name. In 2021, he finally told his story in his ...
Slash is treating himself to a change from hard rock. Ahead of the release of his debut blues album, where an eclectic mix of star singers take the mic, he tells us why he didn't want to make "a ...
The blues might be the quintessential American musical genre. Born out of hope for the future and a recognition of the dark, at times, inhumane past, the genre has spawned big names, important music, ...
However, on IV, released in 1971, Led Zeppelin were ready to explore blues more curiously and with more historical closeness. The fourth studio album closes with “When The Levee Breaks,” which begins ...
Not a lot of groups employ spoons as a musical instrument, but Dawn Lepere of LeFever has quite a knack for playing them. “Dawn’s dad is a great spoons player, and he would break them out at a ...
Bob Dylan this, Bob Dylan that. There's been a lot of talk about Bob Dylan lately. In the below list, we're running down 10 Folk Acts That Deserve More Respect. Without these people – and frankly this ...