Led Zeppelin transformed the 1929 blues song by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie into the powerful rock anthem When the ...

From Blind Willie Johnson to Howlin' Wolf and beyond, Paul McGuinness explores the best blues songs of all time ...

At a young age, the soul of the blues grabbed Eric VonHerzen by the collar and shoved itself into his pocket. In Orange County during the early ‘70s, there probably weren’t too many kids who needed it ...

There are few instruments stranger than a harmonica. While there are chromatic versions of the harmonica, most players use the ones that are set in a certain key. That way, no matter what you blow, it ...

FUENGIROLA’S Bonnet is set for a weekend of live music, bringing blues, rock, and acoustic sounds to the heart of the Costa del Sol.

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 ...

He first rose to fame as a high-energy sideman for Muddy Waters during a 12-year stint into the '60s, having made his initial recordings for Sun Records in 1953 at age 15. "'Cotton Crop Blues' was the ...

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, ... Telarc Blues culls their considerable holdings to provide a wholly satisfying collection of contemporary blues harmonica by contemporary and ...

Black-Eyed Sally’s is once again bringing back the popular “Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase” on Saturday — a gathering of regional and national blues harmonica talent. Headlining will be harmonica ...

It was the best the blues ever gets, as Kim Wilson and his Blues Revue (alternatively known as his All-Stars) played for a full house Saturday night at Bethlehem’s Godfrey Daniels. Wilson is best ...

Blues harmonica virtuoso and onetime Muddy Waters sideman James Cotton died on Thursday at a medical center in Austin of pneumonia. He was 81. A rep for the musician confirmed his death. Cotton, who ...