Chicago blues great Billy Branch says a concert in Grant Park got him hooked on the music many decades ago. His latest album ...

I love the blues, but I wanted to make my own statement to carry the thing further forward." Cream was inducted into the Rock ...

Matt Ryan: Plays Pretty For Baby was a mind-blower for teenage me. On this song in particular, almost everything about Tim Green’s guitar is an enigma. First, a blast of feedback that ends with deep ...

A Hazlehurst‑born bluesman whose short life, mysterious death, and 29 recordings rewrote the future of American music.

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British blues pro Joanne Shaw Taylor recently visited Guitar World HQ in NYC to play and discuss some of her favorite Joanne Shaw Taylor guitar parts, including songs from her latest album, Black & ...

Braxton Keith was a music-making machine in 2025, gifting fans with numerous singles like “Wind Blows,” “Baby You Do,” “Bye In Goodbye,” and his collaboration with fellow Texas honky tonker Randall ...

THE ACCLAIMED SOUL SINGER REUNITES WITH BLUES ICON JOE BONAMASSA ON STUNNING 14-TRACK COLLECTION PRODUCED BY BONAMASSA, ...

Link Wray, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters forever changed rock history with these iconic guitar riffs from the 1950s.

And then, the album ends with George Washington Rules, and it is played as rock ‘n’ roll. I mean, really. The last song is ...

We are diving deep into the groove to celebrate 20 of the most legendary bass lines in music history.

Meet four Black Georgia women who lived and sang the blues who you may not know ... yet: Ida Cox, Cora Mae Bryant, Beverly ...