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An unsung blues great talks influences, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and crossing over into jazz
A brilliant, inimitable guitarist, the late Joe Louis Walker merged Delta, Chicago, and West Coast blues styles with soul, ...
The tragic house fire that destroyed John Mayall’s extensive blues collection
Revisiting the 1979 bush fire which engulfed the Los Angeles home of British blues legend John Mayall, taking with it his ...
MNPR Magazine4d
Queen Of The Blues Koko Taylor’s Crown Jewels LP Set For July 18 Release
On Friday, July 18, Alligator Records will release Crown Jewels, the new greatest hits LP and digital-only album from the ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution14d
Following in the steps of B.B. King on the Mississippi Blues Trail
As I drive my rented Dodge Hornet south on Highway 61 across the flat Mississippi Delta, the region’s famous native son B.B. King croons “Why I Sing the Blues” on the radio. Music that sprung from ...
Worcester Magazine8d
'Mojo Working': 'My Kind of Blues' at WCUW shares Tom Hazeltine's photos of blues greats
Hazeltine's first solo photography exhibition, "My Kind of Blues," opens May 17 at the Harold Stevens Gallery at WCUW 91.3 FM ...
The Gazette2d
On the Mississippi Blues Trail
The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner.