A Grammy-winning blues-rock musician will headline the 2026 New York State Blues Festival. Gary Clark Jr. will perform at this year’s NYS Blues Fest, which runs from June 11-13 at the New York State ...

It’s impossible to tell the story of Black History without Blues music, and the story of Blues music in Texas has to include the city of Navasota. The Texas Legislature designated the Grimes County ...

Georgia blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Tinsley Ellis took to the guitar like a fish to water when he was only seven years old. His passion for blues stemmed from the iconic sound of ...

The Springfield Conservatory of the Arts welcomed the blues guitarist for a two-day residency workshop with students.

With “traditional” blues as their foundation, some artists and educators working to introduce the music to the next generation see plenty of room to improvise.

From rich chords to articulate fingerpicking, this tutorial will elevate your acoustic blues vocabulary and deepen your ...

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

Rooted in the Mississippi Delta, the blues sprang from spiritual music and field hollers, spinning a cultural thread that followed the Great Black Migration from South to North. Sheer joy of ...

The first guitar that mattered to me was not mine. It was my dad’s: a regular‑guy acoustic in the corner of the office/playroom, strings a little dead, wood a little scuffed, transformed into a magic ...

Considering switching from Spotify to Apple Music? Now might be the best time to do so, as new Apple Music users are being given 3 free months for a limited time. Here are the details. Apple Music ...

On one level, Back to the Future tells the tale of how time travel changes the course of history for a small town none of us have ever heard of. On a slightly deeper level, it’s a father-son story as ...

LSO St Luke's is one of a number of places where you can watch a free lunchtime recital. Image: Kevin Leighton Want to rock out without splashing out? Soak up symphonies without dipping into your ...