The man and his style were rooted in the Mississippi Delta blues. A pianist, singer, trumpet player, and songwriter who fused jazz and blues with profound lyrics, Mose Allison was a major influence on ...

Alabama songwriter Early James embraces jagged, moaning blues on his upcoming third album Medium Raw. Ahead of its Jan. 10 release, the guitarist drops a music video for the track “Tinfoil Hat” that ...

Early James, a 31-year-old Troy, Alabama native, makes folksy blues music that seems best suited for stoking anarchy while soothing reckless abandon. His newest album, "Medium Raw," was released Jan.

“It’s weird, I come back to Austin and there’s murals of me,” Gary Clark Jr. tells the American-Statesman over a late lunch on South Congress at Joanne’s. We’re discussing his legacy: Prodigious ...

Beyond mere musicianship, some guitarists transcend their instruments to become cultural touchstones, wielding their axes like magical wands that reshape the soundscape of generations. From the raw ...

In the early days of the Black Keys, circa The Big Come Up and Thickfreakness, their name was rarely uttered without mention of R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough. That strain of trance-inducing, ...

Those who complain that they don’t make blues today like they used to, haven’t heard GA-20. This Boston based trio with the unique lineup of two guitars (Pat Faherty and Matthew Stubbs), drums (Tim ...

Get ready for traditional blues music at its finest, as world-class Chicago blues master The Cash Box Kings headline the final day of the 32nd annual Billtown Blues Festival, Sunday at 5:15 pm, at the ...