Immediate yes. It's safe to say Zach Top has a huge week ahead of him. Beyond being set to perform tomorrow at the 59th annual CMA Awards, the Washington native is primed for a big night. Riding the ...

Often overlooked in favor of its electric sibling, acoustic blues has seen a strong upswing in interest in recent years. One of the prime movers in the genre, Georgia’s Jontavious Willis, has just ...

From Blind Willie Johnson to Howlin' Wolf and beyond, Paul McGuinness explores the best blues songs of all time ...

Veteran blues musician Tinsley Ellis takes on new territory and strips down, delving into the acoustic blues traditions of ...

Led Zeppelin started as a psychedelic blues band in the last 1960s. It didn’t take long for them to prove they had a soft side with their more delicate work in the folk and country genres. They never ...

After two studio albums, acoustic blues artist Chris Yakopcic took a different approach on his third full-length, getting its official release at Yellow Cab Tavern in Dayton on Friday, Sept. 22. The ...

The band Califone, unlike the brand of educational audio equipment from whence it draws its name, has consistently put forth albums that disseminate auditory creativity rather than pedantry. Their ...

My music is almost like the gumbo in Louisiana. You go get it and sometimes you don?t know what kind of meat?s in it, but you just eat it and if it tastes good, just keep eating. Buddy Guy, in spite ...

Guy Davis, 61, wears a lot of hats. He is a well-regarded actor, writer, composer and director. But first and foremost, Davis is a blues man. Blues music and all its attendant traditions are at the ...

Tom Heyman remembers exactly where he was when he learned about the fire at 22nd and Mission streets in 2015: At home, watching TV, and seeing the three-story building go up in flames. “I knew two ...

Robert Johnson had hellhounds chasing him, Iggy Pop just has assholes. But the end result is the same, a haggard man waiting for his pursuers to just hurry up and die. Iggy shared his story in a new ...

New to the blues? Here’s what you need to know to get you started. Blues music is a genre that grew out of the American dream. Its roots were firmly planted in the New World before it migrated to ...