T-Bone Walker’s iconic 1949 Gibson ES-5N has been listed on Reverb for a whopping $2 million. The Texas-born guitarist helped pioneer the electric blues during the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s, inspiring ...

Blues and rock is still being shaped by the British blues boom of the ’60s – and the O.G. bluesmen who influenced them. But how can today’s players nail their tone and sound? Marcus King, Samantha ...

This Is the Last Week to Donate to Win Guitar Package & Support Music Education as B.B. King Centennial Tribute ...

The Boston-based blues trio GA-20 will take the stage at The Arts Campus at Willits on Saturday night. The band specializes in 1950s and ‘60s Chicago blues and has had three No. 1 albums on the ...

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

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, musical heir to a long line of blues greats from the Mississippi Delta, has been compared to the likes of B.B. King. But while the legendary guitarist is one of Ingram's ...

Nothing says “I’m hurtin'” like the wail of a mournful guitar. It’s a sound that melts the heart and pierces the soul. While the blues saw a resurgence in the ’80s and ’90s, it’s fallen off the ...

A classic Chicago blues-style shuffle. Use your first finger on the 2nd fret and add your third or fourth finger on the higher notes. Muddy Waters’ riffs were often played around the open E shape but ...

What it did: Popularised Johnson’s great creation myth – that his fame was the result of a deal made with the Devil at a rural crossroads. What came next: Johnson died at 27, cementing his Faustian ...