Jorma Kaukonen was a fingerpicking blues and folk guitarist when he was invited to join the fledgling San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane in 1965. He did not jump at the opportunity. “I went ...

For more than half a century, Jorma Kaukonen has mastered the art of acting one's age. As a roots music enthusiast in his early 20s, he absorbed the songs and fingerstyle guitar inspirations of the ...

Jorma Kaukonen has announced the “cresting wave” era of his career. The musician, known for his singular fingerstyle guitar in bands like The Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, posted a career update on ...

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Long associated with the ragtime blues guitarist Rev. Gary Davis whenever he picks up an acoustic guitar, Jorma Kaukonen has extended his reach into the white country music of the 1920s and '30s on ...

Jorma Kaukonen will celebrate his upcoming 85th birthday with a run of shows featuring several special guests this fall. The Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna cofounder will perform four shows billed as ...

Jorma Kaukonen will never forget taking the stage with Jefferson Airplane before almost half a million people during the original Woodstock on Aug. 17, 1969, at a dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y. In Been So ...

As members of Jefferson Airplane, they played the Woodstock Music and Art Fair and delivered such tunes as “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to Love” — all while carving a career that would earn them and ...

In light of the spate of music biopics and memoirs that have come out, anyone expecting lots of hot dishing when they crack open Been So Long: My Life and Music, Jorma Kaukonen’s 2018 autobiography, ...

Jorma Kaukonen has announced a series of live performances throughout February 2021. The legendary guitarist and singer-songwriter will performed a Quarantine Concert livestream as well as two ...

In 1967, San Francisco rockers Jefferson Airplane released “Surrealistic Pillow,” an album that put the Haight-Ashbury hippie scene on the commercial map and featured the band’s two biggest hits, ...