Born from the spirituals, work songs, and field hollers of African American communities in the Deep South, blues music gave ...

Harmonica player who describes the instrument as an extension of himself is set to take to the stage. Will Wilde, nominated for Instrumentalist of the Year and Contemporary Blues Artist of the Year at ...

Their new single is a raucously fun belter that wouldn’t sound out of place on Exile on Main Street. And it’s already sold out Neil McCormick has been chief music critic for the Telegraph since 1995.

In discussions about the blues-rock explosion of the 1960s, people still haven’t gotten to the bottom of the age-old argument about who was the best guitar player. Was it Eric Clapton (no), Jimmy Page ...

The sun was already bearing down by 11 a.m. Saturday morning when families began spreading blankets across the grass at Harry Griffen Park. Dogs wandered between lawn chairs. Children darted toward a ...

CHICAGO — The blues world was changed forever on a sunny day around 1960 when a little boy walked into a five-and-dime in Los Angeles. “I was 8, maybe 9 when I saw it, all shiny in a display case,” ...

Melissa Etheridge, Blues Traveler and Nelly will be the musical acts performing at Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s annual Roaring Nights summer concert series, the zoo announced Tuesday. Tickets for the ...

Getting his start as a member of the legendary Muddy Waters’ band, Little Walter Jacobs took the harmonica to a whole new level. Developing his own unique techniques, blues musicians still look to him ...

The Grand Ole Opry first came to be back in the 1920s. It remains one of the most important radio broadcasts in country music history. And, born on this very day in 1899, one DeFord Bailey became one ...

If you ask James Montgomery if he remembers playing the Shaboo inn in Willimantic back in the day — the legendary local club that closed in 1982 — he’ll hem and haw and scratch his head and say “The ...