This masterclass in turnarounds explores different ways to approach an essential blues technique, so of course it finishes up ...

There’s no “Rosetta Stone of the blues” – but he says doing this will transform the fundamentals of your playing ...

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 ...

Electric blues wizard Johnny Winter died in a Zurich hotel room on Wednesday at the age of 70. The Texas-bred guitarist, who collaborated with Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Muddy Waters, was known ...

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 ...

ZZ Top have recorded some great blues songs over the years – none of them better than the one on which Billy Gibbons played a Stratocaster gifted to him by the most revered guitarist of them all. It ...

Nothing says “I’m hurtin'” like the wail of a mournful guitar. It’s a sound that melts the heart and pierces the soul. While the blues saw a resurgence in the ’80s and ’90s, it’s fallen off the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Tedeschi Trucks Band, led by Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, continued their "Wheels of Soul" tour at the St. Augustine ...