Eddie 9V’s path to becoming a nationally renowned blues artist started with a guitar in middle school, coupled with a desire ...
The dividing line between soul and blues can be awfully thin. So much so that the term “soul/blues” is used to describe such artists as Robert Cray, Keb’ Mo,’ Little Milton, Delbert McClinton, and too ...
Saturday’s event promises to showcase the extraordinary talents of award-winning musicians Johnny Rawls and the Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival band Johnny Rawls, a soul blues singer, guitarist, ...
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 ...
Toni Lynn Washington has been at the forefront of Boston’s music scene for decades. Aptly named Boston’s Queen of Soul and Blues, her accolades are too many to name—seven Blues Music Award nominations ...
Young Mississippi blues stars Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Mr. Sipp and veteran artist Bobby Rush are among the top acts nominated for the 2024 Blues Music Awards. This week, the Memphis-based ...
There remain substantial audiences for the blues, traditional R&B and soul music, and these artists have an enormous influence on new music, even though they no longer have songs in the Top 40 and ...
Somewhere between my office, the kitchen and the bedroom for nearly two years, I began completely questioning whether I was going to continue in the business of music, writes soul/blues ...
Wesley Curley "W.C." Clark, the singer and guitarist dubbed the "Godfather of Austin Blues," died Saturday at Christopher House hospice in Austin. He was 84. Clark had been diagnosed with cancer at ...