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Almost 20 minutes of straight improvisation over an F Blues backing track from iReal Pro. My goal? Start simple, stay in the ...
In this 25th edition of Eclectic Discoveries, get an eye and ear full of some sonic gems, from modern electric blues, to post-punk, to jazz-funk, and more.
Bonnie Raitt is an American blues icon, one with a string of hugely successful albums, a shelf-full of Grammys and ...
BBC Hereford and Worcester's Kate Justice said he is "an absolute genius talent on the guitar ... while fusing styles ranging from gypsy jazz, blues, Americana, country, and dixieland, to ...
The five musicians/singers of Son del Coamil, in matching cream-colored garments and straw hats, wove together delicate violin and acoustic guitar lines ... Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster ...
Göransson found a 1932 Dobro Cyclops, which became the hero slide guitar for the surreal musical tribute to the blues, which was shot live as a oner IMAX 65mm. “I grew up with blues around me ...
A brilliant guitar solo can bring a musician immortality. So can a bad one. Here are 10 of the absolute worst. See Pope Francis’ first public appearance since being admitted to hospital ...
Guitarist Denny Freeman, an anchor of Austin's blues music community for five decades, has died after a recent cancer diagnosis, several of his close friends confirmed via social media (including ...
Guitar king Jimmie Vaughan remembers ... There can be a price to pay for up-close camaraderie. As much absolute absolution from life’s burden that the blues can offer, the offerers can extract ...
Provided Share Carl Weathersby, a guitarist who came up in the Chicago blues scene and was a protege of guitar great Albert King, died Friday. He was 71. Mr. Weathersby was born in Jackson ...
There’s a guy named Chris Buck, who’s a really great blues guitar player. I helped him to get a visa to come here, and then I called the Troubadour to get him a gig. You see all these young ...
If you happened to be at the corner of Wabash and Balbo at 11 p.m. in early February, you would have seen a small crowd gathered around an 87-year-old man with a beaming smile. Nattily attired in ...