After joining the band Heart and selling tens of millions of albums with hits like “Baracuda,” “These Dreams,” “What About ...
Joe Cocker transformed The Beatles’ With a Little Help from My Friends into a bluesy masterpiece during his legendary ...
Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of the genre-defying, Grammy-winning band The Mavericks, has died. He was 60.
In his 89-and-counting years on this earth, legendary bluesman Buddy Guy has seen some things. Maybe not actual vampires, ...
Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.’s at Stax Records and co-wrote the ...
Seated in a red wingback chair, wearing a hat that just wouldn’t stop slipping over his eyes, Drink Small mused about time.
At 89, Buddy Guy is a vital link to the roots of an entire genre. He’s also just plain vital, with a key role in this year's 'Sinners' ...
On this day (November 24) in 1993, Albert Collins died after a short battle with cancer in his Las Vegas, Nevada, home. He was 61 years old. Throughout his career, Collins made a name for himself with ...
Some musicians fall into the blues. Sue Foley had a calling. “It spoke to my soul, my spirit,” the Canadian-born Austinite said last month during a phone call to talk about headlining Tucson’s 2025 ...
The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...
The blues are part of a large family tree of American musical genres. Jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, even hip hop are all descendants of the music born in the Mississippi Delta. What tends to ...