Eric Johanson returns to Aurora for a Sunday night performance of modern blues-rock. The Louisiana native is back in the States after shows in Spain and Sweden and is bringing his power trio July 14 ...

From the rugged coasts of the Isle of Man to the stages of America, Davy Knowles has been making waves in the rock and blues world since his debut in 2007. As a seasoned guitarist, songwriter, and ...

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 ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few figures in American music loom as large as Muddy Waters. A transformative force in the evolution of modern blues, Waters bridged the acoustic traditions of the Mississippi Delta ...

In what would have been B.B. King’s 100 th birthday month, CU Boulder music scholar Shawn O’Neal considers how the legends of blues can be heard in even the fizziest pop of 2025 B.B. King was born to ...

These famous guitar riffs built up blues rock as a genre during its formative years, and they still inspire guitarists today.

The 46th Blues Music Awards were held in Memphis, Tennessee on May 8th. Mississippi artists Mr. Sipp, Eden Brent, and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram won key awards. Awards were given for categories such ...

The 1970s gave us some of the greatest blues-rock music ever recorded, but not every masterpiece got the attention it deserved. While everyone knows Led Zeppelin and Cream, dozens of brilliant albums ...