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Even in today’s musical landscape, Wolf’s influence can be heard across genres, proving that great blues never fades—it evolves. Whether you’re new to his catalog or revisiting these ...
Tucson blues women Diane Van Deurzen and Lisa Otey are releasing their first duets project, "Wild Women." It's a collection of their best "raunchy and romantic blues" — their words — that pay ...
Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Michelle Shiers. Spoon have released two new songs, “Chateau Blues” and “Guess I’m Fallin in Love.” ...
What’s most moving is how personal each track feels. Whether he’s channeling the ghosts of the Delta, sharing his heartbreak, or calling out injustice, Kingfish reminds us that the blues isn ...
Elvis Presley adopted Mario Lanza-inspired romantic pieces, Arthur Crudup's down-and-dirty blues, pop tunes from Brill Building wiseacres Leiber and Stoller, Jackie Wilson R&B and several shades ...
You don't get the nickname "Lightnin'" for no reason, especially when you're a blues artist. Born March 15, 1912, in Centerville, Texas, Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins became one of the most ...
The first song Katy Kirby wrote for her new album Blue Raspberry (due January 26 via ANTI-) was its title track, and it began as a songwriting experiment. The idea? To try to write something in ...
As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood.